St. Louis Member Recruitment Drive Helps Armed Forces - 1/26/2004 - Real Estate Education Training Schools Conferences

St. Louis Member Recruitment Drive Helps Armed Forces

Members of the association pledged to make financial donations for each new member that was recruited during the campaign. The drive yielded 45 new members and a $2,200 donation to the local USO, which serves military personnel and their families as they travel through the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

The USO provides free food, access to computers and television and additional services in a home-like environment.

The St. Louis association also stays involved with the community through its Home Builders Charitable Foundation. The foundation has donated $324,000 to shelter-related charities since it was established in 1997.

Last year, the association formed a St. Louis chapter of HomeAid that will build and renovate shelters for the temporarily homeless in the community.

The first HomeAid project, a shelter for homeless pregnant women and their children, will be completed later this year. HBA members are providing monetary support, construction supervision, labor and materials for the project.