Happy Holidays From Homes For Our Troops

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Home
Homes For Our Troops would like to extend our deepest thanks to you in this season of gratitude. Our leadership, staff, and Board of Directors are grateful for your unwavering support and dedication to our mission of building and donating homes to our nation’s most severely injured post-9/11 Veterans. There are now over 370 Veterans …

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The Reason to Give to Injured Veterans During the Holidays

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Fundraising, Home
Months into his first deployment in Afghanistan, Army Specialist Blaine Sullivan lost his left leg in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast. Stateside, he was faced with the challenge of raising his toddler son in a house not suited to his needs. “Small hallways. Small doors. Small kitchen. The floorboards and the doorways paid the …

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Give the perfect gift this holiday season

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Home
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Are you looking for the perfect gift for a loved one who shares your commitment to supporting Veterans who bravely served our country? Making a donation in their honor is a meaningful way to show your appreciation toward them while supporting our mission of building and donating specially adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 …

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HFOT Reflects on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

| By Lisa Duffy
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On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress designated December 7th as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to honor those who lost their lives in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—a day President Franklin Roosevelt called “a date that will live in infamy.” Today, all American flags should be flown at half-staff …

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Happy Thanksgiving from Homes For Our Troops

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Home, Uncategorized
Army Sergeant Odin Ayala was on his third deployment when he lost both of his legs in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Sept. 14, 2011. In early December of 2013, just one week after the Thanksgiving holiday, Odin and his wife, Claudia, were recipients of an HFOT specially adapted custom home, …

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