National Invest in Veterans Week

| By Breeana Baptista
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran topic
The week of March 1-7, 2023, is National Invest in Veterans Week! This week was established to encourage the public to patronize businesses set up by Veterans. This is a perfect time to support Homes For Our Troops Veteran recipients who own small businesses. Because of the freedom and independence of their specially adapted custom …

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Video release: The reason to give

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Home
Close your eyes and imagine your daily morning routine – waking up, making coffee, showering, getting dressed, and eating breakfast in the home you live in right now. Then, imagine doing the same thing, but in a wheelchair. Would you be able to get from your bedroom to your kitchen easily? How about reaching the …

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HFOT spotlighted on WKMG News 6 Orlando’s Serving Those Who Served

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Home
Viewers in the Orlando area woke up to some good news on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Homes For Our Troops President/CEO Brigadier General, USA (Ret) Tom Landwermeyer and HFOT home recipient Army Sergeant Patrick Wickens were spotlighted on WKMG News 6 Orlando’s Serving Those Who Served. The two spoke about the importance of severely injured …

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Injured Massachusetts Veteran finding success on USA Women’s National Sled Hockey Development Team

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Home
While recovering from having both legs amputated from injuries she sustained while serving in Afghanistan, Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rebecca Mann initially had no interest in adaptive sports. At the insistence of friends, Rebecca decided to give adaptive sled hockey a shot. She signed up for a clinic through Spaulding Rehab Hospital in Boston …

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