Thank you for making Giving Tuesday a huge success!

| By Breeana Baptista
Categories: Blog, Home
Thank you for making this Giving Tuesday a truly memorable one. With your support, we raised over $600,000! Your kindness will enable us to cover the cost for safe rooms and generators in 18 of the 23 specially adapted custom homes HFOT plans to build this year. Safe rooms are crucial for injured Veterans because they …

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Fostering a New Journey

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home
After her first day working at a shelter in 2016, Autumn Harris felt heartbroken knowing there were so many children in need of a home with people who will love and care for them. That night, she shared her thoughts with her husband, Army Sergeant Doug Harris, and they knew instantly they wanted to become …

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Homes For Our Troops celebrity auction on eBay raises over $400,000

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Fundraising, Home
Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) raised over $400,000 during its 4th Annual Veterans Day Celebrity Auction on eBay from Nov. 10-17, 2020. Jake Tapper, George Clooney, Mindy Kaling, and Wynonna Judd headlined the event to support HFOT. In partnership with eBay for Charity, participants bid on personal Zoom experiences, luxury items, and autographed memorabilia from …

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HFOT’s 300th home recipient, injured Veteran featured on ABC’s The View

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Helping in the Community, Home, Non-Profit, Veteran topic
On Veterans Day, Army Sergeant Nathan Shumaker and his wife Missy received a special surprise gift on national television. Newegg, an American retailer of computer hardware and consumer electronics, provided the Shumakers with a home office set-up, multiple computer systems, and a new home theater for their family room on ABC’s The View Veterans Day …

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VIDEOS: Homes For Our Troops donates its 300th home

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran Stats
We are excited to share with you, on Sept. 12, 2020, we celebrated the significant milestone of donating our 300th specially adapted custom home to Army Sergeant Nathan Shumaker and his family in Hillsboro, Missouri! The Shumaker family received the keys to their home during a modified, scaled-down ceremony that adhered to local and regional …

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