Why we’re lucky to have donors like you

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Fundraising, Home
As we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we want you to know how lucky we are to have you as one of our valued Mission Supporters. Here are several reasons why your generosity is crucial to our mission of building and donating specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans: You keep our mission …

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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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Top Seven Best Practices of HFOT’s Donors

| By Lisa Duffy
Categories: Blog, Fundraising, Home
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Top Seven Best Practices of HFOT’s Donors
Our donors are discerning and sophisticated. They want to ensure their hard-earned funds are helping a legitimate and fiscally responsible organization, so they do their homework, often consulting and relying on the guidance of professional evaluators such as Charity Navigator. If you recognize any of these habits in your own giving practices, congratulations—and thanks for …

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HFOT’s 6th Annual Celebrity Auction on eBay raises over $300,000! 

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Fundraising, Home
Homes For Our Troops raised over $300,000 during its 6th Annual Veterans Day Celebrity Auction offered through eBay for Charity! CNN’s Jake Tapper, a longtime HFOT supporter and National Board Ambassador, along with actors George Clooney, Mindy Kaling, Don Cheadle, and fellow National Board Ambassador Wynonna Judd enlisted the help of friends, namely movie stars …

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What you give to HFOT dads

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Fundraising, Home
An accessible living environment plays an especially crucial role for severely injured Veterans who are fathers. Receiving a specially adapted custom home from Homes For Our Troops enables them to care for their children without barriers in a safe environment. Homes For Our Troops recipient Army Specialist Brett Bondurant can tend to his newborn son …

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