3rd Annual Homes For Our Troops Veterans Day Celebrity Auction

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Uncategorized
  Homes For Our Troops is thrilled to announce its third annual Veterans Day Celebrity Auction offered through eBay for Charity. Bidding for this special online auction event will go live on eBay Nov. 7, 2019, and will close on Nov. 17, 2019. Proceeds will benefit the Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) mission to build and donate …

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Stepdaughter of injured Veteran pursuing career in ADA compliant construction management

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Uncategorized
  On a cold weekend in 2010, then eleven-year-old Alex Kielty watched in wonder as the community and HFOT staff came together to build an adapted home for her stepfather, Army Staff Sergeant Michael Downing. Michael lost both legs while serving in Afghanistan in 2008. After watching her and her family’s forever home be built …

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CNN’s Jake Tapper and Cartoonist Scott Adams to auction off original Dilbert comic for Veteran charity

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home
  Andrew McMeel Syndication (AMS) has announced CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dilbert creator Scott Adams are auctioning off an original Dilbert comic as part of the Third Annual Homes For Our Troops Veterans Day Celebrity eBay Auction, Nov. 7-17, 2019.  Tapper will draw the comic for the week of September 23. Tapper’s original art, combined …

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You Can Make An IRA Gift Today

| By Suzanne Shaheen
Categories: Blog, Home
  The IRA Charitable Distribution is a great and simple way to make a gift to Homes For Our Troops and receive tax benefits in return. The donor must be age 70 ½ or older when the gift is made. The gift must come from an IRA account. (401(k), 403(b), SEP IRA accounts. (Additional retirement …

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Help is out there

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran topic
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  With September being Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, we at Homes For Our Troops want all Veterans to know help is out there. The topic resonates with many Veterans, many of whom are actively working to prevent more Veteran suicides. The Homes For Our Troops staff is always available to Veterans if they need assistance, information on other …

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