Q&A: Dick Power, HFOT’s pro-bono financial planner

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Helping in the Community, Home, Veteran topic
To set our Veterans up for long-term success as homeowners, Homes For Our Troops provides each Veteran a pro-bono financial planner for three years to assist with household budgeting and financial planning. For 10 years, Financial Planner Dick Power has led the initiative and connected HFOT Veterans with certified financial planners nationwide. “Homes For Our …

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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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VIDEO: SSgt Liam Dwyer’s Key Ceremony

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran topic
On Aug. 8, 2020, Homes For Our Troops, presented Marine Staff Sergeant Liam Dwyer and his wife Meghan with the keys to their specially adapted custom home in Lake Worth, Florida, during a scaled-down, modified Key Ceremony that adhered to local and regional CDC guidelines. Thank you for supporting Homes For Our Troops and the building of the Dwyer Family’s …

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VIDEO: SPC Elliott Smith’s Virtual Community Kickoff Event

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran topic
On July 25, 2020, we celebrated the future build of Army Specialist Elliott Smith’s specially adapted custom home in Pensacola, Florida, with a virtual Community Kickoff on Zoom. Thank you to all who joined us for this unique event. Times have certainly changed, but our commitment to Building Homes and Rebuilding Lives for our nation’s …

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