This non-profit organization started in 2004. Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) provides assistance to the most severely wounded troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, at no cost to the veteran.
What do they provide? HFOT raises money and donations of building materials, professional labor and coordinates the building of a new home or in some cases, adapts an existing home to the needs of the service member. HFOT coordinates the building of this home from start to finish, at no cost to the service member or their family. Quite often they are multiple amputees or have spinal cord injuries. There are special requirements in a house to accommodate these injuries and their ease of movement within the house.
To see where homes have been completed, or are in the process of being built, follow this link.
One man, John Gonsalves, the founder and owner of HFOT, decided that he wanted to do more with his work, after seeing a news story on the TV of a wounded vet who had returned home.
“He wanted to use his construction experience to help in some way. After the war began, he was watching the news when he witnessed a wounded soldier and thought, "What now? What will happen to this soldier?" He began searching for an organization in his field of construction and home building where he could volunteer his services. When his search came up empty he decided to create his own organization, and within months he founded Homes For Our Troops.”
If you are interested in donating your skills in home construction, or related skills, or would be interested in a financial donation, check out their website.
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