Injured Iraq Veteran and HFOT home recipient paints the 2019 Veterans Day Google Doodle

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home
Army SGT Peter Damon’s talent reached millions of Internet users on Monday, Nov. 11. His painting of two young children planting American flags was the featured Veterans Day Google Doodle, a temporary alteration of the Google logo on their homepage that commemorates holidays, events, and historical figures. “I can’t begin to tell you how honored …

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Injured Soldier hosting Veteran art show in San Antonio

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home
Future HFOT home recipient Army SGT Mario Lopez is hosting a Veteran art show called Beyond Service: An Exhibition of Artworks by Veterans for the month of November at Bihl Haus Arts in San Antonio. Art was a large part of Mario’s life until August 2005 when he was severely injured while serving in Iraq. …

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Omaha Beach championing HFOT’s mission at the Breeders’ Cup

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Fundraising, Home
Thoroughbred Omaha Beach is championing the Homes For Our Troops mission at the Breeder’s Cup this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Sentient Jet, a Directional Aviation company, is again teaming up with Homes For Our Troops for this weekend’s race by sponsoring thoroughbred Omaha Beach to raise awareness for HFOT’s mission of building and donating specially …

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Stepdaughter of injured Veteran pursuing career in ADA compliant construction management

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran topic
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 before …

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