Kentucky Derby contender Combatant supports Homes For Our Troops

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home
Kentucky Derby contender Combatant supports Homes For Our Troops
Homes For Our Troops was well represented at the 144th Kentucky Derby this past weekend. HFOT Veterans had front row seats to cheer on Combatant, who was racing and supporting Homes For Our Troops. The aviation company Sentient Jet sponsored Combatant to generate awareness for Homes For Our Troops. Combatant’s owners, Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis …

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Homes For Our Troops and the NFL team up to celebrate Marine SSgt Omar Milan’s Groundbreaking

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran topic
Homes For Our Troops (HFOT), in collaboration with the NFL, celebrated the start of construction on a new specially adapted custom home for retired Marine SSgt Omar Milan, who was injured in Afghanistan, on April 28 in Mansfield, Texas. The Groundbreaking event signifies the start of the build process and provided members of the HFOT organization …

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Meet HFOT Volunteer Jim Gray

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran topic
Several days a week, Jim Gray can be found volunteering at HFOT’s headquarters office in Taunton, Massachusetts. A proud Navy Veteran, Gray is usually sporting a baseball cap adorned with an array of military insignias and HFOT pins. Gray has helped the organization since its early days in 2004, most recently assisting the Development Department …

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HFOT honors Vietnam Veterans

| By Teresa Verity
Categories: Blog, Home, Veteran topic
Forty-five years ago, on March 29, 1973, the last U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam, ending America’s longest conflict to date. There were no Welcome Home parades to greet these brave men and women when they arrived back to the United States, nor had there been many warm receptions from their countrymen. We at Homes For …

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