The Department of Veterans Affairs is a critical government agency that provides much needed benefits and healthcare to veterans. Sometimes, however, help comes in the form of a friendly neighbor and a community willing to rally around a disabled veteran to build a wheelchair accessible home. As the linked CNN article documents, that act of kindness was the inception point for an expanding nonprofit company that assists disabled veterans built or modify homes to meet their disability needs.
That nonprofit company, Purple Heart Homes, currently has twenty-five homes either under construction or scheduled for construction. As for the effect of this organization on a veteran’s life, one disabled Vietnam veteran’s tearful proclamation sums it up best, “They jump-started me back into life . . . (and) said welcome home.” More information about Purple Heart Homes can be found at www.purplehearthomesusa.org/.