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A Successful Double Home Ceremony in Lake Panasoffkee

May 27, 2025 Comments Off on A Successful Double Home Ceremony in Lake Panasoffkee
June 18 @ 11:28 am

From Battlefield to Home Front: Lake Panasoffkee Welcomes Two Veteran Families with Mortgage-Free Homes Building Homes for Heroes presented keys to US Navy Seaman Anton Baldwin and Army Sergeant Patrick Santos during special joint ceremony on May 14th Building Homes for Heroes presented the keys to two mortgage-free homes to…

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A Hero’s Groundbreaking in New Jersey!

May 19, 2025 Comments Off on A Hero’s Groundbreaking in New Jersey!
June 18 @ 11:28 am

Building Homes for Heroes and Lennar broke ground on May 13th on the future home for Army Sergeant First Class Bertalan Gonci in Whiting, New Jersey. Gonci’s two decades of service included deployments in conflicts all across the world, including South Korea, Kosovo and Iraq during Desert Storm, and following the Sept. 11…

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7th Annual Team Building is Our Best Yet!

May 15, 2025 Comments Off on 7th Annual Team Building is Our Best Yet!
June 18 @ 11:28 am

More than 200 injured veterans and their families, as well as Building Homes for Heroes team members, sponsors and supporters all joined together in Orlando, Florida in early May for our 7th annual Team Building family fun program. The annual event serves to bring families together, rekindle military bonds, forge lifelong…

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Our Inaugural Capitol Golf Classic in DC was a major success!

May 7, 2025 Comments Off on Our Inaugural Capitol Golf Classic in DC was a major success!
June 18 @ 11:28 am

 Building Homes for Heroes Announces Mortgage Payoff for Family of Fallen Army Special Forces Soldier National Capitol Classic golf fundraiser co-hosted with SAIC and Amazon Web Services celebrates our veterans at the historic Army Navy Country Club Washington, D.C., May 7, 2025-Building Homes for Heroes, joined by its partners Science…

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“It’s Everything”: Air Force Hero Welcomed Home

Apr 28, 2025 Comments Off on “It’s Everything”: Air Force Hero Welcomed Home
June 18 @ 11:28 am

Moments after US Air Force Staff Sergeant Justin Day and his wife Rebbeca stepped into their mortgage-free home for the first time, the pair became emotional as they reflected on the journey it’s been since Justin was injured in combat. “It is everything to know that people would do this,” said…

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Purple Heart Hero Receives Home in Jacksonville

Apr 28, 2025 Comments Off on Purple Heart Hero Receives Home in Jacksonville
June 18 @ 11:28 am

Army Staff Sergeant Antwian Cooper was 19 years old when he made his first deployment to Iraq. He would deploy four times in total during his 11 years of service — once more to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan. The Purple Heart recipient endured many severe physical and emotional injuries…

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A Successful Honoring Our Heroes Inaugural 5K!

Apr 14, 2025 Comments Off on A Successful Honoring Our Heroes Inaugural 5K!
June 18 @ 11:28 am

Rain couldn’t dampen the mood in East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park on Saturday, April 12th as more than 100 enthusiastic participants braved the elements to run or walk in our inaugural Honoring our Heroes 5K race and kids’ 1-mile fun run! While Building Homes for Heroes is a national nonprofit that…

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Mental and Physical Wellness Workshop Educated Veterans & First Responders

Mar 18, 2025 Comments Off on Mental and Physical Wellness Workshop Educated Veterans & First Responders
June 18 @ 11:28 am

Building Homes for Heroes’ annual physical health and mental health workshop was held from March 10-12 in San Antonio, educating dozens of area veterans and first responders in a number of subjects to help improve their physical health, performance, mental wellness, acuity, plus more. The workshop, in partnership with the…

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A Sweet Salute to Our Heroes!

Mar 10, 2025 Comments Off on A Sweet Salute to Our Heroes!
June 18 @ 11:28 am

From now until Easter, 20% of all purchases of chocolate Camo Bunnies from Munsons’s Chocolates will be donated to Building Homes for Heroes! Click Here to Visit Munson’s Chocolates This holiday season, you can celebrate Easter while also giving back to our heroes! Munson’s Chocolates, Connecticut’s largest retail chocolate manufacturer,…

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Notes of Love for Injured Army Veteran

Jan 30, 2025 Comments Off on Notes of Love for Injured Army Veteran
June 18 @ 11:28 am

An unseasonably frigid day in Jacksonville, FL was filled with warmth as Army Staff Sergeant Antwian Cooper and his family were greeted with “Notes of Love” on the framework of their soon-to-be forever home. Cooper’s 11 years in the military included four deployments overseas – two to Iraq and two…

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