Building Homes For Heroes brings hope to our nation’s injured veterans, first responders and their families.
Our organization builds or modifies homes, and gifts them, mortgage-free, to injured veterans, first responders and their families, while providing support services to enable them to build better and brighter lives and reach new heights. It’s truly an honor to serve the men and women who have courageously served and sacrificed for our country.
Making a Pledge to Serve Our Country and Help the Brave Men and Women Who Fight to Defend Our Freedom
Our organization’s story began after the tragedy of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, when our Founder, Andy Pujol, volunteered in the search and rescue side-by-side with our heroic first responders. Witnessing the horrors around him, Pujol made a pledge that day to serve the country he loved, and to help the brave men and women who fought to defend our freedom in the aftermath of those attacks to present day.
Soon after, Building Homes for Heroes was born with the hope of gifting a single home to a single veteran. Thirteen years later, thanks to the help of tireless volunteers, supporters and generous corporations, the dream has grown to more than 350 homes for our nation’s injured veterans by the end of 2023, and more than one home gifted and modified every 11 days, on average.
A Nationwide Partnership of Communities and Corporations Working Together to Make Our Country a Better Place by Serving Our Nation’s Heroes
With continued support, Building Homes for Heroes proudly reached its 343rd home onSept. 11, 2023 in honor of the 343 FDNY firefighters who died on 9/11, and hope to reach our milestone 400th home by December of 2024. Organizational efficiency and sound fiscal responsibility are of utmost importance at Building Homes for Heroes®; neither the CEO nor its board members are compensated for their duties. The organization strives to keep fundraising and administrative costs at a minimum, thus only a small percentage of funds are allocated to overhead costs. The organization aims to gift and modify 40 homes in 2024, equal to more than one home every 11 days.
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At the forefront of making a significant difference in the lives of wounded American service members and their families.
The organization gifts mortgage-free homes that meet the needs of the men and women who have selflessly served our country. These homes not only help to remove the family’s financial burden, they help to restore the individual’s freedom, and enable the veteran to lead a more independent and productive civilian life.
Organizational efficiency and sound fiscal responsibility are of utmost importance at Building Homes for Heroes®; The CEO/Founder and board members has performed their duties for the past seventeen years, without compensation. The organization strives to keep fundraising and administrative costs at a minimum, thus only a small percentage of funds are allocated to overhead costs. The organization aims to gift and modify 40 homes in 2024, equal to more than one home every 11 days.
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Our Heros
Air Force Master Sgt Joseph Deslauriers
In September of 2011, MSgt. Deslauriers, a 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, was mounted in a mine resistance vehicle conducting a post-blast assessment of an IED explosion in Afghanistan. Explosive Ordnance disposal specialists are tactical and technical explosive efforts who are trained to destroy and disable unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices and weapons of mass destruction.
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Kirstie Ennis
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Kirstie Ennis nearly died when the CH-53D helicopter she was flying in as an aerial gunner crash-landed in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. The accident broke her left ankle and caused severe damage to her leg, tore her rotator cuff and labrum, injured the cervical discs of her spine, shattered her jaw, and caused severe facial lacerations, a traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder. Ennis was combat meritoriously promoted to the rank of Sergeant.