Purple Heart Homes Improves Quality of Life For Veterans
Three million Americans are affected.
Let that number sink in.
Three million Americans are service-disabled veterans; 90% of whom don’t have the means to adjust their homes to accommodate their disabilities.
This story isn’t about staggering numbers, however. It’s about real people who sacrificed for their country and are having their lives transformed through the generosity of others. It’s about people helping people. It’s about a nonprofit organization called Purple Heart Homes that was created to reduce those staggering numbers.
Purple Heart Homes was founded in 2008 by two Iraq combat-wounded veterans, John Gallina and the late Dale Beatty, to help these disabled veterans improve their quality of life. The organization works with partners like Lowe’s to offer housing solutions to veterans. It provides critical home repairs to meet mobility and safety needs and assists in home ownership.
“On the battlefield, you leave no man or woman behind,” said Paul Cockerham, development director at Purple Heart Homes. “We feel like some of these veterans have been left behind, and we’re doing our part to make sure they’re not left behind.”
In July, Paul Hartman, a 94-year old Navy veteran of World War II, received the 600th completed project by Purple Heart Homes. Hartman served in a flotilla in the Western Pacific as an Electrician’s Mate for two years during the war. This summer, Purple Heart Homes, Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s volunteers built a new ramp and deck along with other modifications to help renovate the veteran’s home.
Purple Heart Homes was founded in 2008 by two Iraq combat-wounded veterans, John Gallina and the late Dale Beatty, to help these disabled veterans improve their quality of life. The organization works with partners like Lowe’s to offer housing solutions to veterans. It provides critical home repairs to meet mobility and safety needs and assists in home ownership.
“On the battlefield, you leave no man or woman behind,” said Paul Cockerham, development director at Purple Heart Homes. “We feel like some of these veterans have been left behind, and we’re doing our part to make sure they’re not left behind.”
In July, Paul Hartman, a 94-year old Navy veteran of World War II, received the 600th completed project by Purple Heart Homes. Hartman served in a flotilla in the Western Pacific as an Electrician’s Mate for two years during the war. This summer, Purple Heart Homes, Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s volunteers built a new ramp and deck along with other modifications to help renovate the veteran’s home.
Article by Michael Crowe – Staff Writer an Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
