Golfers Compete to Support Wounded Veterans

June 17, 2015

Golfers Compete to Support Wounded Veterans

Lantana Golf Tournament Raises Funds to Build Adapted Homes for Veterans

LANTANA, TX – June 15, 2015 – On the heels of National Flag Day, non-profit Helping A Hero hosted the Lantana Golf Tournament today to benefit construction of adapted homes for wounded veterans. Golfers, business, and others came out to support the mission, compete, and meet two local Heroes—SSgt (Ret.) Johnnie Yellock II, USAF and Cpl (Ret.) Hardy “Sonny” Mills, USMC. The non-profit is currently working on an adapted home for SSgt (Ret.) Yellock in Lantana.

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Ludington, state, fellow veterans show love for Sgt. (ret.) Eric Lund at helpingahero.org home ceremony

June 9, 2015

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Ludington has shown its love for U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. (ret.) Eric Lund, helping create his new Helping a Hero home and celebrating it with him Monday afternoon through a dedication ceremony.

The event provided an opportunity for people to say thanks, Lund’s family to the community and community members and lawmakers to say their thanks to Lund.

Helping a Hero national ambassador Lee Greenwood sang his appreciation with his famed “God Bless the USA.”

With American flags flying and Lund by his side, the Greenwood song had the hundreds of people in attendance singing along and feeling, well, downright patriotic.

Helpingahero.org provided $125,...

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Ludington, state, fellow veterans show love for Sgt. (ret.) Eric Lund at helpingahero.org home ceremony

Glad to be home: Sgt. Eric Lund, local wounded warrior, is grateful for community support; open house Monday, June 8 with Lee Greenwood singing

June 4, 2015

By PATTI KLEVORN | News Editor |patti@ludingtondailynews.com |

Sgt. (ret.) Eric Lund is settling into his new home in Hamlin Township. There are some finishing touches being completed this week — landscaping, closet hooks, pantry shelving, decoration — but it’s ready, and he’s happy to be home.

“I love it,” he said.

It was never a question he wanted to be back in his hometown.

“I have family here and I missed the water,” he said.

He spent two years going through surgeries, healing and in rehabilitation in San Antonio, Texas, after the loss of his arms and other serious injuries from...

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Glad to be home: Sgt. Eric Lund, local wounded warrior, is grateful for community support; open house Monday, June 8 with Lee Gr

Veteran gets a new home

June 3, 2015

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ATLANTA -He went to Iraq for our country, but Specialist Chuck Fuller came home a different man and suffers PTSD and needs a cane to get around.

More than a year of planning went into this home, hundreds of volunteers, tens of thousands of donations all came together to build his house.

They describe it as a place as healing and joy for an American soldier.

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Veteran gets a new home

Injured Army specialist receives new home, Lee Greenwood performance

June 3, 2015

WSB-TV – Atlanta

SMYRNA, Ga. — A metro Atlanta Army specialist is enjoying his first day in his new home, thanks to volunteers.

“This is awesome. We never expected anything like this. It's amazing," said Spc. Charles Fuller as he received the key to his brand new home.

Fuller said the house is a dream come true, not just for Fuller, but also for the couple who came up with the idea in memory of their daughter, Dana Walters.

Walters died in 1994 from cystic fibrosis.

“Today, standing in front of it, and knowing that my child would be looking down on it, and saying, ‘Yes, mama, that's the right thing to do,’ I get goosebumps," said Karen Walters, Dana’s mother....

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Injured Army specialist receives new home, Lee Greenwood performance

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