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.
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....
Adkins Elementary School students and staff celebrated Armed Forces Day by welcoming a military veteran who knows the meaning of service, Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock II.
Staff Sgt. Yellock, who retired from the U.S. Air Force after sustaining leg injuries in Afghanistan, spoke to Adkins Aviators about his experiences in the military as well as the importance of service of all types – service to others, for instance. That dedication to service is a goal Staff Sgt. Yellock said he constantly strives to maintain.
“With both my parents having been in the military, I had a pretty good idea that I also wanted to enlist and serve,” he said. “Being in the military taught my parents values...
A 450-strong crowd filed into the Hyatt Regency hotel downtown to attend the Helping a Hero Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. Helping A Hero is a nonprofit that provides specially adapted homes for wounded veterans; the event honored volunteers who help empower the lives of wounded veterans and also raise the funds necessary to support them.
Deborah Duncan served as mistress of ceremonies and entertainment was provided by country singer Lee Greenwood, who is most well-known for his song “God Bless the USA.” U.S. Army retired specialist, Justin Lane, performed “Only A Mountain” along with an inspiring speech.
Charles W....
TAHLEQUAH, Okla., March 17, 2015 – On March 24, Mayor Jason Nichols, the Cherokee Nation, and Oklahoma State Senator (Retired) Jim Wilson will join Helping A Hero and Tulsa-based Parker Built Homes as they break ground on a customized adapted home for wounded warrior SPC (Ret.) Aaron Estes at 22288 Stick Ross Mountain Road, Tahlequah, OK 74464. Post-9/11 veteran, Estes, is a member of the Tahlequah community with a story that has never been told.
This is the organization's first adapted home to be built in Oklahoma, and the community is...
To the brave men and women who sacrifice so much for our freedom, we salute you.
