What an honor!
At the latest Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) conference in Boston, Youngren Construction was honored with the title “Builder of Distinction” for our continued work with Homes For Our Troops.
This title affords HFOT an opportunity to recognize the achievements and contributions of their top tier builders and to reinforce each builder’s already strong commitment to the organization and mission.
Youngren Construction has been building and serving with Homes For Our Troops since 2010. That’s nearly 14 years of collaboration and 39 homes completed! The entire Youngren team is proud to build these specially adapted custom homes for severely injured Veterans.
Scott and Jennifer Youngren say: “We are humbled and honored by this recognition given by Homes For Our Troops. We are proud to work with the HFOT team to bring these incredible homes to life for Veterans and their loved ones. As long as the need for these homes is there, we will continue building them for HFOT recipients for many years to come.”
About Homes for Our Troops: Supporting Veterans
Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) is a publicly funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives.
Most of these Veterans have sustained life-altering injuries including multiple amputations, partial or full paralysis, or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). These homes restore some of the freedom and independence our Veterans sacrificed defending ours, and enable them to focus on their family, recovery, and rebuilding their lives.
Since its inception in 2004, nearly 90 percent of donations to Homes For Our Troops has gone to directly support Veterans.
Homes For Our Troops builds these homes where the Veteran chooses to live, and continues its relationship with the Veterans after home delivery to assist them with rebuilding their lives.
What Makes Homes For Our Troops Special?
Rebuilding Lives is the most important aspect of the Homes For Our Troops mission, therefore, they stay in contact with Veterans after home delivery.
Homes For Our Troops provides a pro-bono financial planner for three years to assist in financial planning and household budgeting. They also provide homeownership education and warranty coverage to ensure that the Veteran is set up for long-term success as a homeowner. One staff section’s sole focus is following up with our Veterans, and we also have a peer mentoring program consisting of Veterans and spouses in the Homes For Our Troops program.
Building Homes and Rebuilding Lives
Homes For Our Troops builds homes as a pivotal point for these Veterans to rebuild their lives, and once again become highly productive members of society.
Despite their life-altering injuries, many of our Veterans have embarked on new careers, completed their college degrees, or started families. Empowered by the freedom a donated specially adapted custom home brings, these Veterans can now focus on their recovery and returning to their life’s work of serving others.
Many have embraced their roles as motivational speakers, sharing their messages of persevering through tragedy with groups and classrooms around the country; others take to a national platform to promote awareness of Veteran suicide, homelessness and PTSD.
Their incredible stories – far too numerous to include on one page – are the driving force for the work we do here at Homes For Our Troops. We encourage you to read more about their amazing stories on the Homes For Our Troops website.
We thank Homes For Our Troops for their dedication to their Mission: To build and donate specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives.
>>To learn more, get involved, or donate, visit http://hfotusa.org.
In service,
-The Youngren Team
