Walmart.com customers “round up” to Spark Good for military families, helping raise more than $3.2 million for Operation Homefront SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Operation Homefront, the national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, announced today that Walmart and its loyal customers raised over $3.2 million for the organization. From October … Continued
Home Would Provide Stability for Children After Tragic Loss Charles and Leesa Haney are deeply committed to family. Charles joined the Army at age 31 to provide stability for his wife and four children, who are now adults. More recently, the Haney’s took in a niece and two nephews after Leesa’s sister died. Now, they … Continued
Self-Employed Army Veteran Receives Rent Assistance as Costs Rise As the COVID-19 crisis continued into the second year and Americans began seeing double-digit increases in housing costs, veteran LaDena Ingram found herself in a bind. In March 2021, her landlord notified her that she owed a significant amount of back rent. The landlord had not … Continued
The Charles D. Schwetke Foundation Donates $100,000 to Operation Homefront’s Transitional Homes for Veterans Program SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Operation Homefront, the national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, announced today that The Charles D. Schwetke Foundation has awarded the organization a $100,000 grant to support the Transitional Homes … Continued
New Windows, Insulation Save Marine Veteran from Housing Crisis Duane Senter, his wife, Misty, and their 6-year-old daughter, Hartley, were excited to move into the home the family felt lucky to purchase in Northglenn, Colorado, following his five years serving his country as a Marine. Duane and Misty had grown up right near Northglenn in … Continued
Operation Homefront Announces 2024 Semifinalists for Esteemed Military Child of the Year® Award SAN ANTONIO- Following the nomination of more than 700 outstanding military children from across the country, national nonprofit Operation Homefront is pleased to announce the 105 semifinalists for the 2024 Military Child of the Year® Award program. Operation Homefront works to build … Continued
Marine Veteran Finds Pride in Support of Operation Homefront, Pillsbury After a couple of false starts after high school, Riley Oakes found his way in the military and loved his chosen career path. When he developed a rare skin disease that forced him to leave the Marine Corps, the support of Operation Homefront and Pillsbury … Continued
Critical Financial Assistance Aids Army Veteran and Family At the age of 44, Troy Griffey’s life story could already fill multiple Hollywood blockbusters: Born deaf, he regained his hearing through a surgery in France that he could not get in his home country of the U.S. He endured chemotherapy for a rare skin cancer from … Continued
Funds Help Military Family, New Parents Replace Damaged Roof Tim Lindsay was home from school with an injured leg when he watched the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. “I told my dad then I would be going into war,” he said. In 2008, before graduating high school, he talked to an Army recruiter. … Continued
Dual Military Couple Finds Safety and Stability at Maryland Village Navy veteran Merry Garza does not know where she, her wife, and their son would be without Operation Homefront’s Transitional Housing – Villages program, which provided stable and safe housing during her medical retirement process. Merry, wife Bethany Rios, and son Artemis, moved into the … Continued
