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
Veteran’s Transitional Home Allows Child Using Wheelchair to Thrive Each time Navy veteran David Kane and wife Amanda watch their daughter and son work together in the kitchen of their home, the parents are reassured they chose the right place to settle. The family has three children, Kaylee, 15; Natalie, 8; and Andrew, 6. They … Continued
Veteran Family Shares Holiday Meals for Military Bounty with Soldiers For Sandy Muñoz, each year’s advance holiday planning includes signing up for Operation Homefront’s Holiday Meals for Military® program. The extra food helps when she and her husband, Army veteran Luis Muñoz, open their El Paso, Texas, home to an extended family of soldiers from … Continued
