SNEADS FERRY, N.C. — Helping a Hero broke ground on a specially adapted home for a post-9/11 wounded veteran in the Permeta Branch community, and is asking the community to nominate a deserving hero to receive it.
The home is being built by Robuck Homes as part of Helping a Hero’s 100 Homes Challenge with Bass Pro Shops, which is contributing 25% of the cost of each of the 100 homes. It is expected to be completed and awarded around the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Founder Meredith Iler noted the location’s appeal, close to the coast and to Camp Lejeune, as a supportive community for a catastrophically wounded warrior.
Several Helping a Hero ambassadors, wounded veterans who received homes through the program, spoke at the ceremony, including retired Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Daniel Gilyeat, retired Army Staff Sgt. Ross Cox and retired Army Staff Sgt. Shilo Harris. A letter from U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy was read, and country artist Tate Stevens performed.
Know a hero who deserves this home? If you know a post-9/11 veteran injured in war who is an amputee, burn survivor, blind, or otherwise needs an adapted home due to their service, please Nominate a Hero — it only takes about five minutes.