FW: BLOG

Every second in life is gift..no question..

We have many things happening today…one of my volunteer heroes is that of Bill Deknaetel of #Cisco. Bill has championed our work for years, helping us to be able to take much of our work to a different level.  Today he brings another 50 people out with us, working hard, his fourth year at least of changing a neighborhood we call Battle Hill, the Battle for Veterans, the Battle to take it back..

We have strategically gone through the revitalization of the neighborhood..Bill has been there, he has gotten his kids teen group involved..he has gotten his company involved, he has gotten himself involved….Bill cant thank you enough for all you have done and do!

 

On a different note it is D Day, I remember my uncles my moms three brothers, all were in WW2..they came home with heroes welcome…telling stories of Anzio, Europe, and more…one a Governors assistant, the other a post office manager, the third a bank examiner..three brothers, who dad died when they grew up in a family of nine…they gave their life on the line in service…and came back and loved this country and their familes…one son when off to war…to Vietnam…and never returned…the D Day for the Vietnam Vets was not there..never was..the war that was always questioned, Vietnam Vets were and are heroes..

Then from Korea, to every day service, to the Gulf War, to present day heroes like Michelle my assistant a wounded warrior and two Mike and Nikki, who are marines who met in Iraq to get our first Vets homes..they put their life on the line..like Ivan, deployed and next on the list.

Our soldiers, our freedoms, our lives..every day is D Day for those who went and remember, we remember them, not just in ceremony, but real hiring, of vets, real building of homes for vets in Welcome Home Houses…please contribute to this, come and volunteer in Battle Hill and see us make it happen….we have only just begun…and may you pray for a vet and help them today through our work. God bless America!

 

Jim Killoran, Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity of Westchester

524 Main Street, New Rochelle NY 10801

(914) 403-4821

 

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