Homes for Our Troops Announces Build Brigade for 2nd MA Home

Plymouth, MA (PRWEB) November 8, 2007 -- Homes For Our Troops, a non-profit organization that provides specially adapted homes for severely wounded veterans, announced today that it will host a Press Conference to launch a "Build Brigade" event for a specially adapted home building project for SGT Brian Fountaine. Tickets for the HFOT Veterans Day Raffle will also be available for sale at the site.

SGT Brian Fontaine, a 24-year-old tank commander from Dorchester, MA lost both of his lower legs while serving in Iraq when a terrorist's IED (Improvised Explosive Device) that was planted in the road exploded under the Humvee that Brian was riding in. Brian was serving with the First Brigade Combat Team of the Fourth Infantry Division when he was severely injured on June 8, 2006.

Brian's home is the second project that Homes For Our Troops has undertaken in Massachusetts. A specially adapted home was completed in Middleboro, MA for Sgt Peter Damon and his family in 2006. Homes For Our Troops has completed 17 projects through out the US and has 20 additional projects in various stages of construction.

Build Brigade: On November 9, 10, 11, 2007 we will be hosting a marathon build event (that we call a "Build Brigade") at the site of Brian's project located at 85 Valley Rd. in Plymouth, MA. Beginning at 8:00 AM, our goal for the weekend will be to erect Brian's home by completing the framing, roofing, windows, doors and siding with the help of many volunteers. Basically we will be going from floor to a standing structure in one weekend! Please come join us for this event!

HFOT Veterans Day Raffle: Enter to win a Patriots Weekend Package for 2 tickets. Package includes 2 upper sideline tickets for the December 3, game in Baltimore; roundtrip airfare from Boston to Baltimore/BWI Airport; Airport Transfers by Super Shuttle; 2 night stay at the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor. Winner will be drawn at the Build Brigade in Plymouth, MA on Sunday November 11, 2007. Tickets: $10. For details go to our website: www.homesforourtroops.org

John Gonsalves, President and Founder of Homes For Our Troops, and local volunteers in the community of Plymouth, would like to extend an invitation to your organization to join this event with SGT Fountaine.

Who: Homes For Our Troops, Inc. is a Taunton, MA based non-profit organization that (at no cost to the veterans they serve) provides specially adaptive housing to severely wounded veterans returning from the War on Terror,: www.homesforourtroops.org

SGT Brian Fountaine and members of the local community:

http://www.homesforourtroops.org/site/PageServer?pagename=MA

What: Press Conference by Homes For Our Troops founder, John Gonsalves, and members of the local community to launch a "Build Brigade" at its 2nd Massachusetts project.

When: November 9, 2007 at 8:00 AM

Where: 85 Valley Rd., Plymouth, MA 02360

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