The nearly 2,000 square foot home will be located in theĬommunity in Babcock Ranch, Florida, which is the first fully solar-powered town in the U.S. The work we do with Operation Homefront is especially meaningful to us given the many veterans who work at Meritage and understand first-hand the challenges of transitioning back to civilian life.”Įarlier this month, Meritage hosted an event to celebrate the groundbreaking of the home. “We recognize the sacrifice that military members and their families make and are proud to welcome them into a home they can call their own. “We are honored to support the Permanent Homes for Veterans program for a tenth year,” said Phillippe Lord, CEO of Meritage Homes. By the end of 2023, Meritage will have donated a total of 18 homes as part of the program.
, a leading national nonprofit organization dedicated to building strong, stable, and secure military families. This is the tenth year of Meritage’s partnership with Operation Homefront’s Permanent Homes for Veterans program to build and donate mortgage-free homes for military families. (NYSE:MTH), the fifth-largest public homebuilder in the U.S., announced that it has once again renewed its partnership with “Our mission at operation homefront is to build strong, stable and secure military families so they can thrive in the communities they work so hard to protect.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Today, Since that time, the program has grown from initially providing 500 meal kits to military families in 2009 to providing more than 10,000 nationally this holiday season. employee picked up the $12 cost for the groceries.
The Holiday Meals for Military program began Thanksgiving 2009 as the result of a chance encounter in a supermarket in Utica, N.Y., near Fort Drum.Ī soldier, his wife, and infant had a handful of grocery items they could not afford, so a Beam Inc. (WNCT) - Operation Homefront, partnered with Food Lion, distributed 100-holiday meal kits to pre-registered military families at the Jacksonville Conference Center Thursday through the national nonprofit’s annual Holiday Meals for Military program.Įach meal bag includes non-perishables as well as a gift card redeemable for the rest of the groceries necessary for a full holiday meal.
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