Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) has scheduled a Volunteer Day on Saturday, June 28, to install landscaping for disabled U.S. Army veteran Carlos Rivera’s specially adapted custom home in Alachua.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and landscaping will run from 9 to 11 a.m. at 14929 NW 60th Ave. in Alachua. RSVP by clicking here, as volunteers will receive HFOT T-shirts and lunch will be provided.
Volunteers are asked to grab their garden gloves to beautify the future home of Rivera. The event will be held outdoors, rain or shine.
HFOT announced in April the home it was building for Rivera and his family. Rivera submitted an HFOT application in 2019 for a new home.
With a mission of “building homes, rebuilding lives,” HFOT is a nationwide nonprofit that builds and donates specially-adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 veterans. The group currently has 80 homes under construction, with 13 in Florida.
For more information or to get involved, contact Shannon Fuller, community engagement coordinator, at sfuller@hfotusa.org or 774-372-8772.