Wounded veteran to get new Brooksville home

Wounded veteran to get new Brooksville home
Hernando Today
By MATT REINIG
Published: July 15, 2013

BROOKSVILLE - Staff Sgt. Ken Patterson thought he would never walk again after losing much of his right leg along with his left foot four years ago in the war in Afghanistan.

But Monday at the Trillium community in Brooksville, Patterson rose from his seat to shake hands with U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent and state Sen. Wilton Simpson, who were just a few of the dignitaries on hand welcoming Patterson and his family to the site of their new home.

Thanks to HelpingaHero.org, who partnered with Pulte Homes to fund the 2,600 square foot home's construction, Patterson and his family will be living in their new four-bedroom house by Thanksgiving.

"In Houston, every severely injured veteran who applied received a home," said Meredith Iler, national chairman and founder of the HelpingaHero.org Home Program: a Houston-based non profit, non-partisan organization that provides support for military personnel severely injured in the war on terror.
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