Home Depot Foundation helps family get new house
KXAN News
By Ignacio Garcia
Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013
BERTRAM, Texas (KXAN) - Shirley Wright has been living in a small shed in Bertram, Texas since she lost her second mobile home to a tornado in 2009.
"It's not very comfortable," said Shirley Wright, retired Army sergeant. "With three of us or four of us in there it takes up the maximum space."
Life will soon change for the retired Army veteran, who spent 18 years in the service and now grows vegetables for the local food bank and takes in rescue animals.
Wright will move from her 288 square-foot cabin to a four-bedroom, two-bath, 1,500 square-foot home in less than three weeks, just in time for Veterans Day.
About 350 volunteers have been working around the clock for two and a half weeks to bring Wright her dream home.
"My son is in the service, my brother is a vet, my father," said Michael Reichert. "It's just great to give back.
Veterans are twice as likely as the average American to be homeless, making up 16 percent of the homeless population.
Nearly 1.5 million veterans live in poverty and 14 percent have a service-connected disability.
If you know a veteran with a home that needs help, or no home at, click here to view the Home Depot Foundation's grant request form.
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