Whether you're against the war or for it, there should be no question if you should support our troops. Many have given their lives for the call of duty and many return home injured physically and/or emotionally from the horrors of war. I often change the channel when news of the violence from the war comes on. It's not because I don't find it interesting or that I think it doesn't concern me, I change it because it saddens me. The soldiers are out there fighting for a cause bigger than themselves. I wish I could do more than send out prayers to support our troops.
Fortunately, there are those out there making big strides to help our Veterans. Homes for Our Trooops is a non-profit organization who finds volunteers to build homes for wounded veterans. David Battle never knew he would return home from war with both legs and one arm gone forever. After coming home to his wife and four children on Christmas day, having been living in a room at a community home for hospitalized veterans for a year. They are more than deserving of a place to call home.
Thanks to Home for Our Troops, which was started by John Gonsalves in 2003, Battles and his family will be able to move to a four bedroom home in Pasadena sometime next year. Homes for our Troops have built 33 homes and have 19 in progress in 24 states. "There's nothing else I would rather do than what I'm doing now," Gonsalves said. "After Sept. 11, there was a void in my life of, you know, 'What am I doing for my country?'"
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