UPDATE: Our initial Hero from 2008 currently resides in Florida near where he attended school. Since we met him, he has successfully completed his internship with a fire department and completed Fire College as well. The donations received from our 2008 Inaugural Welcoming Home our Heroes, (WHOH), event, provided key living expense assistance, (telephone and car payments, etc.), to our Hero during this time which allowed him to concentrate his efforts towards successfully completing his studies!

After our Hero graduated from Fire College, he decided to change directions in his life. Last summer, he began working at a local Air Station near his home where he coordinates the repair and distribution of airplane parts. Our Hero really enjoys this job as it gives him an opportunity to work with many veterans, and he finds the work very interesting. He will continue to give back with his volunteer work at a local camp for pediatric burn victims and with his work at a national veterans advocacy organization. Our 2008 Hero will always be incredibly grateful to the very generous people who participated in the Welcoming Home our Heroes event as he could not have achieved his goals without their support!