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 in the greater Jacksonville area and also completed Fire College in Ocala, FL 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!
Since graduation, he has decided to change directions in his life. This summer, he will begin work at a local Air Station near his home in Jacksonville where he will be coordinating the repair and distribution of airplane parts. He will also volunteer again this fall at a local camp for pediatric burn victims and will continue his work with a national veterans advocacy organization as well. He continues to enjoy helping other veterans, and recently returned from Landsthul, Germany where he visited injured troops lending comfort and support to the troops!
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!