The Nationwide Wooden Flooring Affiliation (NWFA) has offered flooring for its 74th house in help of the Gary Sinise Basis R.I.S.E. program (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment). The R.I.S.E. program builds mortgage-free, customized, specifically tailored sensible houses for severely wounded veterans and first responders. The house dedication for U.S. Marine Corps Corporal (Ret.) Jose Armenta happened on November 11, in Bonita, California. Flooring for the undertaking was donated by NWFA member Somerset.
Cpl. Armenta joined the Marines in 2007, graduating on the high of his class in Army Police College and receiving the Prime Canine Award for his excellent efficiency within the Okay-9 Handlers Course. He spent a number of years coaching army canine earlier than serving in Okinawa, Japan. In 2011, he was deployed to Afghanistan the place he participated in additional than 50 fight missions along with his bomb canine, Zenit. In August, whereas conducting a safety patrol along with his platoon, he stepped on a stress plate containing greater than 10 kilos of do-it-yourself explosives, ensuing within the lack of each legs above the knee.
“Corporal Armenta underwent 13 surgical procedures following his damage, and after medically retiring from the Marine Corps in 2013, he continued his service, working as a police dispatcher of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego,” says Michael Martin, president and CEO of NWFA. “On the similar time, he returned to high school to review finance. After answering private finance questions for his colleagues at work, he acknowledged {that a} monetary planning profession supplied him a possibility to assist others, and started volunteering with native non-profits instructing monetary literacy programs and making ready tax kinds for low-income households. We’re honored to companion with Somerset to supply stunning wood flooring for his new house.”
Along with the 74 houses already accomplished, NWFA at the moment is working with its members to supply wooden flooring for 12 further R.I.S.E. houses in numerous phases of planning and building. Presently, 154 NWFA member firms have donated product, logistics, and set up companies in areas all through the USA, with a complete worth of greater than $6.9 million. A listing of all NWFA R.I.S.E. taking part firms might be discovered at http://www.nwfa.org/giving-back.aspx.
To study extra about this system, and the way you and/or your organization can become involved, contact the NWFA at 800.422.4556, or e-mail them at anita.howard@nwfa.org.