Year Founded
2008
EIN
26-3516121
Local Leader/Exec. Director
John Gallina
Main Address
755 Washington Avenue
Statesville, NC 28677
United States
PO Box 5535
Statesville, NC 28687
United States
What We Do
Purple Heart Homes assists Service-Connected Disabled Veterans with the necessary steps to purchase a home or renovate their current home so they can live with the dignity and independence they deserve. We can improve veterans' lives one home at a time.
In Mecklenburg County, we have built ramps, widened doorways, and built suitable bathroom additions for the Veterans Aging in Place program. Our second program is the Veterans Home Ownership Program to adapt and modify foreclosed or donated homes that are adapted specifically for the veteran's disability. This is a "hand up" program, not a "hand out" one. The veteran is often inspired to pay it forward and volunteer to help others. The results? Emerging leaders who pay it forward to our communities.
Interesting Info
- Our founders, Dale Beatty and John Gallina were featured in the cover story of TIME magazine in late 2013
- Dale Beatty was one of the Top Ten winners of the CNN Hero awards in 2014.
- Several Mecklenburg Veterans who were served by Purple Heart Homes are leaders and speakers.
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