Operation: Coming Home Comes to Fuquay-Varina
The Triangle Real Estate and Construction Veterans (TREACV), The Armed Forces Foundation (AFF) and the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA) formed the Military Veterans Task Force (MVTF) several years ago to help wounded service members return to civilian life as comfortably as possible, living in homes of their own. With that goal in mind, they formed Operation: Coming Home, a program designed to provide a new home with appropriate special features free to a veteran who has lost limbs or suffered other debilitating injuries in combat.
The program is modeled after Habitat for Humanity. A veteran is awarded one tenth of the price of the home each year for 10 years. At the end of that time, he owns the home. Most homes are valued under $200,000
The first house built in the Fuquay-Varina area in 2008 went to Joey Bozik and his wife, Jayme Bozik. Joey, a former Airborne Military Police Sergeant with the 118th MP Company from Ft. Bragg, returned to this country a triple amputee. He spent a year and a half undergoing surgeries and extensive rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He married his fiancé while in the hospital.
On Nov. 4th, the second Operation: Coming Home will be awarded to Sgt. Stanley Roberts who has served three tours of duty in Iraq. On his third and final tour in Iraq, he lost his right leg, sustained damage to his right arm and suffered traumatic rain injury. After years of physical therapy and numerous surgeries, Sgt. Roberts is currently on the way to recovery. You can read more about Sgt. Robert’s story compelling story here.
The Town of Fuquay-Varina waived building permit fees on the first house and we are doing the same for the second house. The Town of Fuquay-Varina is very proud to have a community project of this caliber where neighbors help neighbors. The Town is also extremely proud to welcome Sgt. Roberts and his family as neighbors and to welcome all veterans, and service men and women to our community. We thank them for their service.
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