Cpl Carlos Garcia Homes For Our Troops Volunteer Day

[John Morris]

Yesterday morning we headed out to the volunteer day for Cpl Carlos Garcia and what a great showing we had! There must of been 150 folks, and we knocked out that landscaping in no time. It was a great time as always, and we have some images from our day, again I loaded up our truck with the kids from my daughters high school veterans club The Patriot Tigers, and the kids worked their hearts out and had a great time, and our kids got to rub elbows with the stars of the show, Cpl Garcia was gracious as always and there were other home recipients there chipping in to help as well.

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Our daughters club ready to work!

Unloading Water.

Setting up Chairs.

Volunteers lining up to work.

This is the T-shirt table, after check in we are directed to put on uniform!

The Patriot Tigers are planting ground cover.

Our daughter lugging buckets of water to the planting areas.

A priceless moment, a retired Master Chief giving orders to one of our daughters club members.

Job well done and some very proud kids.

Ashley Twigg, the event coordinator for Homes For Our Troops gives a word of thanks to us all.

The guest of honor and new home owner Cpl Garcia giving a word of thanks as well.

And his family joins in.

The ol man and my daughter, it may not look like it folks but I did work! I promise! I was on the bucket brigade and I shuttled mulch all over the site.

The president of The Patriot Tigers on the right and the vice president on the left of SSGT Wallace Fenene. Wallace Fenene received his home last year in the same approximate area, it's very special to have these guys relatively close to each other, they visit each other, provide support, and they have become best of friends.

Time for chow! Some very hungry kids, and well deserved!

 

Thank you for sharing our Saturday with us! We had a great time, and as always a very profound experience. To rub elbows, and to talk with these men and women who have sacrificed much for us, is a humbling experience that I can never get enough of. Context, I need it, and I get it here at these Homes For Our Troops events.

I'd also like to give a shout out to our daughter, again, if I am boring you all with mentioning her all the danged time I apologize, but I just can't help it, she and her club did a great job yesterday. I can see the change in them as we drive home from these events.