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Hillside Disabled Veterans Home Project Source: Hillside Disabled Veterans Home Project Website Dedication CeremonyWednesday June 29, 2011 @ 10 AM June 10th, 2011 - The Hillside Disabled Verterans Home Project is one week from completion. The dedication ceremony will be held Wednesday, June 29th. For a complete update on the progress of this project, visit the project website. Link: Hillside Disable Veterans Home Project Website Link: Dedication Ceremony Press Release Link: Dedication Ceremony Invitation November 5th, 2010 - The Hillside Disabled Veterans Home Project is about to become a reality! Through the generosity of the Plote Companies, the Village of Hillside and many others, the construction of a single family home for disabled Army Veteran Sergio Lopez, his wife Maria and his young daughters, Sasha and Sophia, will commence in the upcoming months. Mr. Lopez, 27, served two tours of duty in Iraq and was struck by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED, commonly known as a roadside bomb) in January 2006. The explosion resulted in Sergio losing both of his legs below the knee. He and his young family were chosen by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be the recipients of this new specially adaptive home in Hillside, IL. A non-profit organization, titled the Hillside Disabled Veterans Home Project, has been established to spearhead this wonderful endeavor and gather donations. The goal is to have the project complete in 2010! The generous donations of labor and materials keep flowing in and we are certainly thankful for everyone's support of the project thus far. Currently the organization is seeking monetary donations, in addition to labor and material donations for all aspects of residential home construction, including, but certainly not limited to the following: Concrete Labor, Countertops, Doors & Hardware, Drywall, Fencing, Flooring, Light Fixtures, Lumber, Painting (finish coat), Plumbing, Siding, Trim Material & Labor We all truly have an opportunity to lead by example with this project. Ideally, other organizations and groups will follow suit on giving back to their fellow Americans who have given so much to protect our freedom! Hillside officials and developer Plote Cos. have made it possible to build a new home for an injured veteran. The full story can be read following the link below. (Source: Chicagoland Extra - Chicago Tribune) Project Website: Updates on the project Full Story (Chicago Tribune): Home being build for injured Veteran Full Story (Proviso Herald): Hillside group to build home for vet Full Story (Suburban Life): Hillside group to build home for vet |