Submitted by The Home Depot Foundation
UPDATE: This project has been moved to Friday, June 28, 2024.
BROUSSARD, June 21, 2024 – On Monday, June 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., The Home Depot Foundation and the Marine Corps League will team up to make the home of a local Marine Corps veteran safer.
Hal Tornroth bravely served his country for more than half a decade. He now lives alone in Broussard and relies on his motorized wheelchair for transportation. However, he can only use it indoors due to the instability of his front porch. This coming Monday, volunteers from Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, will improve the stability of Hal’s front porch and add a wheelchair-accessible ramp for him. These upgrades to Hal’s house will not only improve his accessibility and independence in safely navigating his own home; they will also help him to get out more and interact with other veterans in the community.
Giving back to veterans through a variety of projects like this one is personal to The Home Depot, as more than 35,000 of the company’s associates are veterans or military spouses. Since 2011, The Home Depot Foundation has invested $500 million in veteran causes and helped renovate and enhance more than 60,000 veteran homes and facilities, ensuring more of our nation’s heroes have a safe, comfortable place to call home that fits their individual needs.
About The Home Depot Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation, the nonprofit arm of The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, support communities impacted by natural disasters and train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap. Since 2011, the Foundation has invested more than $500 million in veteran causes and improved more than 60,000 veteran homes and facilities. The Foundation has pledged to invest $750 million in veteran causes by 2030 and $50 million in training the next generation of skilled tradespeople through the Path to Pro program by 2028. To learn more about The Home Depot Foundation visit HomeDepotFoundation.org and follow us on Twitter @HomeDepotFound and on Facebook and Instagram @HomeDepotFoundation.
About Marine Corps League
The mission of the Marine Corps League is to promote the interest and to preserve traditions of the United States Marine Corps; strengthen the fraternity of Marines and their families; serve Marines and FMF Navy Personnel who wear or who have worn the Eagle, Globe and Anchor; and foster the ideals of Americanism and patriotic volunteerism. For more information, please visit https://mclla.org/.
