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(My Free PR ) Leading nonprofit partners with Bay Area Builders Association to construct handicap
accessible home from ground up for Lt. Erasimo Valles and family.
The Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes (CSAH), the leading nongovernmental
provider of emergency financial aid for severely wounded veterans from the War
on Terror, has stepped in to donate $40,000 to help build a new handicapped
accessible home for a severely wounded Iraq veteran.
Lt.
Erasimo Valles, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) was wounded in Iraq in March of 2004
when the Humvee that he was riding in ran over an anti-tank mine. The engine
was shoved into his lap, trapping him inside the vehicle. Somehow he managed to
pull himself out only to find that his legs were turned around in the opposite
direction.
“My
first thought was that I needed to survive so that I could see my newborn son,
Lorenzo Joseph, who was six weeks old and I had not yet met,” said Lt. Valles.
Valles
lost one leg in the incident, and is in danger of losing another. The home that
he and his wife shared with their three children was not handicap accessible,
and proved to be a problem for the wounded hero.
This
is when the Bay Area Builders Association and the Coalition to Salute America’s
Heroes stepped in.
“The
Bay Area Builders Association began building handicap accessible homes for
wounded veterans from the War on Terror in 2005,” said Dan Wallrath, President
of the Bay
Area Builders Association Support Our Troops, Inc., which was started by the
Bay Area Builders Association. “We are extremely honored and excited to be able
to build this home for Lt. Valles and his family. It is the least we could do
to honor his courageous sacrifice. This project would not have been possible
without the generous donations from the suppliers, contractors, the community,
and of course the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes.”
The
costs of building this home is estimated to be around $300,000 of which there
was a large amount raised by suppliers and contractors, but $41,400 was still
needed to pay for the lot. This is where CSAH stepped in and donated the remainder
to pay for the land.
“The
Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes works tirelessly every day to ensure that
our wounded heroes are taken care of once they return home injured from
overseas,” said Tom Palma, general manager for CSAH. “When an opportunity
presents itself like this one, we are proud to be such an integral part in a
dream being made a reality for a courageous veteran and his family.”
Currently,
Lt. Valles resides in San Antonio, TX with his wife Sandra and their three
children, Ty Allen, Lorenzo Joseph and Tatianna SE.
The
Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes is a 501 (c)(3), non-partisan, non-profit
organization dedicated to helping the severely wounded veterans returning from
Iraq and Afghanistan and their families rebuild their lives. The organization is
the top nongovernmental association helping wounded troops from Operation Enduring
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom and since its 2004 inception, has assisted over 4,500 troops.
Over $5 million
dollars has
been distributed to date to prevent car repossessions and utility shut-offs
while trips to sporting events, entertainment parks, and shows help service
members boost morale, break the boredom of the routine of recuperation and help
reintegrate wounded troops into civilian life.
The annual all expense paid Road
to Recovery Conference provides seminars, career counseling, job fairs,
evaluations, and inspirational success stories.
CSAH
has partnered with numerous celebrities including LeAnn Rimes, Dave Matthews Band, Gary Sinise, Toby Keith, Charlie
Daniels, Regis Philbin and Big &
Rich and Fortune 500 corporations likeand GM, to help further our
cause. Kellogg’s, GNC
For
more information or to learn how you can help, please visit the website at www.saluteheroes.org.
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