By JENNIFER SUMMER
Updated: 10.27.09
The Kingwood Rotary Club plans to look into how it can connect with other local groups like the Blue Star Moms to help others in the community.
At its weekly meeting Oct. 22, the group discussed different avenues it could venture down and how it could aid the nonprofit Helping a Hero.
Helping a Hero is a non-partisan organization which provides support and help to severely wounded military personnel. Its main mission is to provide specially adapted homes as well as to engage the community to provide services and support for the wounded veterans and their families.
“We partner with builders and other community supporters to help wounded veterans with specially adapted homes that will help make their everyday lives easier,” Ginny Whitaker, a volunteer with Helping a Hero, said.
The specially adapted homes feature a roll-in, flat shower, a roll-under sink, extra sidewalk around the back of the house, lower counters in the kitchen and access to appliances that is easier for the wounded veterans.
Helping a Hero has built several houses for wounded veterans in the Lakeshore and Summerwood divisions and will soon be building a new house for another veteran in The Woodlands area.
“Rotary clubs like the Kingwood Rotary Club are a great asset, as we will match the veteran up with a local Rotary Club where they can serve as an additional support system,” Whitaker said.
When the organization first starts looking for a place where it can build a home for a veteran, it looks for a planned community and then will reach out to several builders to see if they will donate the lot.
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