Operation Finally Home
Dear Fellow American,
From the time my husband -- Marine Lance Corporal
Cory Hixson -- was young, all he wanted to do was serve his
country for you and me.
So, it was no surprise when he decided to follow in
the footsteps of his dad joining the Marines with the dream of
becoming a rifleman.
Soon after, Cory was deployed to Iraq.
But after his unit captured three insurgents in a
routine supply mission, they were hit with heavy mortar fire that
resulted in a six-hour firefight requiring air and tank support.
That's when my Cory's life was changed forever.
One mortar landed five feet in front of him. The
shrapnel from that powerful blast struck his upper torso and
face, piercing Cory's left eye.
He was immediately medically evacuated for emergency
surgery on his eye and thank God, he survived.
My husband, Cory, is a fighter. When he was
medically discharged from the Marines, he wanted nothing more
than to get back to work and live his life to the fullest.
So, he took a job as a heavy equipment operator at a
surface coal mine in our hometown.
We got married, had two children, and for a short
time, everything felt okay.
But then, things took a turn for the worse.
The severe Post-Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain
Injuries he suffered fighting for our freedom started to keep him
up at night.
The hearing and vision loss he suffered from the
shrapnel blast made it harder for him to work.
And eventually, the pain and stress from his combat
injuries made it impossible for him to hold down a job.
I couldn't imagine what Cory was going through.
Not just the terrible pain he dealt with... but
waking up every day knowing that life would never be the same.
All I wanted to do was be by his side and do
whatever I could to help him.
And the absolute last thing on my mind was figuring
out how we would afford to keep the lights on or keep the roof
over our heads.
But as the bills started to stack up, we couldn't
ignore it any longer.
Then, just as the walls felt like they were about to
cave in on me and my family, we got a call from Operation Finally
Home.
If you've ever heard of Operation Finally Home, then
you know that they provide mortgage-free, custom-built homes to
wounded combat veterans and their families.
We were invited to a conference for what we thought
was an interview with Operation Finally Home and one of their
builders.
But when were asked to come on stage and share our
story, only to hear the team at Operation Finally Home was going
to bless our family with a home built specially to help Cory live
with his injuries, I knew it was a sure sign from God that
everything would be alright.
But the Operation Finally Home team can't do it
alone.
After finding patriots to donate the land and the
bulk of the building materials, Operation Finally Home has to
come up with around $98,500 to finish building one home.
And as a non-profit organization, the only way they
can come up with that money is with the help of generous,
patriotic Americans throughout the country who understand the
sacrifices our veterans and first responders make for you and me
every single day.
So friend, after all Operation Finally Home has done
for Cory, our two young children, and me, I have to ask you for
this favor...
Will you please help Operation Finally Home continue
to do God's work by providing mortgage-free homes to injured
combat veterans and their families like mine?
Dan Wallrath, Operation Finally Home founder, saw
the plight of our veterans who came home from Iraq and
Afghanistan with brain injuries, without limbs, with severe
burns, and much more.
Many of these brave warriors can't dress themselves,
get up and down stairs on their own, or remember simple tasks.
Never mind secure a job that can pay the rent and
put food on the table.
That's why Dan and his team does whatever it takes
to make sure combat veterans like Cory can live peacefully.
-If a veteran in a wheelchair needs low sinks to be
able to brush his or her own teeth or help with the dishes at
dinnertime - they build it.
-If a veteran who's lost his legs or arms - or both
- needs a motorized lift to get in and out of the tub without the
help of a spouse or parent - they build it.
-If a veteran needs a plain, dark room to retreat to
when everyday sights and sounds trigger their PTSD - they build
it.
And the best part is, they give these homes to
families like mine 100% mortgage-free so heroes like Cory never
have to spend another night worrying:
"How will I ever take care of my family again?"
Please, help Dan and Operation Finally Home continue
to bless families like mine by making a tax-deductible
contribution of $25, $50, $100 or more today?
Every day is a struggle for American heroes like my
husband.
He served his country, lost his eye for you and me.
He lost his memory. And he's losing his day-to-day life trying to
fix himself.
But thanks to Operation Finally Home, the weight of
wondering how we'll survive has been lifted off our shoulders.
And if you can help lift that weight off the
shoulders of more wounded veterans and their families by sending
a generous gift of $25, $50, $100 or more to Operation Finally
Home today, I pray that you will.
Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.
And thank you in advance for your generosity.
Sincerely,
Shala Hixson
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Operation FINALLY HOME is a nonpartisan/nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization.All donations are tax-deductible to the
extent allowed by law.
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