Homes for Our Troops

Posted in Scotty & Carissa in the Morning by Carissa on 1/18/2010

Help build homes for severely injured vets.

Clear 99 is joining Homes for Our Troops to honor and assist severely injured Servicemen and Servicewomen and their families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor to build homes for disabled Vets in our area.

Homes for Our Troops and Missouri Credit Unions are currently helping build a specially adapted home in Columbia, MO for Army SSG Robert Canine.

Robert was a truck commander returning from a patrol in northwest Baghdad in May 2009 when a road side bomb blasted into his vehicle leaving him with injuries so severe that both of his legs required amputation.

Home for Our Troops is asking for interested professional and skilled trades people to sign up to volunteer their time and materials to help build this hero a home.

Watch the video below to find out more about local hero, SSG Robert Canine.

5 Comments


  1. Klara

    January 22, 2010 3:56 pm

    This is why I LOVE Missouri, we come together like a huge family and help out to those that need it.
    I also Love that we can help the troops that help us stay free because we all know that freedom is NOT free.

  2. Angel

    January 25, 2010 5:28 pm

    can you tell me who the contact person is for this event so those who can’t make it to Lowe’s can find out more? Thanks!

  3. Carissa

    January 25, 2010 9:29 pm

    Hey Angel..
    Click the Homes for Our Troops link above to get more information from their website, or you can call Doreen Lewis at 508-823-3300.

  4. Pat Grathwohl

    January 26, 2010 11:47 pm

    I have over 39 years in designing homes. I would like to donate my time to designing Sgt. Canine home. Please let me know if I can help. Thanks
    Pat Grathowhl
    Total Design, Inc
    (573) 808-0920

  5. Mike Grigery Top Notch Const.

    January 27, 2010 1:58 am

    I am a owner of a framing crew in columbia and may be able to help call me at 573-228-4814