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Older Veteran needs a hand: House related
Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:51 pm
I saw a story last night that was pretty sad.
94 year old Ed Lee, WWII vet, needs some help with his home. Pretty cool guy and a walking history book...
Here's a link to the story: ( sorry about WWL's crappy website)
Mr. Ed Lee
You can denote that your donation goes specifically to him.
Thank you to any TD'ers that can help out.
Link to donate
94 year old Ed Lee, WWII vet, needs some help with his home. Pretty cool guy and a walking history book...
Here's a link to the story: ( sorry about WWL's crappy website)
Mr. Ed Lee
You can denote that your donation goes specifically to him.
Thank you to any TD'ers that can help out.
Link to donate
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Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:55 pm to VetteGuy
I remember The Andy Griffith Show episode where the whole town pitched in to fix an old man's eyesore house up.
Doing this is what charity is, plus it would keep moneys from falling into greedy hands.
Doing this is what charity is, plus it would keep moneys from falling into greedy hands.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:59 pm to East Coast Band
From what I can tell, the charity doing this is pretty straight up.
Kind of a bad deal for Mr. Lee. WWII, retired contractor, just too old to do all that stuff himself, but still able to live on his own.
Kind of a bad deal for Mr. Lee. WWII, retired contractor, just too old to do all that stuff himself, but still able to live on his own.
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 9/9/15 at 6:02 pm to VetteGuy
Will do
Posted on 9/9/15 at 6:03 pm to SabiDojo
Thanks Sabi.
For a highly-trained assassin, you're a pretty OK guy.
For a highly-trained assassin, you're a pretty OK guy.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 6:04 pm to VetteGuy
video wouldn't work and I can't make any sense of the article...must have been written by a damn pre schooler...
Posted on 9/9/15 at 6:07 pm to Spankum
Yeah, their site has always been horrible. It's so busy trying to load crap, nothing works well.
NEW ORLEANS -- At age 94, Ed Lee has a wide smile and lots of stories, like those about slavery, heard from his father, who was born a slave.
"He was 5 years old when slaves were freed. His daddy told him all about it. His daddy was a slave."
After serving in the Navy during WWII, Ed came back to Algiers, bought land on the former plantation where his father and grandfather worked and built his house himself.
"Oh this house means everything to me. I built it and went to school for construction."
He had long retired as a contractor when his home was damaged by Katrina. Now the floors are sinking, the walls cracked, the windows leaking.
"It got old and rotted, termites, the windows and all that went bad, and I ain't got no money to fix it," Lee said.
"Mr. Lee for the last 10 years has lived in a house that would make, that would look bad in the third world," said St. Bernard Project Founder Zack Rosenburg.
The St. Bernard Project is working to help Lee and other veterans who can't afford badly needed home repairs.
"And we have four other veterans including Mr. Lee on the waiting list," said Rosenburg.
"This was great to me, because I really need it," Lee said, smiling.
When Rosenburg told me about Lee, an assistant asked when they would start working on his house. Zack said when they had the money to do the work, and that's the reason for this Action Report, to help the St. Bernard Project help these veterans.
"So the goal is to kick off rebuilding on all four of these homes on Veterans Day," Rosenburg said.
"Mean the world to me," Lee said.
To make donations to the St. Bernard Project, call the agency at 277-6831, or visit their website at LINK
NEW ORLEANS -- At age 94, Ed Lee has a wide smile and lots of stories, like those about slavery, heard from his father, who was born a slave.
"He was 5 years old when slaves were freed. His daddy told him all about it. His daddy was a slave."
After serving in the Navy during WWII, Ed came back to Algiers, bought land on the former plantation where his father and grandfather worked and built his house himself.
"Oh this house means everything to me. I built it and went to school for construction."
He had long retired as a contractor when his home was damaged by Katrina. Now the floors are sinking, the walls cracked, the windows leaking.
"It got old and rotted, termites, the windows and all that went bad, and I ain't got no money to fix it," Lee said.
"Mr. Lee for the last 10 years has lived in a house that would make, that would look bad in the third world," said St. Bernard Project Founder Zack Rosenburg.
The St. Bernard Project is working to help Lee and other veterans who can't afford badly needed home repairs.
"And we have four other veterans including Mr. Lee on the waiting list," said Rosenburg.
"This was great to me, because I really need it," Lee said, smiling.
When Rosenburg told me about Lee, an assistant asked when they would start working on his house. Zack said when they had the money to do the work, and that's the reason for this Action Report, to help the St. Bernard Project help these veterans.
"So the goal is to kick off rebuilding on all four of these homes on Veterans Day," Rosenburg said.
"Mean the world to me," Lee said.
To make donations to the St. Bernard Project, call the agency at 277-6831, or visit their website at LINK
Posted on 9/9/15 at 6:43 pm to VetteGuy
Done
Posted on 9/9/15 at 6:48 pm to Ellis Dee
Glad to see that sig back.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 9:31 pm to VetteGuy
Thanks for sharing...
I'm just going to volunteer my time when it comes up on the SBP website...will give them my contact info to put me on the list in the meantime, if they will allow me to...
I'm just going to volunteer my time when it comes up on the SBP website...will give them my contact info to put me on the list in the meantime, if they will allow me to...
Posted on 9/9/15 at 9:33 pm to Pepperidge
Thanks, Pep.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:13 pm to VetteGuy
from one vet to another
done deal.
done deal.
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