Helping a Hero returns to city to dedicate a veteran's home
A retired U.S. Army soldier injured in 2021 in a Humvee crash while preparing for deployment to Afghanistan is going to have a house she can call her own.
The Belmont Lake Preserve house is going to be the residence of former Sgt. Kelsey McInnis and her 11-year-old miniature golden doodle, Charlie — and the house is the result of efforts by Helping A Hero, which provides support for military personnel severely injured in the war against terror.
Helping A Hero is a Texas-based nonprofit organization established in 2006 and mainly works to provide specially adapted homes for qualifying service members through partnerships made with builders, developers, communities and the veteran.
Local special guests on the program to be at the gathering include the following: construction company executive Bob Barnhill and his wife, Penny, both also of the Barnhill Family Foundation; contractor Tony Foote and his wife, Trevor, who is in the real estate business; and Mayor Sandy Roberson.
Roberson, in a phone interview Wednesday, emphasized that he is appreciative of the veterans, all of what they have done for the country and all that they continue to do for the country.
“And so anything we can do, anything we can do to help a veteran, particularly one that has been wounded, I think is our duty,” Roberson said. “And I am excited to be part of it. I’m excited that they have a home.”
“And I’m excited to welcome them to the neighborhood — and to the community,” he said.
RockyMount Telegram