Veterans

With Zeus in Tow, Fort Worth Women’s Council of Realtors Helps Veterans Receive Service Dogs

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / November 19, 2023 /

By Rick Mauch Candy’s Dirt Contributor When it came time for the newly-formed Women’s Council of Realtors Fort Worth Tarrant Network to select their signature charity, this year’s president Emilie Williamson didn’t hesitate in selecting a project that helped military veterans. Williamson is a retired Army veteran married to a retired Navy veteran. Her brother…

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HomeTown Heroes Program Gives Cash Back to Veterans, Active Duty Military, Other Local Heroes

By Candy's Dirt / May 29, 2021 /

When you serve your country in a faraway place for months or even years at a time, the concept of “home” begins to take on added significance. This weekend, even as we acknowledge with solemn remembrance that so many men and women through the years did not return home from their tours of duty, we…

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Twice as Many Home Loans Were VA-backed in Dallas-Fort Worth Area

By Marlin Weso / November 30, 2020 /

The VA backed 1.2 million loans in 2020 than it did in the previous fiscal years combined and the most in the 76-year-old benefit program. It was the ninth consecutive year that VA purchase loans increased year-over-year.

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Help Wounded Veterans Find a Way Home: Homes For Our Troops Helps Military Families Build Houses That Meet Special Needs

By Joanna England / May 27, 2013 /

Veteran Reas Axtell holds his daughter, Kyra (4) as Homes For Our Troops begins framing his family’s new house in Idalou, Texas. (Photo: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) When a veteran comes home from deployment, assimilation is a long, rocky road. Now imagine the challenges that an wounded veteran faces. In some cases, injured veterans have limited range…

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