Partnering with Navy Federal Credit Union to help Veterans and Neighbors in Need

As part of Rebuilding Together’s Veterans at Home program, we partnered with Navy Federal Credit Union to assist Mr. J in Arlington. Approaching his 90th birthday, Mr. J has lived in his cherished Arlington home and neighborhood for 50 years. As he aged, he became unable to manage simple repairs and maintenance. In collaboration with NFCU, volunteers rebuilt his shed door, constructed safe steps from his back deck to his driveway, installed LED lighting in his kitchen and stairway for improved visibility, raised a stair rail, and added a new one to make it safer for him to get to his basement laundry room. The team also painted both inside and outside, addressed overgrown landscaping, and more. The NFCU team, brought some skilled volunteers, who collaborated with RT-AFF volunteers on the carpentry projects. Other NFCU volunteers learned how to make safety modifications and repairs on the job, with the assistance of RT-AFF skilled volunteers.

RT-AFF has a longstanding partnership with NFCU, having worked on over 30 projects in our area, including homes, nonprofit organizations, schools, and the United Service Organization (USO) Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir which serves injured and ill soldiers and Veterans, families and caregivers (and is the largest USO in the world). We are thrilled that NFCU has joined forces with RT nationally, assisting three veteran homeowners this fall: Mr. J in Arlington, a homeowner in Dallas, and another in Atlanta. We look forward to continuing this great partnership that encourages NFCU employees to dedicate time to community service.

NFCU wrote a story about this project for their blog, and ArlNow covered the story. More photos of the team at work are on our Flickr.