Purple Heart Homes was co-founded in 2009 by Dale Beatty and John Gallina. Their mission is dedicated to providing housing adaptations that are substantial in function, design and quality and fit to welcome home and thank the fighting men and women of America - no matter where or when they served.
STATESVILLE, N.C., Aug. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Purple Heart Homes, a national public charity based in Statesville, NC, announces the kick-off of its inaugural campaign, Operation Veteran Home Renovation. The campaign is designed to engage and recruit the credit union movement to help spruce up homes that mostly older veterans own. (www.purplehearthomesusa.org) Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160808/396443 Photo […]
Caregivers of Veterans Benefit from Purple Heart Homes Aging In Place Program
STATESVILLE, N.C., Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — November is National Caregivers month and Purple Heart Homes adaptations made to Veterans' homes helps make life easier for caregivers by creating safer barrier free environments both inside and out. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20151116/287762 Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20151116/287763 According to a March, 2014 Rand study entitled 'Hidden Heroes: America's Military Caregivers', […]
Purple Heart Homes Salute Veterans Love of Country and Love for One Another
Happy Valentine's Day to Veteran Sweethearts STATESVILLE, N.C., Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Valentine's Day Purple Heart Homes Co-founders Dale Beatty and John Gallina share common values that are top priorities in their lives. They both love our country and raised their hand to serve. They love their wives that worried about their safety while deployed […]
Purple Heart Homes Announces New Chairman of the Board and Executive Staff Appointment
STATESVILLE, N.C., Jan. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Purple Heart Homes, a leading Veteran Service Organization providing housing solutions for Service Connected Disabled Veterans, today announced two key appointments. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150121/170673 Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150121/170674 Garrett Garland has been elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Garland replaces Dale Beatty, who is moving to […]
STATESVILLE, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Like many members of the military, U.S. Army E4 Gordon Simmons (Ret.) moved around a lot during his eight years of service to our country. But when several serious injuries he suffered while serving caused him to retire early, Simmons and his wife Lori chose Charlotte, N.C., as their […]
When Disabled Veterans Come Home What Do They Come Home to?
STATESVILLE, N.C., Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — A month before she left the Navy, Janny Romanosky bought a foreclosed home in Greenville, SC that was in bad need of repair. What Romanosky didn't realize was once she left the navy – she too was in bad need of repair. When she retired from the Navy, after […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Thanks to Purple Heart Homes and Bank of America combat wounded Iraq Veteran PFC Jeffery Taylor and his family have a beautiful place to call home. Loyal viewers of Lifetime TV's Designing Spaces of Hope – Project Homeward Bound will be able to see the transformation of the completely […]
Financial Services Organization Aid SAVANNAH, Ga., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Purple Heart Homes entered into an agreement with Peach State Federal Credit Union and its Credit Union Financial Services Organization (CUFS) to provide mortgages to qualified Service Connected Disabled Veterans to help them achieve the dream of home ownership. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130514/PH13211 ) Speaking at the Georgia […]
NEW YORK, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A collaboration between Purple Heart Homes and Citi to provide housing solutions for service-connected disabled veterans will mean that a number of military veterans and their families will soon be able to start new lives in their new homes. Starting this month with former U.S. Army Corporal Hamilton […]
Aging In Place Grant Benefits Eight Veterans, Their Homes and Caregivers STATESVILLE, N.C., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Purple Heart Homes and The Home Depot Foundation have announced a joint partnership that will provide housing solutions to older Serviced Connected Disabled Veterans that have served our country. The grant from The Home Depot Foundation will […]
STATESVILLE, N.C., Aug. 22, 2011 — Purple Heart Homes Co-founders John Gallina and Dale Beatty are two of five veterans that landed on the cover of TIME as examples of highly trained leaders coming back from the Iraq and Afghanistan (see: http://www.purplehearthomesusa.org). According to Joe Klein, "a new kind of war means a new set […]
STATESVILLE, N.C., Feb. 28, 2011 — Purple Heart Homes Co-founders Dale Beatty and John Gallina, two severely injured veterans from the Iraq War, applaud President Obama and the first lady for launching the "Strengthening Our Military Families" initiative. Both feel, however, that the initiative falls short by limiting the campaign focus only on the less […]
STATESVILLE, N.C., Nov. 9, 2010 — As Veterans Day approaches Thursday, November 11, two injured Iraq war veterans, Staff Sergeant Dale Beatty (age 32) and SPC John Gallina (age 31), co-founders of Purple Heart Homes (see: http://www.phhnc.org) and both representatives from Gen X, do not consider themselves heroes and are now making life a little […]
