STATESVILLE, N.C. — A veteran is thankful he’s been able to build a life after combat while building tiny homes for his fellow veterans.
“I was in a bad place, I did drugs for a number of years to block out a lot of stuff,” Army veteran Christopher Williams said. “It ended up getting me nowhere. Everything I owned was two totes.”
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“They’re sturdy. they’re not going to come apart. They’re not going to break. They’re going to provide service for a long time,” Williams said.
He was able to get the quality care and support he needed through Fifth Street Ministries.
Now, he spends his days in a warehouse with a team of volunteers. They help Purple Heart Homes assemble houses for disabled veterans.
>> In the video at the top of the page, vets share how Purple Heart Homes helped them, and nonprofit organizers talk about their new goal to add more homes.
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