(from DOD.gov)America Supports You: Troop-Support Group Gets Grant to Go GreenBy Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2008 – The future is getting “greener,” and so are the houses Homes for Our Troops will build in the future, thanks to a $1 million grant from The Sierra Club Foundation.
The grant will allow the organization to build environment-friendly homes.“We are excited to increase the green building we incorporate into the homes we build for the severely injured veterans we assist,” said John Gonsalves, Homes for Our Troops president and founder. “This grant will allow us to incorporate state-of-the-art building techniques and materials such as geothermal heating systems and photovoltaic solar panels to give our veterans the long-term economic and environmental benefits of green building.”The Sierra Club Foundation is happy to help Homes for Our Troops in that endeavor and give back to servicemembers and their families at the same time.