COUNTRYWIDE TO AID INJURED VETS AT HOME MORTGAGE COMPANY TO DONATE $1 MILLION.Byline: Brent Hopkins Staff Writer Veterans who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with incapacitating in·ca·pac·i·tate tr.v. in·ca·pac·i·tat·ed, in·ca·pac·i·tat·ing, in·ca·pac·i·tates 1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable. 2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify. wounds got a $1 million pledge from Calabasas-based Countrywide Financial Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC) is a diversified financial marketing and service holding company engaged primarily in residential mortgage banking and related businesses. Corp. on Monday that will help make their homes liveable live·a·ble adj. Variant of livable. Adj. 1. liveable - fit or suitable to live in or with; "livable conditions" livable . The home loan giant's charitable arm began its outreach to seriously wounded A casualty whose injuries or illness are of such severity that the patient is rendered unable to walk or sit, thereby requiring a litter for movement and evacuation. See also evacuation; litter; patient. veterans a year ago, donating $140,000 to the Washington, D.C.-based Rebuilding Together Rebuilding Together is a non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing and rebuilding communities, buildings, and houses for low-income homeowners and neighborhoods through the use of volunteer labor. . The money enabled the charity to remodel re·mod·el tr.v. re·mod·eled also re·mod·elled, re·mod·el·ing also re·mod·el·ling, re·mod·els also re·mod·els To make over in structure or style; reconstruct. homes of three wounded vets to help them cope with altered mobility, but Countrywide wanted to do more. With Monday's donation, the company upped the ante considerably. In the next two years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time company hopes both to attract other corporate donations to Rebuilding Together's "Serving Those Who Serve" initiative and to come to the aid of at least 70 eligible service people. "They have more courage and tenacity than most of us will ever have; we go to bed when we just have a headache," said Karen Robertson-Fall, vice president of corporate giving for Countrywide. "They really are an inspiration." The company announced the pledge in Virginia at the home of Jay Briseno, a 22-year-old veteran of the Iraq war. The civil-affairs specialist in the Army Reserve was shot in the neck while serving in Baghdad and now requires nearly constant care. Rebuilding Together used Countrywide's money to repaint Re`paint´ v. t. 1. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. s> Verb 1. his parents' basement where Briseno now spends nearly all of his time, install an emergency generator, rebuild the bathroom to make it wheelchair-accessible and construct a screened-in porch to give him a change of scenery. Rebuilding Together, which uses volunteer and paid labor to turn each dollar invested into $4 worth of work, hopes news of Countrywide's donation will spur additional corporate support and heighten awareness in the veterans community that help is available. Only half a dozen prospective candidates have applied for the program so far. Due to military privacy regulations, Robertson-Fall said the company could not contact injured troops directly. Interested parties can visit ServingThoseWhoServe.com to learn more. "All of us, no matter how we feel about the war, understand that our military men and women coming back need a place to turn after they've given these amazing sacrifices," said Patty Johnson, president of Rebuilding Together. "Each situation is unique. There's no one-size-fits-all. Every house needs special modifications for the family and the person who's been injured. The support from Countrywide will make all the difference for these people." brent.hopkins(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3738 |
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