What
Happened to Him Yesterday Will Make You Smile.
May many
blessings from Kiehtan (GOD) shower down to Josh Mayou, a Home Depot manager
and all of the volunteers then overflow throughout East Austin this day because
of this marvelous act of kindness!
Home
Depot manager and leader of the project, said the project was the third of five
in the area being renovated for veterans.
Funding
was provided by the Home Depot Foundation, and volunteers for the one-day work
sessions came from a variety of sources.
Volunteers
have a long list of projects, Mayou said, so workers hoped to finish it all
Thursday. Besides the refrigerator and the windows, the team fixed the
bathroom, painted the walls, rebuilt a fence and repaired the porch where Mr.
Overton likes to pass his days.
A
diverse group of volunteers braved the heat Thursday to upgrade the residence
of 107-year-old World War II veteran Richard Overton – the country’s oldest
living World War II veteran.
The East
Austin house has been Overton's home since he built it in 1945, when he
returned from war. And though he’s done some upgrades over the years, it was
beginning to have some serious issues: broken windows, a failing refrigerator
and more.
107-year-old
Richard Overton relaxes on his front lawn. Yesterday, dozens of volunteers
fixed the East Austin home Overton’s lived in since 1945.
