BAKERSFIELD,CALIF.- Thanks to community support, wounded veteran Lance Corporal Jeremiah Thein will soon have a new home.
"By building that house for him and his family, we're able to give him that independence when he is in his home or anywhere in his property. He will be able to be completely independent," said Wendy Porter the Executive Director of the Wounded Heroes Fund.
Thein lost both of his legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan last year. Through the Wounded Heroes Fund, he will receive a new home tailored just for him.
"Doorways and hallways are going to be wider. So that if he's in his wheel chair he can get through. He'll have a run-in shower. The microwave will be a little bit lower. The stove will be a little bit lower," Porter said.
Crews began construction on a pool, a feature that is therapeutic during recovery. Thein will also have a neighbor, former Wounded Hero home recipient Welsey Barrientos, to help him adjust.
"We kind of did that intentionally so Jeremiah will have somebody in the same situation, knows what he's going through and he's just right down the street, to be able to help him kind of intergrate back into the community," Porter said.
Porter says the Wounded Heroes Fund chose September 11 to honor Thein and the rest of our veterans.
The groundbreaking ceremony will begin Wedneday at 10 a.m. on 4800 Cimarron Ridge Dr.
"By building that house for him and his family, we're able to give him that independence when he is in his home or anywhere in his property. He will be able to be completely independent," said Wendy Porter the Executive Director of the Wounded Heroes Fund.
Thein lost both of his legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan last year. Through the Wounded Heroes Fund, he will receive a new home tailored just for him.
"Doorways and hallways are going to be wider. So that if he's in his wheel chair he can get through. He'll have a run-in shower. The microwave will be a little bit lower. The stove will be a little bit lower," Porter said.
Crews began construction on a pool, a feature that is therapeutic during recovery. Thein will also have a neighbor, former Wounded Hero home recipient Welsey Barrientos, to help him adjust.
"We kind of did that intentionally so Jeremiah will have somebody in the same situation, knows what he's going through and he's just right down the street, to be able to help him kind of intergrate back into the community," Porter said.
Porter says the Wounded Heroes Fund chose September 11 to honor Thein and the rest of our veterans.
The groundbreaking ceremony will begin Wedneday at 10 a.m. on 4800 Cimarron Ridge Dr.