ABC Supply helps raise $4.7m for veteran housing
ABC Supply's monthlong fundraising campaign, in partnership with AJ Foyt Racing, helped raise $4.7 million for Mass.-based nonprofit Homes For Our Troops (HFOT).
ABC Supply matched the first $1 million donations, helping surpass the company's $4 million goal.
"Giving back to the community and honoring our Veterans is at the heart of who we are," said Mike Jost, president and chief operating officer at ABC Supply. "The generosity we've seen throughout this campaign has been truly inspiring, and we are grateful to everyone who contributed to making a real difference for our Veterans."
Homes For Our Troops is a charity that builds and donates custom, specially adapted homes for severely injured post-9/11 veterans. Since its founding in 2004, HFOT has constructed over 400 specially adapted homes.
For the fourth year in a row, ABC Supply led its monthlong fundraising campaign and sponsored the red, white and blue livery of AJ Foyt Racing's No. 14 Chevy. Driven by Santino Ferrucci, who earned a fifth-place finish at this year's Indianapolis 500.
"It was an honor to drive the Homes For Our Troops car in the Indianapolis 500 and extremely rewarding to know that they not only met their goal but exceeded it. Raising over four million dollars is incredible, and it will help a lot of our severely injured post-911 Veterans," says Ferrucci. "Those funds will go a very long way in building multiple houses for them, helping them financially and getting their lives back on track."
