The VA Hearts of Healing Project: A Community Came Together to Keep a Family Together

Purple Heart Homes joins the Lynchburg Area Veterans Council and community partners to celebrate the completion of a home addition for a family in Hot Springs, Virginia.

In 2024, following the loss of a local Marine veteran, two young children suddenly needed a place to call home. Their aunt and her family didn't hesitate. They opened their home, determined to keep the siblings together and surrounded by family.

Making room for two growing children meant making room in the house, too.

The Lynchburg Area Veterans Council launched the VA Hearts of Healing Project, bringing together volunteers, donors, businesses, and community partners to help make that possible. Purple Heart Homes was proud to support the effort alongside the many individuals and organizations who answered the call.

Building a Home for the Future

The goal was simple: give the family the space they needed to stay together.

Over the course of the project, volunteers and community partners completed a 1,400-square-foot home addition, creating a safe and functional home for the family's next chapter.

Every person who donated, volunteered, or partnered on the project played a role in making that outcome possible.

A Community United

On June 30, 2026, volunteers, partners, and supporters gathered in Hot Springs, Virginia, to celebrate the completion of the VA Hearts of Healing Project.

The home dedication marked more than the completion of a construction project. It celebrated what can happen when people come together around a shared purpose.

While no home can erase loss, it can provide safety, stability, and the opportunity to move forward together.

Hear More About the Project

Members of the Purple Heart Homes Central Virginia Chapter recently joined Heroes at Home on WLNI to share the story behind the VA Hearts of Healing Project, the partnerships that made it possible, and the impact it has had on the family and community.

Listen to the interview HERE.

Choose a Veteran

This family's project is complete, but many veterans are still waiting for critical home repairs, accessibility modifications, and safe housing solutions. 

By choosing a veteran, you can help provide the support that allows veterans to live safely and independently in the homes they love.

Choose a Veteran today and help another veteran take the next step forward.

Thank You to Our Partners

The VA Hearts of Healing Project was made possible because people chose to serve.

Thank you to the Lynchburg Area Veterans Council for leading this effort, the Purple Heart Homes Central Virginia Chapter for supporting the project, and the volunteers, donors, businesses, and community partners whose generosity helped make this home addition possible.

Because of your commitment, one family has the space they need to move forward together.

About Purple Heart Homes

Co-founded by two combat-wounded Veterans, Purple Heart Homes has been bringing communities together to provide safe, barrier-free housing solutions for qualified Veterans since its founding in 2008. A nonprofit organization based in Statesville, N.C., PHH supports service-connected disabled and senior Veterans from all eras across the continental U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico through a growing network of local chapters. Programs include critical home repairs and renovations to help Veterans live independently in their homes, home ownership programs, and transitional housing through partnerships with other nonprofit organizations. Learn more at phhusa.org.