Royal Oaks Homes Serves as Lead Builder for Operation: Coming Home Hero Home IX
North Carolina Homebuilder to Donate Sixth Custom-Built Home to Disabled Combat Veteran Through Local Nonprofit.
Raleigh, NC, November 21, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Royal Oaks Homes, LLC, an award-winning residential new homebuilder, has announced it will serve as the lead builder for Operation: Coming Home’s ninth Hero Home. This marks the sixth home that the company has provided for Operation: Coming Home, a nonprofit organization providing custom-built homes to disabled combat veterans. Royal Oaks Homes will construct a custom-built home for U.S. Marine Cpl. Ryan Wightman, a Purple Heart recipient. Partners on the build include the Triangle Veterans Association, Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA) and other local project supporters.
Cpl. Wightman was deployed to Helmand Province in Afghanistan, and on May 26, 2012 was injured by an improvised explosive device (IED), while helping a fallen Marine. He was transferred to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he now resides. On Sept. 3, 2014, after two years of limb salvage and multiple surgeries, his left leg was amputated below the knee. The ninth Hero Home will be built specifically to accommodate and meet Cpl. Wightmans physical needs as he continues to recover from his injuries.
A record crowd attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the ninth Hero Home, held on Nov. 13 in Royal Oaks’ Parker Pointe community in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. On hand for the celebration were Cpl. Wightman and family members, including his wife, Melissa; U.S. Army General Cornell Wilson, military advisor to Gov. Pat McCrory; Phil Matthews, chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners; John Byrne, Fuquay-Varina mayor; the USO of North Carolina; representatives from the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA) and members of the U.S. Veterans Corps. The ceremony included addresses by Tim Minton, president of the Operation: Coming Home Foundation and executive vice president of the HBA, and U.S. Marine Capt. Michael Steadman.
For more information on Operation: Coming Home and the construction of the ninth Hero Home, visit http://www.operationcominghome.com.
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“We are honored and humbled to renew our commitment to supporting Operation: Coming Home, a project that is near and dear to our hearts at Royal Oaks Homes,” said Rich Van Tassel, president of Royal Oaks Homes. “This is our way of saying thank you to Cpl. Wightman for his service to our country, and we look forward to having his home ready for him early next year.”
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About Royal Oaks Homes, LLC:
Royal Oaks Homes, LLC builds fine homes throughout Raleigh, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Knightdale, Cameron, Clayton, Wake Forest, Cary, Apex and Angier, North Carolina. Locally owned and operated, the company focuses on quality of design, construction and customer service, offering a portfolio of plans and a wide selection of standard features from which to choose in price ranges from starters to multimillion-dollar luxury homes. Royal Oaks is a member of the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County and has received multiple gold and silver awards from the HBA Parade of Homes. In 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014, the company received the highly coveted Triangle Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Building Company of the Year Award, and its president, Rich Van Tassel, was named a recipient of the Builder of the Year Award presented by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA). Additional company awards include six Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 Awards, the Small Business of the Year by the Apex Chamber of Commerce, as well as consistent listings in the Triangle Business Journal’s premier list of residential builders, based annually by volume in the Raleigh-Durham market. For more information, visit http://www.royaloakshomes.com.
AboutT Operation: Coming Home:
Operation: Coming Home is a joint volunteer project by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA), and various area nonprofits and businesses. The project builds and donates homes for disabled combat veterans who have served in the Middle East, after a selection committee interviews candidates to determine the best fit. For more information, visit http://operationcominghome.com.
Cpl. Wightman was deployed to Helmand Province in Afghanistan, and on May 26, 2012 was injured by an improvised explosive device (IED), while helping a fallen Marine. He was transferred to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he now resides. On Sept. 3, 2014, after two years of limb salvage and multiple surgeries, his left leg was amputated below the knee. The ninth Hero Home will be built specifically to accommodate and meet Cpl. Wightmans physical needs as he continues to recover from his injuries.
A record crowd attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the ninth Hero Home, held on Nov. 13 in Royal Oaks’ Parker Pointe community in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. On hand for the celebration were Cpl. Wightman and family members, including his wife, Melissa; U.S. Army General Cornell Wilson, military advisor to Gov. Pat McCrory; Phil Matthews, chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners; John Byrne, Fuquay-Varina mayor; the USO of North Carolina; representatives from the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA) and members of the U.S. Veterans Corps. The ceremony included addresses by Tim Minton, president of the Operation: Coming Home Foundation and executive vice president of the HBA, and U.S. Marine Capt. Michael Steadman.
For more information on Operation: Coming Home and the construction of the ninth Hero Home, visit http://www.operationcominghome.com.
Quotes:
“We are honored and humbled to renew our commitment to supporting Operation: Coming Home, a project that is near and dear to our hearts at Royal Oaks Homes,” said Rich Van Tassel, president of Royal Oaks Homes. “This is our way of saying thank you to Cpl. Wightman for his service to our country, and we look forward to having his home ready for him early next year.”
New Media Content:
Royal Oaks Homes on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/royaloaksbg
Royal Oaks Homes on Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/royaloaksbg
Operation: Coming Home on Facebook:
http://on.fb.me/p36FMG
Royal Oaks Homes blog:
http://www.royaloakshomes.com/blog
Royal Oaks Homes on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalOaksBG
About Royal Oaks Homes, LLC:
Royal Oaks Homes, LLC builds fine homes throughout Raleigh, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Knightdale, Cameron, Clayton, Wake Forest, Cary, Apex and Angier, North Carolina. Locally owned and operated, the company focuses on quality of design, construction and customer service, offering a portfolio of plans and a wide selection of standard features from which to choose in price ranges from starters to multimillion-dollar luxury homes. Royal Oaks is a member of the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County and has received multiple gold and silver awards from the HBA Parade of Homes. In 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014, the company received the highly coveted Triangle Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Building Company of the Year Award, and its president, Rich Van Tassel, was named a recipient of the Builder of the Year Award presented by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA). Additional company awards include six Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 Awards, the Small Business of the Year by the Apex Chamber of Commerce, as well as consistent listings in the Triangle Business Journal’s premier list of residential builders, based annually by volume in the Raleigh-Durham market. For more information, visit http://www.royaloakshomes.com.
AboutT Operation: Coming Home:
Operation: Coming Home is a joint volunteer project by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA), and various area nonprofits and businesses. The project builds and donates homes for disabled combat veterans who have served in the Middle East, after a selection committee interviews candidates to determine the best fit. For more information, visit http://operationcominghome.com.
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