The Winn Family of Douglasville on behalf of the Winn 3 Charitable Fund has made a $45,000 donation for an upcoming Habitat home in Veterans Place in Douglasville. The donation was made to help theAlexander High School Habitat for Humanity club fundraising efforts for a house for a Veteran this year.
Veterans Place is located on Military Way in Douglasville and is the first-ever all Veteran Habitat neighborhood in the state.
Frank Winn, executor of the Winn 3 Charitable Fund, says he wanted to help the kids reach their goal and honor his Veteran father and grandparents who were raised in Douglasville. Winn’s father left the majority of his estate to be used for charitable purposes.
“I have tried to do things that relate to his parents’ ideals, to my father’s ideals and to consider mine and my siblings’ ideals,” Winn said. “My father was a Marine fighter pilot in WWII in the Pacific. When I saw the house in Douglasville was to be built by teens for a veteran, I thought it would honor my father’s military service. He was very proud of his Marine service.”
Prior to the donation, the club was about a third of the way to the $90,000 goal to build the house. The high schoolers have spoken at community meetings, held numerous fundraising events and applied for grants.
Veterans Place sponsors include The Home Depot Foundation, The Church at Chapel Hill, Lockheed, Cato Fashions, St. John Vianney Catholic Church and St. Theresa Catholic Church, Hamilton State Bank, Stallings Insurance, First Presbyterian Church of Douglasville, The Douglasville/Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, DeNys Cares Foundation, Gordon Food Service, Graystone Power, Lockheed Martin, Atlanta Custom Fabricators, Brasfield & Gorrie, Knights of Columbus, Modern Woodman of America, Mother Teresa Assembly, Dorothy Blackmon, Nancy Londroche, Phillip Alvers and John and Vikki Hughes of Marietta.