Around 50 community members lined the Canvas Church parking lot on Saturday, waving American flags and cheering U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Carlos Rivera and his family for their new Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) home set to be built in Alachua.
With a mission of “building homes, rebuilding lives,” HFOT is a nationwide nonprofit that builds and donates specially-adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 veterans. The group currently has 80 homes under construction, with 13 in Florida.
The Riveras submitted an HFOT application in 2019 and will be moving from Tennessee to their new home this summer…