Marine Veteran surprised with mortgage-free home in Waller after overcoming hardship

HOUSTON – In Waller, Texas, a crowd of neighbors, volunteers, and PulteGroup team members gathered with a single purpose: to welcome Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Cassandra “Cassie” Pierre and her three children home.

What unfolded was a moment years, even decades, in the making.

Just a couple of months earlier, Houston Life was on location as volunteers filled the wooden frame of a newly built home with handwritten “notes of love” – blessings, messages of gratitude, and affirmations meant for a veteran they hadn’t even met. Today, those walls stand tall, ready to hold the weight of a future Cassie once wondered if she would ever be able to give her children…

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