HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — A nonprofit is grabbing its hammers and is hard at work in High Point on Smith Street.
Tiny House Community Development is working to complete a tiny house community for veterans facing homelessness.
“Noisy, busy, satisfying,” said Donald Ames, a Navy veteran.
Ames said the sounds at the construction site are a joyful noise.
He is one of the helping hands working to build Tiny House Community Development’s second veteran community in High Point.
“This is important to the community. It gives veterans a sense of belonging to the community,” Ames said.
The nonprofit also has a veteran’s community in Greensboro. Ames lives in one of the nonprofit’s communities.
Watching the walls go up in High Point, he’s glad to pay it forward to another veteran in need.
Ames isn’t the only one volunteering his time. On Wednesday, 23 volunteers from the Home Depot Foundation lent a hand.
“It’s nice to be able to give back to the people who gave so much for us … For us to be able to give them that same thing back and to give them a roof over their head and to be able to allow them to, in turn, get a good night’s sleep means a lot,” Home Depot Operations Assistant Manager Christina Neal said.