SOWW to build second facility following $300K PenFed donation
Work begins today on a new facility for non-profit Serve Our Willing Warriors (SOWW), thanks to a $300,000 donation from PenFed Credit Union’s foundation.
During today’s ceremony they broke ground on the new home, and presented SOWW with the $300,000 check.
The money will be used to build another property where SOWW provides respite stays to military service members or veterans and their families.
They currently have one home on their 40-acre Haymarket property at 16013 Waterfall Road. Learn more about the property here.
According to SOWW’s Executive Director Jeffrey Sapp, the organization will be able to double their capacity once the home is completed, having two families stay on the property at the same time.
“This is what makes America great. This is what makes our communities great…the care our service members receive at Walter Reed and our other military medical centers are first class. But hospitals are cold and very sterile by design…to have them have the opportunity to have a week away, at no expense to themselves, their family, and their friends, to refresh and build their lives again together as one, PenFed and the PenFed Foundation is very proud to play a part in being able to double the number of service members, caregivers, and friends that can be out here each year,” said PenFed CEO James Schenck.
According to a release, they serve more than 500 guests per year.
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