Wounded war veteran receives new home from nonprofit, Kid Rock
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Musician Kid Rock, left, with Sgt. Davin Dumar and his wife, Dana. (Todd McInturf / The Detroit News)
A wounded war veteran and his wife looking for a new house in Michigan were in for a surprise when they walked into a model home and found their friends, family and musician Kid Rock waiting inside.
The Grammy-nominated rocker, along with nonprofit Operation Finally Home and representatives from Pulte Homes, presented Sgt. Davin Dumar and his wife Dana with a mortgage-free 2,600-square-foot property that will be finished by the end of 2012, The Oakland Press reports.
“First of all, welcome home,” Rock said. “You are going to receive a fully-furnished home, top to bottom. Thank you for your service.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Operation Finally Home is a nonprofit that builds homes for wounded war veterans returning from service. The organization has built 50 homes in 11 states over a period of seven years, the Detroit News reports.
“I don’t know what to say other than shock and amazement,” Dumar, who lost a leg to amputation after being injured in a 2011 attack in Afghanistan, told the Oakland Press.
Kid Rock met the nonprofit’s founder at a past event and suggested he provide homes for injured troops from Michigan.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The construction costs of the Dumars’ new home, to be built in Macomb, will be donated by Pulte Homes.