‘Decorate a Vet’ Brings Joy to Falls Church Homes
Founder hoping to expand the number of homes his organization decorates to 10 next year.
Jeff Jones wanted a way to give back to the men and women who have out their lives on the line but didn’t know how. The owner of a landscaping company, Jones had done work for senior citizens several times, noticing their need for exterior work at their homes and he has several veterans in his family. In November of 2010, Jones put the two together and founded Decorate a Vet. “I’d like to expand to 10 homes next year,” said Jones who decorates between five and eight homes for veterans. “It has to be done over the weekends though.” With no staff, Decorate a Vet depends on up to 400 volunteers to decorate the homes of veterans for Christmas. For the first time this year, the organization had “Christmas in July,” for veterans just coming back…
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