TOMBALL, TX -- Receiving the keys to a new home on your birthday while country music singer and national ambassador Lee Greenwood sings to you is the kind of welcome that brought Petty Officer Third Class Jennifer Penn to tears.
"First of all, I like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for letting me be here today. I like to thank my parents, my brother, my sister and especially my kids" said the retired Navy veteran. "I am just overwhelmed and ecstatic, from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you."
Helping A Hero presented Penn with the keys to her new home in Tomball on Tuesday, Dec. 16. The non-profit organization specializes in building custom adapted homes for severely wounded heroes injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Penn served in the Navy from 1999 to 2009 and was in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2007. Due to injuries she suffered, she needed a home that would accommodate her in being more independent.
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