Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Building Homes for Heroes’

Enterprise Donates $4,000 to Building Home for Heroes on Behalf of Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

BuildingHomesforHeroesModern Plumbing Industries, Inc. is extremely proud to have had $4,000 donated to Building Homes for Heroes by Enterprise on their and John Madison Landscape’s behalves. We are lucky to have such a wonderful organization to work with to benefit our local heroes in the military and armed forces.

We support our troops and our local community here in Orlando, Florida and we hope you will too. The men and woman of the armed forces give much of themselves for our country, we feel it’s our job to help give back. Here’s to our partners, Enterprise and John Madison Landscape, and an amazing charity organization in Building Homes for Heroes.

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Building Homes for Heroes Ground Breaking

Friday, April 12th, 2013

Check out these great pictures and videos from the ground breaking ceremony for Army Specialist B.J. Jackson’s new home!

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Videos:

Building Homes for Heroes on WESH-ORD (NBC) – Orlando, FL

Building Homes for Heroes on Central Florida’s TV 27 – Orlando, FL

Building Homes for Heroes on CW18 WKCF – Orlando, FL

Building Homes for Heroes on WESH-ORD (NBC) – Orlando, FL

Building Homes for Heroes on Central Florida’s TV 27 – Orlando, FL

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The Future Home of Army Specialist B.J. Jackson

Friday, March 1st, 2013

Here is the future home of Army Specialist Robert Jackson and family in Orlando, FL! Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. has been involved in this build and is a proud supporter of Building Homes for Heroes. We are very excited for the upcoming date when B.J. and his family can move into this wonderful home and join the Orlando community.

Army Specialist B.J. Jackson of the 186th Military Police Company was selected to be part of a team whose mission was to set up camp and headquarters for the entire unit’s arrival in Iraq. On August 7, 2003, B.J. was driving a Humvee with other soldiers through Baghdad. The vehicle triggered a roadside bomb and was immediately hit by a rocket propelled grenade. A thick, black smoke cloud billowed and the soldiers were besieged by Iraqis firing AK-47s. B.J. was trapped in the burning wreckage.  Several hours lapsed as soldiers fought off the insurgents and worked to extract B.J. from his vehicle to transport him to safety. He was then airlifted to an Iraqi field hospital for immediate care, then to Kuwait and finally to Germany for additional treatment.

After being stabilized, he arrived at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas on August 12th.  Over the first five days, Jackson received 25 units of blood.  To help the healing process, he was placed in a medically-induced coma.  He remained in a coma for a month.  Jackson lost both legs below the knee and suffered severe burns on his arms, legs and back, and flash burns on his face and head.  He spent nearly 50 days in the post burn unit.

B.J. and his wife Abby currently reside in Iowa with daughters Brilynn and Hailey, and sons Conner, Nolan, Parker and Drake.  Building Homes for Heroes will build the Jackson family a home in Orlando (9901 Sweetleaf Street off Narcoossee Road / Lake Nona).  It will be their dream home in a wonderful neighborhood.  For more details and photos visit:

Visit the Building Homes for Heroes website for more information.

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Building Homes for Heroes 2013

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

The team at Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. would like to congratulate Building Homes for Heroes on providing mortgage-free homes for three injured veterans during February. US Army SGT Gary Boggs, US Army SSG Rovin DeLeon, and USMC SGT Jorge Zapata, and their families were all welcomed to their new homes thanks to the hard work and generosity of everyone involved. Building Homes for Heroes is a wonderful organization and a terrific cause. Please visit their website for more information and to find out how you can help make a difference.

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Central Florida Events- Building Homes for Heroes

Friday, April 13th, 2012

There are two great ways to support Building Homes for Heroes coming up! The Operation MAKE A DIFFERENCE Bike Ride will be held this Saturday, April 14th, 2012. On May 4th, 2012 there will be a Golf Tournament benefiting Fairways for Warriors and Building Homes for Heroes. Modern Plumbing encourages anyone who is able to support these charity events. Building Homes for Heroes provides individuals, corporations and others with an opportunity to help our severely wounded and disabled veterans and their families rebuild their lives by working together to build or remodel homes for these heroes.

Operation MAKE A DIFFERENCE is a bike ride which runs from Orlando to Tampa on Saturday, April 14th, 2012. Sgt Josh Cope will be hand-cycling the 100 mile route. Participants of all fitness levels are encouraged to participate in either the 100 mile, 50 mile, or 10 mile routes. All proceeds go to building homes for combat wounded veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Register online today at www.buildinghomesforheroes.org/help/volunteer

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Fairways for Warriors and Building Homes for Heroes will be hosting a charity golf tournament on Friday, May 4th, 2012. The program will include 18 holes of golf, lunch, range facilities, and a silent auction. All proceeds will benefit these organizations. If you are not able to attend, please consider making a donation to either of these causes.

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Modern Plumbing is proud to provide services for all of your Orlando, Florida plumbing installation and repair needs. At Modern Plumbing our pledge is to establish lasting relationships within the community.  We constantly strive to exceed our  customers’  expectations and gain their trust through exceptional performance and quality workmanship.

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