Sears Teams with Operation Homefront to Award Mortgage-Free Home to Third Generation Veteran Just in Time for Christmas

VILLA RICA, Ga., Dec. 19, 2017 -- Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, announces today that U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kristen Lovelace received the keys to her newly built, mortgage-free home, donated by Sears, just days before Christmas.

Gene McLeod, Regional Vice-President of Sears, left, and John Pray, right, President and CEO of Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, present keys to U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kristen Lovelace and her husband Nathan Lovelace, right, to a newly built, mortgage-free home, donated by Sears, just days before Christmas. This extraordinary holiday gift was made possible by Sears’ Heroes at Home initiative. Through Heroes at Home, Sears’ members and customers generously donated to Operation Homefront when checking out at Sears stores and online at sears.com/heroesathome. (Handout Photo Operation Homefront / Jenni Girtman/ Atlanta Event Photography)

PHOTO: Gene McLeod, Regional Vice-President of Sears, left, and John Pray, right, President and CEO of Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, present keys to U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kristen Lovelace and her husband Nathan Lovelace, right, to a newly built, mortgage-free home, donated by Sears, just days before Christmas.

This extraordinary holiday gift was made possible by Sears’ Heroes at Home initiative. Through Heroes at Home, Sears’ members and customers generously donated to Operation Homefront when checking out at Sears stores and online at sears.com/heroesathome.

Media Inquiries:

Jason E. Moody
Housing Programs Communications Manager, Operation Homefront
210.243.1657
[email protected]

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