The Whirl: Raise the Roof Ceremony

On June 7, the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County and US Veterans Corps held a Raise the Roof Ceremony as part of Operation: Coming Home, which builds homes for families of troops that were injured or killed in combat operations. Centex Homes is building this home for the wife and son of late US Navy Petty Officer Russell Blake in Wendell’s Mackenzie Meadows. 

Paige Radon, Mikkel Thompson
Town of Wendell Mayor Virginia Gray addressing the audience
Paige Radon, Paul Kane, Virginia Gray

Photos Courtesy of Megan Howard, Communications Manager at the Town of Wendell

This article originally appeared in the July 2024 issue of WALTER magazine.

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