Lisa Groendal-Fitchena remembers growing up in the house on the corner. Her mother, Loretta, and father, Leon, a World War II veteran, still live in that house in the city of Wyoming, Michigan.

Lisa and her siblings have struggled for years to help keep them there, in the place they’ve called home for half a century. The house was deteriorating as Leon had trouble keeping up with repairs, and conditions were becoming difficult for the aging couple.

“It’s been a challenge,” says Lisa. “We’ve done as much as we can, with as many resources as we can find, to keep them in this house.”

Lisa learned about how to help veterans through Habitat for Humanity’s Repair Corps program, which is made possible because of generous donations from The Home Depot Foundation.

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