NWFA Completes 60th Home with Gary Sinise Foundation
The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has provided flooring for its 60th home in support of the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment). The R.I.S.E. program builds custom, specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded veterans and first responders.
The home dedication for United States Army Staff Sergeant (Ret.) Jason Tabansky took place on November 11 in San Antonio, Texas. Flooring for the project was donated by NWFA member Mullican Flooring. Staff Sergeant Tabansky enlisted in the Army in December 2000 as a Chinook helicopter mechanic, and was deployed to Kandahar, then Taji, Iraq. In September 2015, he became paralyzed from the chest down following a routine demonstration of a new Chinook helicopter in London, England.