Corporal Visnu Gonzalez smiles proudly in uniform before being severely injured in Iraq. His home will be the 5th collaboration between Homes For Our Troops and Crown Point Cabinetry.

For the past several years, Crown Point Cabinetry has been an enthusiastic supporter of a wonderful organization out of Massachusetts called Homes For Our Troops.  They are a non-profit group that raises funds, collects building materials and organizes professional labor to build specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans-at no cost to their families.

Now in our fifth project with HFOT, we are excited to be handcrafting universal cabinetry for Corporal Visnu Gonzalez.  While serving in Iraq, Corporal Gonzalez was shot by a sniper, severing his spinal cord and leaving him paralyzed from the upper chest down.

Corporal Gonzalez is greeted by fellow soldiers at the groundbreaking of his new home

The Gonzalez home is being designed to fulfill the requirements of a LEED certified home.  To meet these criteria, cabinetry is being handcrafted from responsibly reclaimed Antique Heart Pine donated by our friends at Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring.

Kurt Kangas Inspects a beautiful Antique Pine door before securing it to a cabinet box

Production of kitchen and laundry room cabinetry for Gonzalez’s New Jersey home is now underway at our New Hampshire facility.

Gary Pitts attaches a door to complete this wall cabinet

The cabinetry design incorporates a number of universal features that will make daily tasks much easier for Gonzalez.  For example, the sink area and cook-top are wheelchair accessible, to be installed at a below-standard height and completely open below.  And, pull down units are being installed in upper cabinetry so that the contents are easily accessible from a wheelchair.

Lee Lamott assembles the pull down shelf that will help Gonzalez reach the contents of the cabinetry

The cabinetry will not be installed until later this summer, but don’t worry, we’ll keep you posted on the progress!

In the meantime, read more about the deserving veterans who have already received universal cabinetry from Crown Point through HFOT!

Army SGT. Marcus Kuboy

SSG Travis Strong

SPC James Fair

SSG Eugene Simpson