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CARBONDALE -- A nonprofit alignment accepted for transforming the lives of veterans is accepting a transformation of its own.
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Bill Mauzy is amid 15 volunteers who formed on their day off.
"It makes you feel acceptable to accord article aback to a accumulation of individuals who absolutely gave us everything," said Mauzy.
The accumulation spent Thursday adjustment This Able Veteran's account dog training ability in Carbondale.
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"I anticipate that absolutely agency added that they are giving up their time aback they could be accomplishing added things. That's what agency the best to me," said adept Dan McNeil.
McNeil struggled with PTSD until he was commutual with his account dog.
The donation from Home Depot's anniversary of account affairs will advice actualize added relationships like McNeil and his pal Brooks.
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"Brooks is my accomplice in crime. He's there with me every footfall of the way, and that's what makes a big difference. I apperceive he's consistently there, he consistently has my back, and is consistently watching out for me," explained McNeil.
Training the dogs is big-ticket and takes about a year. Money adored from the donated advance will advice added dogs like Brooks change the lives of their owners.
"So every dollar that we don't accept to absorb on an authoritative amount goes anon to the veterans and to us training the dogs, so it will advice tremendously," said This Able Adept President Pam Largent.
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McNeil says his activity has absolutely afflicted back he and Brooks commutual up two years ago.
"It's fabricated a huge aberration in my life. I went through the affairs about two years ago now. The aberration amid again and now is aloof a absolutely altered person," added McNeil.
"You know, at the end of the day you go home tired, but you go home a altered blazon of tired," added Mauzy.
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The Home Depot Foundation will additionally accord up to $1 actor to advice veterans aback barter allotment their abutment through amusing media application the hashtag #CelebrationofService.
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