This is Letouer from Illinois’ story…

"I met Letouer Turner while covering his story, but what stayed with me was the weight of what he is going through. He is a disabled U.S. Army Veteran who served a 15 month deployment in Iraq as a gunner. He put his life on the line for this country. Today, he is 100% service connected disabled and unable to work.

Now he is facing foreclosure on the home his children helped pick out. What makes this harder is that he should not have been paying property taxes at all. He qualifies for a Disabled Veterans Exemption that can reduce his tax bill to zero. But because of confusion and delays, those taxes were added to his mortgage for years, causing his payments to rise.

He told me, “I spent 15 months in Iraq putting my life on the line. To come back and lose your home over taxes you are not even supposed to pay, it just does not make sense.” Since then, he has done everything asked of him. He filed paperwork, followed up with offices, went to court, and called his mortgage company. Still, he keeps running into delays and mixed answers.

Officials now say he may be owed refunds, but those have not come in time to stop the damage. This is not just about numbers. This is about a father who bought a five bedroom home so his kids would always have a place to return to. He did everything right and is still at risk of losing it.

Letouer’s story should not end this way. This fundraiser is about giving him a chance to catch up, stabilize, and keep his home. If you can give or share, it will help. Right now, he is not just fighting paperwork. He is fighting to stay home."

Kindness Creator Samuel Weidenhofer is on a mission to ensure one veteran or veteran’s family in every US state never has to work again.

With over 15 million people behind him, this is more than a fundraiser. It’s a national movement to honour those who have served.

Every donation matters.

Every share helps change a life.