Kid Rock was in Dallas last week to present a $50,000 check on behalf of Jim Beam to Operation Homefront, a non-profit organization that provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors. Kid Rock was joined by Fred Noe, Jim Beam 7th Generation Master Distiller, and guests of honor, Ralph and Lorie Harroff.
Army Sgt. Ralph Harroff was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, where he suffered a serious wrist injury that left him unable to perform the duties of a frontline soldier. Upon evacuation, doctors discovered that Ralph was also suffering from a hernia. In the operating room doctors were forced to sever two nerves in his right hip, causing excruciating, long-term pain.
With Ralph unable to complete simply, daily tasks, his wife took on additional duties, but the added stress began to strain the family. Operation Homefront gave the family a place to rest and find the additional help they need. Since August of 2011, the Harroff family has lived in a rent-free apartment at the Operation Homefront Village in San Antonio while doctors continue to repair damage in Ralph’s hip and while he works toward his bachelor’s degree.
The Harroffs’ new home in the Dallas suburb of Royse City was the second to be given to a military family under the Homes on the Homefront program.
