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to receive a mortgage-free home. The 48-year-old Reilly
served half his life – 24 years – in the U.S. Air Force as
a pararescue man before being medically retired in 2018
after suffering paralysis in his right leg.
Ibis Charities Foundation, the charitable arm of
The Club at Ibis in West Palm Beach, donated funds to
cover the cost of building the home that will be valued
at $500,000. Ibis Charities Foundation partnered with
Building Homes for Heroes and Pulte Homes to allow
Reilly, wife Heather and their three children to live in a
mortgage-free home in the Heron Preserve subdivision
of Tradition.
LoGiudice said Ibis Charities Foundation has donated
more than $400,000 this year to local charities to provide
food, medical care, housing, beds and shoes for needy
children. A separate fund was started two years ago to
help deserving veterans.
“It’s hard to put into words, the ability to help
another human being, particularly someone who served
our country, so we can do what we want to do,” said
LoGiudice, who attended the groundbreaking with Ibis
residents Kris Cohn and Rick Friedland. “This is a day Cohn, who serves on Ibis’ Board of Directors and is The best part about Monday’s ceremony was it was just
we will never forget.” the liaison between the club and the charity, was wiping the start of a wonderful partnership with Ibis Charities
Neither will Reilly. The family had sold their home away tears after the groundbreaking ceremony. Not only Foundation, Building Homes for Heroes and Pulte Homes.
in Melbourne before the pandemic and were looking at for what just took place, but will continue to happen. The home will include a workout room and a lap pool
relocating to Kentucky, where his wife has family. Instead, “This will literally be a mind stamp for me – a picture for Reilly, who has become one of the United States’
they can continue to live in Florida, which he says is the and a moment that I will never forget,” Cohn said. “We top Paralympic cycling athletes. The home will be built
best state in America for veterans. will never forget the impact that Ibis, in our own small to accommodate a wheelchair, if needed. Reilly, who
“I had never heard of The Club at Ibis until this week, way, has been able to have on this man and this family received more than 25 medals for his service, currently
but a charitable organization like Ibis just pours into and how gracious and selfless he was in his comments. walks with a brace.
people to lift them up,” Reilly said. “Ibis is now part of “What it does for Ibis is realize how we continually “I’d like to thank Ibis Charities Foundation for their
my family. I couldn’t do this without you. have to recommit to growing this so we can do this the amazing contribution to this project and their continued
“You guys have touched me in ways I cannot adequately year after, the year after and the year after. We wanted to support for building homes for heroes,” said Building
express. The significance of this gift transcends the get this off the ground and now we did. This is perfect.” Homes for Heroes Project Manager Rusty Smallwood.
material value of it. To say this home is a gift is an Friedland, vice president for Ibis Charities Foundation, “Without generous organizations such as Ibis Charities
understatement. It’s a symbol of hope and a testament to agreed: “This is a different opportunity for us, and it adds Foundation, projects like this one for Frankie wouldn’t
the boundless goodness and compassion that exists within a lot to what we already have accomplished. We want to be possible.”
the human spirit.” reach out to help those around us.” Photos courtesy of The Club at Ibis

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