Freddy Alvarez makes hangers and gives them away to veterans and their families.
By A.E. Araiza For the Arizona Daily Star There was a time in Freddy Alvarez’s life, right after his divorce in 2013, that he needed to get back on track and really needed “to keep my mind off of things.”
His father, Fernando O. Alvarez, was a World War II veteran who fought with the U.S. Army in the Philippines, then later became a union sheet metal installer and fabricator. Alvarez dusted off the once-familiar metal, thinking, “I found this pot of gold, made from my dad’s hands.” The wind chime he saw was painted red, white and blue and Alvarez had dedicated it to his dad in service to his country.Then he thought, “If I give him one … I have to make one for all my friends who have served.”In 2015, Alvarez, who is not a veteran, started making chimes for veterans and for the families of veterans, eventually giving away as many as 50 them.By 2016, he needed a new plan.
He often takes his grandson, 11-year-old Mario, a fifth grader at Manzo Elementary, to help him give out hangers.
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