Furnishing Hope volunteers furnishing a home for a veteran

Interior Design with a Higher Purpose

Suzanne Hoey — college graduate, single mother, and veteran — has seen a lot in her 36 years.

She enlisted in the Air Force after the September 11, 2001 attacks because she wanted to make a difference. She served two deployments in Afghanistan, where she encountered things unimaginable to most of us.

She goes all to pieces, however, over a two-bedroom apartment in Costa Mesa. And frankly, this is what Beth Phillips and her band of volunteers from Furnishing Hope love.

Read the full story at the OC Register.