About the video: patriotledger wrote: Lisa Fratus-Jerrier wore the hard-hat not only to help a wounded soldier, but also to honor the memory of a soldier who never made it home. In May, a sniper fatally shot her cousin, Army Pfc. Matthew Bean of Pembroke. "So when I heard about this project, for Brian Fountaine, it was something positive that I could do," the Carver resident said Friday. "It was something I could to do make a difference - for Matthew, for Brian, and all the young kids who are out there fighting for us." Fratus-Jerrier is among 200 people donating their time this Veterans Day weekend to help build a home for Hanson native Fountaine, an Army sergeant who lost the lower portions of both legs when insurgents in Iraq blew up his unit's Humvee. Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit organization that builds and modifies houses to meet the needs of severely injured veterans, spearheaded the construction effort in the Cedarville section of Plymouth. The volunteer "build brigade" began work Friday morning, aiming to have the house framed, with the roof, doors, windows and siding in place by Sunday night. "This is what would normally be a month of work that we're trying to get done in three days," said John Gonsalves, the organization's president and founder. Many wearing hard-hats were skilled construction workers, donating their time and talents in various phases of building the house. Others, like Fratus-Jerrier, were there to do "whatever they ask me to. Pick up trash, lug lumber, whatever," she said. This being Veterans Day weekend wasn't lost on the volunteers. "There is a little symbolism, that on Veterans Day we can do something for a veteran who gave so much to this country," said Richie LeBlanc of Natick, who was framing the walls of the garage. "These guys go over and fight for us, whether you agree about the war or not," LeBlanc said. "The least I can do is help him. The reason my family sleeps well at night, and I sleep well at night, is because of guys like him." Jonathan Stetson of Reading, working on window framing and putting in doors, chipped in that "it's the least we can do. Our government should be doing more, obviously, for these guys. I'm impressed by the humanity." As their new house began to spring up in front of them Friday morning, the appreciative smiles rarely left the faces of Fountaine and his fiancee, Mary Long. "For a lot of people celebrating Veterans Day, it's seeing a parade or thanking a couple of guys they know who might have served," Fountaine said. "But I think, to a lot of these of people here today, they believe they are actually making a difference. And they really are," Fountaine said. He has never been one to seek help, or to seek any credit for serving his country, Fountaine said. "But, I lost my legs in Iraq. And I think a lot of these guys just think it's a way to give back, even if they hang a couple nails somewhere or help put up a wall. "These volunteers are building our house. Building our future."