Community rallies around injured Marine; volunteers help with finishing tasks on Homes for Our Troops project

Dozens of local volunteers lend their help installing the landscaping around Marine Sgt. Julian Torres

Sawyer Knox of Concepts in Landscaping prepares the ground for volunteers to install plants at Marine Sgt. Julian Torres

Joey Dorsey, 13, plants flowers at Marine Sgt. Julian Torres

Fallbrook Honorary Mayor Martin Quiroz speaks during a volunteer event held at the construction site of Marine Sgt. Julian Torres

Scott Youngren, owner of Youngren Construction, Inc., the local contractor who built the home for Marine Sgt. Julian Torres and his family through Homes for Our Troops, gives instructions to volunteers in regards to installing landscaping at the site on July 27.

Marine Sgt. Julian Torres expresses his gratitude to the volunteers and Homes for Our Troops organization on July 27 for providing him, his wife and children a home specially adapted for his disabilities due to combat injuries.

Dustin Dyer lends a hand in putting the final touches on the landscaping at Marine Sgt. Julian Torres

Homes for Our Troops volunteer, Jayden, 10, digs a hole in preparation of planting a plant at his family

Local contractor Scott Youngren, left, with the help of volunteers, plants a tree in the front yard of Marine Sgt. Julian Torres