About 100 single-parent families gathered at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor on July 10 for a weekend reunion marking 28 years of former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Warrick Dunn's homeownership charity.

Families traveled from across the Tampa Bay area and as far as Louisiana to celebrate the milestone with Dunn, whose Homes for the Holidays program has provided more than 250 fully furnished homes to single-parent households since 1997, according to the charity.

The program grew from personal loss. Dunn's mother, Baton Rouge police Cpl. Betty Smothers, was shot and killed during a robbery in 1993. Dunn was nearly 18 and became the primary caretaker for his five younger siblings. Four years later, as a rookie with the Buccaneers, he launched Homes for the Holidays to help single parents achieve stable housing.

"We want to create that stability to help families help themselves," Dunn told Fox 13 at the Innisbrook gathering.

Kevin Hargrove, who traveled from Louisiana for the reunion, moved into a home through Dunn's program in 2013. He still lives there with his family. Hargrove said everything in the house was furnished when he moved in, calling it exactly what he needed so all his daughters could be together under one roof.

Kayla Moton, who moved into her Homes for the Holidays house in September 2025, said the program freed up money she now puts toward her children's extracurricular activities and savings.

The reunion weekend included financial literacy and health classes for attendees. The charity provides single parents with furnished homes, down payment assistance and ongoing support services for financial, physical and mental wellness. The program hit a milestone in December when it presented its 250th home in partnership with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, giving a single mother named Quanta a furnished house and a $5,000 down payment assistance check.

Dunn played 12 NFL seasons with the Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons and earned the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award in 2004. He formally incorporated Warrick Dunn Charities in 2002 to expand the program's reach.

Hargrove, who has lived in his home for more than a decade, put it simply: the house was a blessing that let him keep his family together.