Season 4 Episode 8 Fisher House Foundation
On this week's episode of Ruck Up Buttercup we had the opportunity to speak with Mary Considine, the Chief of Staff for the Fisher House Foundation. She has been with this amazing organization for 20 years and has seen them grow from only a handful of houses to being on their journey to building the 100th house hopefully later this year.
Fisher House Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 that provides a home away from home for military families when they are having a medical situation. Located next to hospitals and Va’s nationwide, they provide a free place to allow families to visit, and support each other during times of medical need. They also provide support to Gold Star families during that process.
On top of their many houses, they also have other programs that help pay for flights, as well as hotels as the need may arise. As well as some really great scholarships for students as well as spouses to help support the future of families in the military community.
If you find yourself with a little free time and are interested in serving others in the military community there are many volunteer opportunities you can look into at a Fisher House near you.
We're available to answer any questions listeners may have, and of course, tons of info is available at our website: www.fisherhouse.org
Here are some quick links for show notes:
Fisher House locations (for volunteering opportunities, too): https://fisherhouse.org/programs/houses/current-houses/
Hard copy directory of all house locations: https://site.production.v3.fisherhouse.org/site/media/210733/fh_directory-_january_2024.pdf
Video about how to stay at a Fisher House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTX-YwzBNc0&t=19s
Virtual tour of a Fisher House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9MzEef3rUc
Interview with Jessica Lynch about her family staying at Fisher House: https://youtu.be/FDbAwz_uueQ?feature=shared
Hero Miles program: https://fisherhouse.org/programs/hero-miles/
Hotels for Heros program: https://fisherhouse.org/programs/hotel-for-heroes/
Scholarships: https://fisherhouse.org/programs/scholarship-programs/
We didn't get this on-air, but here's the Scholarship Search Engine I mentioned: https://search.militaryscholar.org/
At, last but not least, the donate link: https://connect.fisherhouse.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.event&eventID=1
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