Hearts in the Community Corporate and Foundation Giving Fisher House Foundation is the beneficiary of many generous gifts. Here we highlight two companies that continue to support the Fisher House program.
Navy & Marine Corps Fisher House Team Supports the 2017 DOD Warrior Games
Warner Bros. Employees Select Fisher House Fisher House Foundation was selected to participate in the Warner Bros. 2016 and 2017 Employee Impact Giving Program. This is an employee-driven initiative that supports employee outreach and giving. Fisher House Foundation staff and house managers from the Long Beach and West LA Fisher Houses attended the February Impact Kick-Off Event, held on the Warner Bros. studio lot. It was a unique opportunity to tell hundreds of Warner Bros. employees about Fisher House’s mission and impact.
Navy & Marine Corps Fisher House staff proudly joined Fisher House Foundation and the Warrior Games Family Program to assist family members of all athletes in Chicago from June 29 – July 9. Their mission was to assist the athlete’s friends and family members at their arrival in Chicago. All were partnered with a service point of contact to assist with family hotel check-in and registration, and to be available with helping hands for any individual needs during the Games. A true partnership and bond developed among everyone as part of the family program team.
The Raab Collection Auctions Civil War Document to Benefit Fisher House On Memorial Day, historical collectors had the opportunity to bid on a Civil War lot — an 1861 document believed to be the only one with the signatures of President Abraham Lincoln and his fellow Union political and military leaders. Raab donated a portion of the proceeds to Fisher House Foundation. Thank you, Raab Collection for the support!
Dancing for a Cause
Twitch
The Western Swing Dance Network hosted a western swing/ country dance festival for the patriotic folks (all of whom are over 60) who regularly dance on the circuit to traditional country music throughout the southwest states of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Kansas. Their fundraising efforts far exceeded their original expectations! Thank you to Rhonda Craig for all her amazing hard work raising funds and awareness for the Foundation.
Online gaming and fundraising now go hand in hand: Twitch is a social video platform and community for gamers, it is also a great format for gamers to use to fundraise. Fisher House Foundation has been the beneficiary of several gamers raising funds and awareness on this platform combining their love of gaming and their passion for supporting our military and veteran’s families.
THE PATRIOT • VOLUME 8 • ISSUE 2 • 2017
It was pretty amazing to see folks that we have been able to assist in their hardest times, and see the progress that they have made, participating in Warrior Games. We don’t always get to see the progress of these folks and it really hit home for me and made me more proud (if that’s possible) to do the job that we do. Attending, we were able to assist families as we do in our houses. Whether it was from the services we were ‘assigned to’ or other services, (I’m sure we all helped whoever needed it), what a grateful and gratifying experience for me! — Mike Ybarra Fisher House manager at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
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Managers had the opportunity to see family members and athletes who had previously stayed at their house. This experience added a new level of understanding seeing “our families” full circle — what recovery, family and a caring home truly means.
Being with the families of the athletes certainly was a privilege and an honor. This experience working with all who were there was nothing short of amazing. The coordination of an event this size was stupendous to say the least. The environment was fully charged and so positive – there were so many outside of this event that were in awe. Even after returning and letting staff and other peers know how fortunate and honored that we were selected to attend this event, it has made for very humbling story telling. This was a once in a lifetime experience! — Lori Erickson Fisher House manager at Naval Medical Center San Diego THE PATRIOT • VOLUME 8 • ISSUE 2 • 2017
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