Former
PRESIDENT OBAMA Continues His Support to
FISHER HOUSE Story by Kerri Childress
Families staying at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Fisher Houses in Bethesda, MD, had a surprise visit recently when former President Barack Obama provided lunch and hand-delivered cookies. The Obama family has long supported Fisher House and particularly the families Fisher Houses serve. This visit was no exception: the president spoke with each family, took lots of photos and generated many smiles. On his Facebook page the president wrote, “The families of our wounded warriors don't often get a lot of fanfare, but they're serving and sacrificing right alongside their loved ones. We all owe a debt to them too, and Fisher House is always making sure we're serving those who serve us.”
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THE PATRIOT • VOLUME 10 • ISSUE 2 • 2019
Throughout the years, the Obama's have donated more than $750,000 to Fisher House Foundation. The first donation came from his Nobel Prize money, of which $250,000 was directed to Fisher House. He also donated all the proceeds from his book, Of Thee I Sing… A Letter to My Daughters, which provided the seed money for Fisher House Foundation’s Heroes' Legacy Scholarships program (See Taylor Baum’s story on previous page 7).
