RangerDoc's Fisher House Dog Tags

To travel to as many Fisher Houses as possible!  Take pictures with your proud wounded warriors & thanks you for all your sacrifice!

While working as a patient liason at Landstuhl Army community Hospital, one of the most impressive things I was exposed to (other than our Wounded Warriors resiliency) was the selfless sacrifice of the Fisher House Foundation.  I recently found this Fisher house dog tag in a cache and it brought back a lot of memories, so I thought it fitting to attach it to another dog tag and give it a mission!

RLTW!!!!

The Fisher House program was established by Zachary Fisher and his wife Elizabeth. The first "Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher House" was opened in Bethesda, Maryland at National Naval Medical Center on 24 June 1990. President George H. W. Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush opened the second Fisher House at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.  To date, the program consists of more than 60 houses located near Veterans Affairs hospitals and military installations across the country and in Europe. From these locations, Fisher House serves more than 19,000 military families per year. The Fisher House program plans to build several more lodging facilities to complete its nationwide support network.

In October 2013 the Fisher House Foundation agreed to pay the death benefit to beneficiaries of soldiers who died during the government shutdown; whose death benefit was withheld amidst significant public outrage.

Fisher House Foundation is best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.

These homes are located at major military and VA medical centers nationwide, close to the medical center or hospital they serve. Fisher Houses have up to 21 suites, with private bedrooms and baths. Families share a common kitchen, laundry facilities, a warm dining room and an inviting living room. Fisher House Foundation ensures that there is never a lodging fee. Since inception, the program has saved military and veterans’ families an estimated $235 million in out of pocket costs for lodging and transportation.

Fisher House Foundation also operates the Hero Miles program, using donated frequent flyer miles to bring family members to the bedside of injured service members as well as the Hotels for Heroes program using donated hotel points to allow family members to stay at hotels near medical centers without charge. The Foundation also manages a grant program that supports other military charities and scholarship funds for military children, spouses and children of fallen and disabled veterans.

https://www.fisherhouse.org/