From Jay Leno Fisher House Foundation has received overwhelming support from The Tonight Show host Jay Leno. The car enthusiast has yet again donated one of his vehicles to benefit Fisher House Foundation. Most recently, Leno donated his 2012 Fiat 500 Prima Edizione at the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction, which sold for $350,000 to Bill Munday. An enthusiastic crowd added another $250,000, bringing the total raised to $600,000 for the Foundation. Jay Leno was joined by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno for the momentous occasion. This generosity is on top of Leno’s last vehicle donation, his “Lil Tug” tractor that generated $535,000 at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in January. If that wasn’t enough, Jay Leno also donated a once-in-a-lifetime tour of his private garage and tickets for The Tonight Show to the Foundation’s annual Golf Classic, raising an additional $140,000 for Fisher House Foundation. “I was not in the service so I like to feel that I can do my part by auctioning off a car,” Leno said.
Thank you Jay, we are humbled and honored!
Photo by Alejandro Rodriguez. Copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. 10
The Patriot • VOLUME 3 • ISSUE 2 • 2012