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Community Groups in Action
At Fisher House Foundation, we have the support of community groups throughout the country who support their local Fisher Houses or raise funds and awareness for a future Fisher House in their area. Here are some highlights.
Fisher/Nightingale Houses Inc., Dayton, Ohio
Nearly everyone has heard of “No Shave November” to benefit organizations. In 2017, the Greene County Sheriff ’s Office extended that in to “No Shave December” with the proceeds to benefit the three Dayton-area Fisher Houses. All male deputies can decide not to shave for the month of December and all female deputies can decide to wear finger nail polish. Office staff can wear jeans for the entire month. All participants pay $31 each — or $1 a day. In 2017, they donated $2,811, in 2018 they donated $2,477, and in 2019 they donated $2,563.
Joint Base Andrews Fisher House, Inc., Andrews AFB, Maryland
In 2019, the Fisher House at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland celebrated 25 years of serving military and veterans' families. On September 28, 2019 the JB Andrews Fisher House, Inc. and the house manager, Veronica Harris, teamed up to host a barbecue and family festival to commemorate the anniversary. There was great food, music, and games for all. The facility has provided a "home away from home" to more than 6,500 families since it opened in 1994.
Friends of St. Louis Fisher House, St. Louis, MO
On December 7, 2019, the Missouri State Society-Daughters of the American Revolution (MSSDAR) presented a $150,000 donation to be equally divided for the building of Fisher Houses in Kansas City, Columbia, and the future second house in St. Louis. The presentation was made during the MSSDAR's annual holiday lighting ceremony of Roslyn Heights located in Boonville, Missouri.
During a year-long campaign, the ladies of MSSDAR had a chicken dinner, tea, wine tasting, car show, bake sales, and a host of other events that culminated with a bike-hike across the state on the Katy Trail. These fund-raising activities and hard work of over 100 MSSDAR chapters throughout the state made this donation possible.
