A local family donated $100,000 to the National Fisher House Foundation on July 2. The check was presented at the Orlando Fisher House, where the donor (who preferred to remain unnamed) spoke of her son who, in 2007, was a patient at Brooke Medical Army Center located in San Antonio, Tex. Her husband also was a veteran. When her son was receiving medical care, she was a … [Read more...]
Fisher House Receives Universal Orlando Foundation Grant
Since its official opening earlier this year in February and taking its first guest in April, the Orlando VA Medical Center’s Fisher House has received $30,000 in grants. Universal Orlando Foundation donated $25,000, and Lockheed Martin gave $5,000. Maureen Karkovice is the secretary to Friends of Fisher House Orlando, (FOFHO, a non-profit community group that supports the … [Read more...]