What is a Fisher House?
A Fisher House is a “home away from home” 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 typically have 16 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 $610 million in out of pocket costs for lodging and transportation.
The Fisher House at VA Ann Arbor has hosted over 10,000 military & veteran caregivers since opening in June 2020.
Caring for Families
Military and Veteran families served, too.
Military families stand by the side of their Service Members throughout their careers, through deployments and overseas stations. They command the homefront while their loved ones serve around the world.
Fisher Houses allow the families to remain by the side of their loved ones during the toughest of battles — the battle for continued health after service.
Together, the Ann Arbor and Detroit Fisher Houses will provide 11,680 nights of free lodging annually, saving Veterans and their families over $2.5 million in out-of-pocket costs.
“It was like Heaven”
“It’s definitely a home away from home. We all have our own rooms, but nine times
out of 10, we end up in the family room together.”
“I don’t know what I would do without a Fisher House. I either wouldn’t be able to
come, or we would have to stay in an expensive hotel. Fact is, this old Korean Vet just
doesn’t have that kind of money.”
“Volunteering for Fisher House feeds my heart. I feel like I am the one being given a
gift.”
“For the first time since Afghanistan, we sit on the couch in the evening and talk and
laugh –like the old days. We feel like there is hope for the future and it doesn’t involve
PTSD or TBI. Fisher House provided that hope and comfort for us.”
“Remember us not for what we gave, but for the hardships we helped ease, and for the
friendships we have helped to form.”
