Friday, May 12, 2006

May's Charity: Fisher House

We need a new charity in the sidebar. Thanks to the folk over at Pinnacle Games, I found the Fisher House organization.

Because members of the military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House™ Foundation donates "comfort homes," built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful times - during the hospitalization for an unexpected illnes, disease, or injury.

There is at least one Fisher House™ at every major military medical center to assist families in need and to ensure that they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive environment. Annually, the Fisher House™ program serves more than 8,500 families, and have made available more than two million days of lodging to family members since the program originated in 1990. Based on a comparison of fees at a Fisher House™ (the average charge is less than $10 per family per day, with many locations offering rooms at no cost) with commercial lodging facilities in the same area, it is estimated that families have saved more than $60 million by staying at a Fisher House™ since the program began.


I know that some of our international readers prefer to donate to charities not specifically linked to the US military, but with 15,000 wounded soldiers out there ... and I believe even our conservative readers will admit this administration is not doing everything it can for these people who have suffered for others' sake ... this is the one I'm going for.

You know the drill. If you found anything on this site useful or amusing, please toss a buck or two into the Paypal. If you got a job because of some advice, make it a tenner, ya cheap prick. If you absolutely HATE me and think I'm a Islamofagcomsymp liberal jackass, toss in a hundred, because as always at the end of the month (mid-June in this case) I will MATCH all funds donated. Shut me up by bankrupting me!

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

I know that some of our international readers prefer to donate to charities not specifically linked to the US military...

Not just your international readers, actually.  There are a hell of a lot more injured Iraqis than Americans, and the vast majority of them didn't sign a contract saying they were OK with whatever the US government chose to do to them.

Unknown said...

I understand that. So wait until I do a fundraiser for civilian Iraqui group, which will be the next one.

This does, however, relate to some issues of responsibility between taxpayer and solider I plan on addressing soon.

Anonymous said...

The men and women of the military are prepared to lay down their lives to keep you safe from harm, dayv.

Regardless of your view on the Iraq war in particular, surely they deserve your kindness, not your snark, when harm befalls them.

Kudos to John for not letting his views on the war trump his concern for the undeniable needs of our veterans, and their families.

Anonymous said...

This is an illegal war of choice, not a defense of the American people, and that is known to all involved if they have paid any attention at all.  The US military heroes in this conflict are those who have refused to fight for reasons of conscience, whether they have gone into hiding or simply presented a stiff upper lip and accepted the consequences of their decision.

As for those who have chosen to follow unethical orders to participate in an unnecessary war of aggression -- thanks a lot, Bush and Halliburton couldn't do it without you.

Harsh words, yes, but it's a harsh world.  This isn't snark, this is honesty.

The needs of the Iraqi people are greater than the needs of the American veterans right now.  For every one US soldier killed, over a dozen Iraqis have died.  Some fairly reliable sources say the number is much higher.  To choose our soldiers over their civilians is nothing more than militaristic nationalism.

I applaud John Rogers's charity, I really do.  I just disagree with who deserves it most.

Anonymous said...

I disagree with some of the claims and implications in your latest comment, dayv (Iraq is an "illegal" war, fought chiefly to enrich Halliburton), but for argument's sake, let's assume for now that they're all true.

Even on that basis, it strikes me as rather unrealistic and heartless of you to expect a new recruit to have disobeyed his commanders and refused to invade Iraq back in early 2003, when it was widely believed by Democrats and Republicans alike that Saddam had WMD that posed a threat to America's safety.

I realize that many Iraqis are suffering, too. Millions of them suffered, and died, under Saddam's rule. Others are suffering and dying now, primarily due to the suicide bombs and other attacks by forces our troops are trying to defeat.

I'll give to John's upcoming charity drive for the Iraqi people. And I'm also giving to this one.

Anonymous said...

Done. $25 for the value I found in "FISA in one syllable words" alone.

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