WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2000, Feb. 8, 2000 Two more Fisher Houses in the United States and the first one in Germany are scheduled to open by spring 2001 to provide free lodging for out-of-town families visiting family members being treated at military medical centers.
Fisher House spokesman Jim Weiskopf said the 27th comfort house in the Fisher House network is scheduled to open at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, this fall. It will be the third house at Lackland and will accommodate out-of-town families of pediatric patients at Wilford Hall Medical Center, the Air Force's premier medical facility. "Fisher House III at Lackland will be a professionally furnished and decorated one-story handicapped-accessible home with 10 living suites," Weiskopf noted. "It will have a common kitchen, laundry facilities, spacious dining room. It will also have an inviting living room, complete with library and toys for children, two activity rooms and an administrative office." A second house is planned for Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii next year. The first Fisher House built on foreign soil is scheduled to open at the Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, by the spring of 2001, Weiskopf said. The first two Fisher Houses at Lackland were built in 1992 and 1994. The third home will be built on the fourth corner of a rectangular block where the other two Fisher Houses and the Admiral Boorda Center for Children with Special Needs are located. "Prior to his death in June 1999, Fisher House founder Zachary Fisher asked trustees of the Fisher House Foundation to consider building a third house at Lackland to support pediatric patients at Wilford Hall," Weiskopf said. Foundation trustees honored his request and added the houses in Hawaii and Germany. The foundation is the nonprofit organization established to carry on Fisher's legacy, he said. Weiskopf said nearly 40,000 families of patients receiving care at major military and Veterans Affairs medical centers have stayed at Fisher Houses since the first comfort home opened in 1990. "They saved nearly $30 million over the cost of commercial lodging," he noted. "More importantly, these homes have enabled families to remain together in the midst of a medical crisis, free from financial concerns and able to support a loved on during the healing process." He said the average stay at a Fisher House is 12 days. However, families have stayed from three to 50 days. More information about Fisher Houses can be found on the Internet at www.fisherhouse.org. Fisher House Directory
California
David Grant USAF Medical Center 100 Bodin Circle Travis AFB, CA 94535 Phone: (707) 423-7551 Fax: (707) 423-7552 Manager: Kim Briand E-mail address: TravisFisherHouse@aol.com
Naval Medical Center, San Diego Building 46 San Diego, CA 94535 Phone: (619) 532-9055 Fax: (619) 532-5216 Manager: David Esposito E-mail address: davidesr@juno.com
Colorado
Denver VA Medical Center 1055 Clermont St. Denver, CO 80220-3873 Phone: (303) 364-4616 Fax: (303) 393-4679 Manager: Jan Chasteen E-mail address: DenverVAFH@aol.com
District of Columbia
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (2 Houses) 6825 Georgia Ave., N.W. Washington DC, 20307-5001 Phone: (301) 295-7374 Fax: (301) 295-8012 Manager: Vivian Wilson E-mail address: WRFisher2A@aol.com Web site: www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/fisher/
Florida
West Palm Beach VA Medical Center 7305 North Military Trail, Route 122 West Palm Beach, FL 33410-6400 Phone: (561) 882-7180 Fax: (561) 882-6565 Manager: Teresa del Rio E-mail address: delrio.teresa_a@west-palm.va.gov
Georgia
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center Fisher House Road, Building 280 Fort Gordon, GA 30905-5650 Phone: (706) 787-7100 Fax: (706) 787-5106 Manager: Francisco Cruz E-mail address: FHEAMC@aol.com Web site: www.ddeamc.amedd.army.mil/Visitor/FISHER.HTM
Hawaii
Tripler Army Medical Center 315 Krukowski Road Honolulu, HI 96819 Phone: (808) 433-1291 Fax: (808) 433-3619 Manager: Kathy Gregory E-mail address: FHTAMC@aol.com
Maryland
Malcolm Grow Medical Center 1076 West Perimeter Road Andrews AFB, MD 20762 Phone: (301) 981-1243 Fax: (301) 981-7629 Manager: Janet Grampp E-mail address: FHAndrews@aol.com
National Naval Medical Center (2 Houses) 24 Stokes Road Bethesda, MD 20814-5002 Phone: (301) 295-5334 Fax: (301) 295-5632 Manager: Albert Harrison Director: Karen Stansbury E-mail address: KarStan@erols.com
Minnesota
Minneapolis VA Medical Center One Veterans Drive Minneapolis, MN 55417 Phone: (612) 725-1965 Fax: (612) 970-5864 Managers: Maggie Swenson, Jerry Hanson, Cathy Larson and Janice Pepperdine E-mail address: Gerald_L.Hanson@Minneapolis.va.gov
Mississippi
Keesler Medical Center 509 Fisher St. Keesler AFB, MS 39534-2599 Phone: (228) 377-8264 Fax (228) 377-7691 Manager: Larry Vetter E-mail address: FisherHouse@keesler.af.mil
New York
Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave. Albany, NY 12208 Phone: (518) 462-3311, ext. 2800 Fax (518) 462-3596 Director: JoAnne Saulsbery E-mail address: FisherNY@aol.com
North Carolina
Womack Army Medical Center 12 Bassett St. Fort Bragg, NC 28307-5000 Phone: (910) 432-1486 Fax: (910) 432-3825 Manager: Paula Gallero E-mail address: FHWAMC@aol.com
Ohio
U.S. Air Force Medical Center (2 Houses) 415 Schlatter Drive Wright-Patterson AFB, 45433-1144 Phone: (937) 257-0855 Fax: (937) 656-2150 Manager: Julie Quinn Assistant Manager: Pat Walters E-mail address: Julie.Quinn@WPAFB.AF.MIL
Texas
Brooke Army Medical Center (2 Houses) Building 3623, George C. Beach Road Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200 Phone: (210) 225-4855, ext. 101 Fax: (210) 270-2560 Manager: Inge Godfrey E-mail address: FHBAMC@aol.com
Darnall Army Community Hospital 36000 Darnall Loop Fort Hood, TX 76544-4752 Phone: (254) 286-7927 Fax: (254) 286-7929 Manager: Issac Howard E-mail address: FHHood@aol.com Web site: www.hood-meddac.army.mil/Fisher/FISHER_home_page.htm
Wilford Hall Medical Center (2 Houses) 2580 Luke Blvd., Building 3810 Lackland AFB, TX 78236 Phone: (210) 292-3000 Fax: (210) 292-3031 Manager: Earl Falk E-mail address: FisherH@connecti.com
William Beaumont Army Medical Center 5005 North Piedras St. El Paso, TX 79920-5001 Phone: (915)569-1860 Fax: (915) 569-1862 Manager: Harry Hicks E-mail address: FHWBAMC@aol.com
Virginia
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth I (Apartments) 313 Green St. Portsmouth, VA 23704 Phone: (757) 399-5461 Manager: Sarah Leonard E-mail address: SARLEON@aol.com
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth II (On-Base) 853 Williamson Drive, Building 287 Portsmouth, VA 23708 Phone:(757) 953-6889 Fax: (757) 953-7174 Manager: Loretta Loveless E-mail address: FishrHouse@msn.com
Washington
Madigan Army Medical Center 9999 Wilson Ave. Fort Lewis, WA 98433 Phone: (253) 964-9283 Fax: (253) 968-3619 Manager: Donna Turner E-mail address: FHMAMC@aol.com
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