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Giving Back and Giving Thanks for Our Veterans
November is more than just the month we kick off the holiday season. It’s an invitation to celebrate our veterans and an opportunity to practice gratitude for the blessings in our lives. It’s also a chance to win 1 million IHG® One Rewards points. For more details, read below. Veterans are a select group of…
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Prosthetics Give Army Veteran Freedom, Fisher House Gives Him Strength
Almost every year since 2016, Army veteran Matthew Melancon makes the trip from his home in Utah to San Diego, California where he spends two weeks going through what should be three months of prosthetic care. Fortunately, Fisher House gives him a place to recharge after each long day of appointments. “Having my own space…
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Well Power: Paving the Way for Healthier, Happier Military Families
Imagine you’re stationed halfway around the world and you learn your hometown’s air quality is causing your child’s asthma to act up. Or you hear that your family’s water supply is tainted, forcing them to spend limited grocery money on bottled water. No doubt, that kind of news would elevate your stress and weigh heavily…
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Put Me in Coach — Rebuilding the Ranks is On All of Us
The famous line, “Put me in, coach!” from John Fogerty’s classic baseball anthem came from his own frustration watching games at home. Whenever he saw a team struggle, he would always yell at the TV, “Put me in coach!” More and more, I find myself thinking these same four words as I watch the military…
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Heartbreak to a Bright Future: A Navy Family’s Fight to Stay Together
For many active-duty service members and spouses, long-anticipated homecomings can become heartbreaking. For Jenna Malone, the stakes to save her marriage were high after her husband, Issac, a U.S. Navy veteran, returned home from Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and broken vertebrae. Jenna was determined to save his life, save…
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When a Patient is Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among U.S. women and the second leading cause of death from cancer among women after lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. It’s also the most common cancer in the world (Breastcancer.org). “Breast cancer treatment is stressful for patients on many levels and our ongoing research…
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Caregiver Finds Support at Fisher House
For more than a year, Ericka Hewitt has been staying at Fisher Houses. Her first stay began in May of 2023 when her son Skyler was in a terrible motorcycle accident near Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico where he was stationed as a senior airman responsible for C-130 special mission aircraft maintenance. Skyler joined…
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Military Thriving™ Change Forum at Georgetown: A Call to Service
On October 23, 2024 Georgetown University and ZeroMils will co-host the first national Change Forum of its kind, bringing together senior leaders from across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, in an effort to improve military recruitment. This is not your typical convening — the Military Thriving Change Forum at Georgetown is a nationwide, private…
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Our Military Kids Celebrates 20 Years with Military Family Ovation
OAKTON, Va., Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Our Military Kids®, a national nonprofit providing extracurricular activity grants to military children and teens, celebrated 20 years of enhancing military family wellbeing at Our Military Kids Ovation, an event honoring two decades of supporting the children of deployed National Guard, deployed Reserve, and post-9/11, combat-injured or ill…
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Healing Warriors and Their Families
Results from the 2023 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report show that 6,392 veterans died as a result of suicide. The same report showed that veteran suicide is the second-leading cause of death for veterans under 45-years-old. During the month of September, it’s crucial to raise awareness to end the tragedy of veteran suicide through…
