Marathon Jam - Grandpa Eddie's Alabama Ribs and BBQ - Feb. 27, 2010
Bluegrass musicians will marathon from noon - midnight to raise much needed funds for the Richmond Fisher House.
Richmond Fisher House is a home for family members of injured service men and women so they can be close to their loved one while in treatment. For more information: richmondfisherhouse.org
Please make a donation to support this event.
If you are musician participating in the jam, or a ""GROUPIE" for the Marathon Jam and would like to raise money in honor of a loved one or even a particular band. Start your OWN fundraising page! It's easy, click the link "Register for this event", Follow the easy steps to creating a fundraising page AND send it out to all your friends asking them to support you.
Total Donations Collected:$725.00
Goal: $5,000
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$5,000 Goal
The Fisher House™ Program
The Fisher House™ program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
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 illness, 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 12,000 families, and have made available nearly 3 million days of lodging to family members since the program originated in 1990. By law, there is no charge for any family to stay at a Fisher House operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Fisher House Foundation uses donations to reimburse the individual Fisher Houses operated by the Army, Navy, and Air Force. No family pays to stay at any Fisher House!
The Foundation has received the highest possible ratings from the “watch dog” organizations that evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of nonprofit organizations: For every dollar donated to Fisher House™ Foundation, 96 percent goes directly into Fisher House programs that help military families.
Online donations are completely safe and the most efficient way of donating (saving time and money), but checks are accepted. Please download and print the TFH Check Donation Form and mail the check and completed form to the address on the form.
Fisher House™ Foundation, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Donations are tax-deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law.
