There currently are 93 Fisher Houses in the United States and in Europe with plans for more.
The nonprofit Fisher Foundation was initiated in 1990 by Zachary Fisher, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., who was a prominent figure in the New York real estate community as a residential and commercial developer. He died in 1999.
Marine veteran Maurice Guilleaume hugs his sister, Anora, who is Guilleaume’s caregiver and is staying at the Fisher house with him while he receives cancer treatment at the VA Medical Center in Long Beach. Another recent family member staying at the Fisher House was Lee Madden who had not seen her brother, Mark Madden, in years. She had moved to Australia 40 years ago but had stayed in touch with her brother through phone calls and emails, hoping to see him again after the pandemic.
“He was admitted to the VA Long Beach, a place where he had taken care of his fellow veterans for so many years,” Hopkins said. “I could not have managed without the sanctuary of Fisher House,” she said. “I was shown great kindness, and nothing was too much for the Fisher House team. This was not just a place to stay. It was an island of calm I returned to each evening after hours of struggle with the many demands and spending precious time with my brother.” Her brother is single and never married. “The Fisher House is an incredible place where the staff is amazing,” Lee Madden said by phone from her home in Australia.
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