Posted by Rob Weinberg on Aug 23, 2017
This week's featured speaker at the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club was Tiana Babcock, Assistant Manager at San Diego's Fisher House.
 
For the uninitiated, Fisher House is a home where families of service members and veterans can stay while their loved one receives medical treatment. There are 70 Fisher Houses near major military installations, including 3 overseas. Each has from 8-21 furnished suites with living space, common kitchen, dining room, laundry, living room and playroom.
 
Tiana joined us at the crack of dawn to talk about Staff Sergeant Chaz Allen, seriously injured when he stepped on an IED. In an instant, Sergeant Allen lost both legs and broke his elbow.
Though the Allen family was prepared to spend their life savings to travel back and forth between the DC-area hospital and their home in Tennessee, Fisher House made that additional sacrifice unnecessary. Fisher House opened their doors to the sergeant's wife and two small children, allowing them to be with him during his convalescence, All flights and other expenses were covered as well.
 
Fisher House has thousands of similar stories, and we're hopeful Tiana will return to tell us more. In the interim, you can learn more about how you can help Fisher House help our military heroes who got into the line of fire. Find them at http://www.fisherhouse.org.