Fisher House Foundation and the South Texas Veterans Health Care System celebrated the construction of a second Fisher House at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in San Antonio during a “Topping Off Ceremony” on Thursday.
Scheduled for completion in 2024, the new Fisher House will join one additional house at the VA medical center, four houses at Brooke Army Medical Center and three houses at Lackland Air Base. It will be the 14th Fisher House in the state of Texas and the 97th of the network that stretches across the country and overseas.
“The Fisher House will be a place for veterans and their families to find comfort during difficult moments in their care journey,” said Deputy Medical Center Director John Mendoza. “We understand the positive impact it can make for a patient to have family by their side and the Fisher House makes that possible.”
At more than 13,000 square feet, the new Fisher House will provide lodging for families of veterans and active duty service members at no cost, allowing them to be close to their loved ones while they receive medical care. At full occupancy, it can save military and veteran families more than half a million dollars each year.
“It is only fitting that we add another Fisher House to San Antonio, a community that cares for so many of our military service members, their families,and our veterans,” said President of Fisher House Foundation David A. Coker.
The new South Texas VA Fisher House will have 16 accessible suites, a spacious kitchen, large communal living, dining and family rooms, a laundry room, and a shared patio.
The home was gifted to VA upon completion as part of the public-private partnership between the Fisher House Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Reach Julia LeDoux at Julia@connectingvets.com.