Opportunity Details... Volunteer With Fisher House Foundation

Fisher House Foundation, a military non-profit that provides a "home away from home" for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers, relies and appreciates the generous support of our volunteers.

Volunteers are highly desired and provide much needed assistance. Volunteer opportunities include: bringing in meals and snacks for residents, helping with general housekeeping chores, organizing goods drives such as paper product drives, cleaning supplies, laundry supplies, etc. Also, there are often young mothers and fathers in the homes who may feel overwhelmed, our volunteers offer babysitting service and help play with the children to give the parents a break and some quiet time.

During the holidays we often have volunteers who will help with decorating, children toy drives, and gifts for those staying at the home through the holidays.

Some Fisher Houses have a "wish list" of items that the manager would like to add and/or replace in the house. These wish lists have included large items such as children's back yard play sets, barbecue grills, laptop computers for each room, outdoor tables and chairs, as well as smaller items such as books, DVDs, and small appliances.

We also welcome volunteers to tend to the gardens surrounding the house. Although the homes and landscape are maintained by the military base and the Veterans Administration, both are limited in offering enhancements to the landscape. Our volunteers often step in and plant the seasonal flowers and shrubbery to make the homes an even more inviting environment.

Having homes throughout the country and in Germany, each house is unique in their needs and therefore, volunteering is done at the local level and not through the Fisher House Foundation in Rockville, MD. We suggest you contact the manager of a Fisher House directly either by telephone or email. The manager is in a better position to know what is needed at his or her house. Contact information for each manager can be found on the Fisher House website at http://fisherhouse.org/houses/house-managers/.

Thank you for your interest and support of our service members and their families.