Knee Deep in the Hooah!

The best way to enjoy a blessing is turn around and bless others with your riches. Whether you are rich in Spirit, rich in money, or rich in time, there are many ways to give. I am going to challenge myself to have one blog entry a day that highlights a specific organization and what you can do to help. So many times people want to do something, but they just don’t know where to start. Maybe this will help some folks to figure out what it is they would like to do to lend a hand. I will post a mixture of organizations that are military specific and for the general population.

So, to start with I would like to introduce the Fisher House Foundation and specifically their “Hero Miles” program:

From the Fisher House Foundation Website:

Hero Miles

With your support, we have provided nearly 10,000 tickets to Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom hospitalized service members and their families, worth more than $12 million (average savings per ticket is currently about $1,300).

The nonprofit Fisher House Foundation administers the “Hero Miles” program for the Department of Defense in accordance with Public Law 108-110, the FY 05 Defense Authorization Act. The program is comprised of individual airlines whose passengers donate their frequent flyer miles to assist service members and their families. Specifically, Fisher House Foundation provides free airline tickets to military men and women who are undergoing treatment at a military or VA medical center incident to their service in Iraq or Afghanistan, and their families.

There are two categories of eligible recipients:

• Service men and women with an approved leave of five or more days may be given a free round trip airline ticket for a trip from the medical center to their home and return if they are not eligible for government funded airfare.

• Qualifying service men and women may be given free round trip airline tickets to enable their family or close friends to visit them while they are being treated at the medical center.

Click HERE for specific information on how you can donate those unused frequent flyer miles.