Families of vets will get ‘home away from home’ on VA Medical Center campus
Dana Kizer-Shands, president of the board of the Tennessee Fisher House Foundation, speaks during a press conference announcing a Fisher House will be built in Memphis. The Fisher House will provide temporary accommodations for families and caregivers of veterans receiving care at the Memphis VA Medical Center. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Fisher House, on the campus of the Memphis VA Medical Center, will provide no-cost accommodations for 16 families or veteran caregivers. The $9 million project is expected to open next fall.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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