Blog Posts tagged in "Fisher House"

The 2023/2024 program is open! Submit your application ONLINE no later than February 15, 2023. Now entering its 23rd year, Fisher House Foundation's program was created to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community.The Scholarships for Military Children Program for the 2023/24 school year application process is now open! For scholarship year 2023, Fisher House Foundation will award 500 scholarship grants of $2,000 each. The selection process will begin immediately followin... read more

The 2022/2023 program is open! Submit your application ONLINE no later than February 17, 2022. Now entering its 22nd year, Fisher House Foundation's program was created to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community. The Scholarships for Military Children Program for the 2022/23 school year application process is now open! For scholarship year 2022, Fisher House Foundation will award 500 scholarship grants of $2,000 each. The selection process will begin immediately followi... read more

The 2021-2022 program is open! Submit your application ONLINE no later than February 17, 2021. Now entering its 21st year, Fisher House Foundation's program was created to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community. The Scholarships for Military Children Program for the 2021-22 school year application process is now open! For scholarship year 2021-22, Fisher House Foundation will award 500 scholarship grants of $2,000 each. The selection process will begin immediately foll... read more

The 2020 program is open! Submit your applicationONLINE (new this year) no later than February 24, 2020. Now entering its 20th year, Fisher House Foundation's program was created to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community. The Scholarships for Military Children Program for the 2020-21 school year application process is now open! At least one scholarship worth $2,000 will be awarded at every commissary location where qualified applications are received. Who Can Apply for... read more

MANCHIN APPLAUDS FISHER HOUSE FOR VOLUNTEERING TO COVER EXPENSES FOR FAMILIES OF FALLEN SOLDIERS DURING SHUTDOWN Washington, D.C. – In the event of a government shutdown, the Department of Defense would not be able to pay death gratuities to families of service members killed in combat without additional legislation from Congress. If that happens, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has worked with the CEO of the Fisher House Foundation, Ken Fisher, to make sure these families are taken care of in their time of greatest need. The Fisher House generously agreed to offer the families an advance ... read more

Fisher House Releases Scholarship Search Tool for Military Families It's the New Year and time to make new goals. For many that new goal will be to go to college. The great news is there are a ton of resources available to help military members and their families in making their college dreams a reality. Today, through wonderful organizations and non-profits there are a tonof scholarships available, in fact thousands, for the military community. However, one of the challengesis spreading the word about all these great opportunitiesavailable. We are so excited to share that it will now be easi... read more

The 2017 program is open! Submit your application to your commissary no later than February 17, 2017. Now entering its 17th year, Fisher House Foundation's program was created to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community. The Scholarships for Military Children Program for the 2017-18 school year will begin Dec. 13. At least one scholarship worth $2,000 will be awarded at every commissary location where qualified applications are received. Each application will include the... read more