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January Fisher House News From Our HomeWith Incredible Gratitude

New year, new goals, new opportunities to bless others. We would like torecognize some of our cause champions and financial partners for the past few

months. When you see them, please thank them for their help fulfilling ourmission.

Florida Powerboat ClubEmerald Coast Poker Run

donates $25,000 Destin Woman's ClubGlitz and Glamour Fashion Show

raises $10,000 for our Fisher House

5th Annual Eggs on the Beach

This very fun,annual eventcontinues tobless ourmission. Weappreciate Wayneand Susan fortheir heart andenergy to serveour militaryfamilies through

this tasteful, impressive, big green eggcompetition. Bay Breeze Patio was thepartner from the Northwest Florida DailyNews ad we ran in December thanking ourGala sponsors.

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Ocean City Bingo - $3050

Brock Lawn & Pest - Fort Walton Beach - InKind - Pest Control for the Home

Joshuatree Internet Marketing - In Kind - WebDesign

Loc-n-Stor - In Kind - Storage Facilities

Fun Facts - our house guests can choose from travel size organic homemadesoaps when they check in to make their stay more enjoyable. Thanks to Brent and

30A Soaps!

Pensacola Parrot Heads donate These awesome chairs were

$500 - what a PHUN group donated by Pensacola ParrotHeads Emerald Coast Parrot Heads

donate $1000

Sweet - 2019 Suite Sponsors - Vertex Crestview Aerospace, Okaloosa Gas andCharles and Diane Ruffner in memory of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew P.

Ruffner

Words from our Guests

“Thank you Fisher House for “better”lodging. You are definitely a “home away fromhome” and much more. Our stay with you forthe past two days has been nothing lessthan......read more here.

“I arrived here on 15 October 2018 for HBOTtreatments, 40 – 1.5 hour each. Today I will

finish and return home. Read more here.

Scholarships for Military Children

The 2019 programis now open.

Applications mustbe submitted onlineby February 15th.

New yearsresolutionto serve?

Volunteerswanted!

Festival of Trees at Grand Boulevard

Each year our custom tree is created by localartist and Fisher House Fan, Kathryn Guidry. Ourtree is also accompanied by a Buddy Benchwhere folks can sit and learn more about ourmission.

33rd Annual Sandestin Wine Festival

Saturday shifts available for the 33rdAnnual Sandestin Wine Festival.Volunteers get a free taster ticket forFriday, when they work on Saturday. It'sa fun event that requires 350 volunteerseach year and raises significant dollarsfor our military families! Sign up

Help us document our story inpictures.....if you love to createwith paper, a glue stick andsome fun photos, we want YOU.Click here

Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Parade, March 5 at TheVillage at Baytowne Wharf. We attend each yearsharing moon pies and beads, would love a trumpetplayer to play some jazz as we stroll. Email me!

We LOVE a good national theme day and need anational theme day champion. Will YOU be our

national champion? xoxo

Celebrate and treat our guests at the same time. Sign up here.

Why don't you "POP" over tothe house with some hot

popped corn? January 28 - Blueberry Pancake Day

What's for Dinner?Provide a meal for families currentlystaying at the house. Meals may behome cooked in disposablecontainers or one that you havecatered. Sign up, click here. A happytummy helps heal a heart! (It's not abad therapy for the hands thatprepare it either.)

Special thanks to folks like ASUS, Niceville Church of Christ, the Hogans, Destin

Woman's Club, ASMC, Eglin and Hurlburt Spouses Club, Miranda, Valerie, Alice

and many more for their faithful feeding of our families......

ASUS delivering the good-ies What a spread, DWC memberAnne chats with Marc

2018 State of Florida Veterans Hall of Fame Inductees AnnouncedCongratulations Gordy Fornell, Vice President of our Board of Directors

The Hall of Fame “recognizes and honors those military veterans who,through their works and lives during or after military service, have made asignificant contribution to the State of Florida,” according to spokesmanSteve Murray of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs.“It is not a traditional armed forces hall of fame,” explained Murray, “as itfocuses on post-military contributions to the State.”The Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame Wall of Honor is located on the plazalevel of the Capitol.

Meet our Fisher House Managers and Staff

Marc Ambrose, Manager

John, Don, Judy and Marc

Judy Schneider

John Stephens

Don Peckham

Aw esome staff and gingerbread photos w ere provided by photographer AKA our House Manager, Marc Ambrose.

National Gingerbread "House" Day

Judy Wins!

The Team begins

John HOPES he can build thebest!

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Fisher House of the Emerald Coast, Inc - Board of Directors

Executive Committee: President, Teresa Halverson, Chair Elect, BruceNunnally, Vice President, Gordon "Gordy" Fornell, Secretary - Jim

Yurack, Treasurer, Jerry Williams, Past President, Shirley Pigott. BoardMembers: Joe Agostinelli, Myra Arnold, Bryan Creager, Jim Fisher, Kevin

Locht, Jeff Riemer and Karen Spence.

Executive Director: Mia Hughes

Community Ambassadors

Keith Brown, Pam Dickson, Carolyn Espinoza, Peter Karp, Elaine and Ron LaJeunesse, Candy Otter,Colleen Smith, Dave and Diane Walbeck, Judy and Omar Wiseman and Wayne and Sheila Williams

Fisher House of the Emerald Coast, Inc. | 850.259.4956 | director@fisherhouseemeraldcoast.org