Moparpalooza and Jeepalooza team up for No Shave November 2015, a fundraiser for the Fisher House Foundation!
Who will raise the most money for Fisher House? Team Mopar? Team Jeep? Help your team win and support a great organization!
We'll be picking prizes every few days, from Target Gift Cards, to official Mopar and Jeep merchadise, and more! You must purchase a participant registration and be in the United States to be eligible for prizes. Anyone is welcome to give a donation.
Send your No Shave pics to jeepalooza AT gmail, and include a pic or two of your Mopar or Jeep (or both!). Your pics may be posted in the gallery, social media, and other sites.
Net proceeds go directly to Fisher House. Event coordinators are volunteers.
From fisherhouse.org:
Fisher House Foundation is best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.
These homes are located at major military and VA medical centers nationwide, close to the medical center or hospital they serve. Fisher Houses have up to 21 suites, with private bedrooms and baths. Families share a common kitchen, laundry facilities, a warm dining room and an inviting living room. Fisher House Foundation ensures that there is never a lodging fee. Since inception, the program has saved military and veterans’ families an estimated $282 million in out of pocket costs for lodging and transportation.
Fisher House Foundation also operates the Hero Miles program, using donated frequent flyer miles to bring family members to the bedside of injured service members as well as the Hotels for Heroes program using donated hotel points to allow family members to stay at hotels near medical centers without charge. The Foundation also manages a grant program that supports other military charities and scholarship funds for military children, spouses and children of fallen and disabled veterans.
- Families served: More than 25,000 in 2014
- Daily capacity: 848 families
- Families served: More than 250,000 since inception
- Number of lodging days offered: Over 5.5 million
- 7,000 students have received $11,000,000 in scholarship awards
- Over 50,000 airline tickets provided by Hero Miles to service members and their families, worth nearly $73 million