(MURFREESBORO)  The Murfreesboro chapter of Knights of Columbus donated $500 to the Tennessee Fisher House Foundation. The facility is located on the campus of the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center here in Murfreesboro. It provides a free home for the families of veterans who undergoing extended medical treatment at the medical center.

This “home away from home” enables family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful time – during hospitalization for a disease, illness or injury. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and their families and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Department of Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs.

For more information visit www.TennesseeFisherHouse.org or call 615-916-1310 to learn more and how you can donate goods / services / financially to assist the non-profit in the efforts to serve veterans. The Tennessee Fisher House mostly serves families of veterans from Tennessee, North Alabama, and Northwest Georgia. 

Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal benefit society true to its founding principles of charity, unity, and fraternity. The Knights of Columbus meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7:00 PM in the Council Facility located at 1522 Stonewall Boulevard adjacent to Saint Rose. More information can be found about the Knights of Columbus at http://www.kofc4563.com.