Veterans Day: Ways to Support Veterans Year Round [Interview]

With Veteran's Day upon us, as a nation, it's a time we thank and appreciate our veterans, but this appreciation should be shown all the time. Our nation's service members and veterans make unimaginable sacrifices. While recognizing their service and saying thank you is important on days like Veteran's Day, it is our responsibility to support our nation's military heroes year-round.

Joel and Maryann spoke with the CEO of Fisher House Foundation, Ken Fisher, who discusses the importance of honoring and supporting our military this Veterans Day and beyond. Fisher House Foundation is best known for its comfort homes where military and veteran families can stay free of charge, while a loved one is in the hospital. These homes are located at military and VA medical centers around the world and have private bedrooms and baths. Families share a common kitchen, laundry facilities, a dining room, and a living room. Ken mentions, "by the end of 2023 we will have built 100 Fisher Houses...but our job is by no means done." Ken continues, "The sacrifices and burdens are ongoing, and these families are going through, in so many cases, long deployments where the families aren't home, they have no idea what's going on with their family member."

Check out the entire interview and learn more about Fisher House and what we all can do year-round to support our country's veterans.

Ken Fisher is a business leader and philanthropist with an unwavering dedication to serving those who have served our country. Ken is strongly committed to serving our military community as he carries on his Great Uncle, Zach Fisher’s, legacy as chairman and CEO of Fisher House Foundation. The Foundation is a leading nonprofit serving service members, veterans, and their families through a network of 93 comfort homes where families of ill and injured veterans and military members can stay at no cost while receiving treatment far from home. In addition to these roles, Ken currently serves as co-chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, co-managing partner at Fisher Brothers, and also served as the chairman of the 2016 Invictus Games.  In 2007, Ken was appointed by the Bush Administration to the President’s Commission on Care of America’s Returning Wounded Warriors and has served on several policy boards, in support of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. He has participated in several roundtables in support of current U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Mattis. Ken was named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report. He also has been honored by several organizations including the United States Marine Corps, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veteran Affairs, HillVets, and the Friends of the Vietnam Memorial.

Veterans Day became a federal holiday in the United States in 1938. This Friday, November 11th, we will honor the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

In the coming days and even following the annual observance, there are several ceremonies and events taking place across the state for people of all ages to attend.

Scroll below to view a selection of ceremonies and events that are scheduled for Veterans Day 2022 here in New Jersey.

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Friday, November 11th: 11am
Battleship New Jersey
100 Clinton St.
Camden, NJ 08103

Friday, November 11th: 11am
Veterans Monument- City Hall
50 W Winfield Scott Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07201

Friday, November 11th: 10:30am
Borough Hall
8-01 Fair Lawn Ave.
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

https://www.fairlawn.org/news-announcements/veterans-day-ceremony-2022

Friday, November 11th: 1pm
St. Rose of Lima School
51 Lincoln Pl
Freehold, NJ 07728

Friday, November 11th: 7am
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
1 Memorial Ln
Holmdel, NJ 07733

Friday, November 11th: 5pm
ISRC Veterans Non-Profit Organization
401 Lake St. 
Lakehurst, NJ 08733

Friday, November 11th: 12pm
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/njyd-military-veterans-caucus-presents-veterans-day-social-tickets-445516691417

Wednesday, November 16th: 6pm
ManaFirkin Brewing Company
450 E Bay Ave
Manahawkin, NJ 08050

Friday, November 11th: 11am
Township of Manalapan
120 County Rd 522
Manalapan Township, NJ 07726

Sunday, November 13th: 4pm
Tower Hill First Presbyterian Church
255 Harding Rd
Red Bank, NJ 07701