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Local fund-raiser for Fisher House at Hines VA

Lake County News-Sun
By FRANK ABDERHOLDEN
07.10.07

Kirk Morris of Gurnee and the Heroes of Freedom Memorial Foundation are helping to provide a home away from home for the families of wounded veterans.

Morris helped organize the first fund-raisers for a Fisher House at the Hines VA Medical Center near Chicago. The foundation held a concert Monday night at the Sundance Saloon in Waukegan, followed by a golf outing today at the Glen Club in Glenview. Legendary Chicago Bears players Jim McMahon, Steve McMichael and current Bear Robbie Gould joined the effort along with a host of other celebrities.

Morris said that Hines is the hospital for a 13-state region, and families are forced to either cover hotel costs or not see their loved one.

Morris had planned to build a Fisher-type house on 5 acres he has in Gurnee.

Then he got call from Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn and learned that the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs approved construction of the Fisher House at Hines. Quinn asked Morris to head the fund-raising drive since he already had scheduled this week's fund-raiser.

Once they finish raising money for the Hines house, Morris said they are going to start fund-raising for a second Fisher House, hopefully in North Chicago.

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