Tripler Fisher House seeks boots for memorial

Pacific Regional Medical Command News Release

In memory of fallen service members, the Tripler Fisher House is collecting more than 6,500 pairs of boots for the 2012 Fisher House Hero & Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll, scheduled for Aug. 18.

Each pair of boots will represent a service member who has died since Sept. 11, 2011, and will be displayed with a photo of the service member.

The Fisher House Hero & Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll, scheduled for 7 a.m., Aug. 18, at the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island, will include a Keiki Fun Run.

Boots need to be collected no later than Aug. 4 and can be dropped off at either Fisher House at Tripler Army Medical Center, or mailed to 317 Krukowski Rd., Honolulu, HI 96819. Fisher House is a comfort home for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Units are encouraged to start their own collection sites and can do so by coordinating with Theresa Johnson, Fisher House manager, at 808-561-7423, or theresa.m.johnson2@us.army.mil.