Fisher House Boston Gala 2022

EVENING SCHEDULE

4:30-6:00PM Pre-event private reception with

Medal of Honor Recipient Captain Thomas Kelley,

Medal of Honor Recipient Ryan Pitts, Major General Gary Keefe, General John Kelly, Commander BJ Farrell USS Constitution’s 77th Commander, Special Operator First Class (SEAL) Kevin Lacz, David Morales and other Special Guests.

VIP ticket required to attend.

 

6:00PM Event begins at The American Heritage Museum

Cocktails

Mix and mingle in the museum with interactive food stations and endless passed hors d’eouvres

Dessert

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GUEST SPEAKER

Navy SEAL Special Operator First Class Kevin Lacz

 

10:00PM Closing remarks

 

OUR HONOREES

Please join us in celebrating Nancy and Rick Kelleher’s contribution to our veteran community. Nancy and Rick come from families of honor, service and faith. Both of their fathers were members of the Greatest Generation and served our country with valor, sacrifice, and distinction. Nancy and Rick carry on the legacy of their mothers and fathers through their own selfless service.

 

The Fisher House of Boston

 

The Fisher House of Boston is a home away from home where the families of our Nation’s Heroes can stay in comfortable accommodations, completely free of charge, while their loved one is receiving inpatient treatment at any Boston-area medical center. Any veteran or active military personnel (wartime or peacetime, pre or post 9/11) is eligible to have a loved one stay with the Fisher House of Boston.

For the convenience of our guests and to ensure that military families are able to stay near their loved one in treatment, we will place them in a 4-star hotel conveniently located next to the hospital at which their loved one is receiving treatment. In addition the Fisher House of Boston has three apartments in the Longwood Galleria for families needing long term accommodations. If your treatment/care is at the VA Boston Healthcare System in West Roxbury your lodging will be at the physical Fisher House on property.

We exist to serve the Heroes who served us. We recognize not only the sacrifices made by our men and women who serve in uniform but also the sacrifices made by their loved ones.

You can help keep military families together during medical treatment! We can only provide our services through the support of the generous donors in our community who share our commitment to serving those who served. The Fisher House of Boston is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; we receive no government funding. It is only with the help of our invaluable donors that we are able to continue our military families.

One of the families we served said “that supporting the Fisher House of Boston is not just about giving money, it is about directly impacting and changing the course of someone’s recovery.”

Join us in honoring and serving our Greatest National Treasures, Our Military!

 

Guest Speaker

Navy Seal Special Operator First Class Kevin Lacz

Kevin was born and raised in central Connecticut before enrolling in James Madison University in 2000. When the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 claimed the life of a good friend’s father, he decided to leave school in favor of military service. While visiting a Navy recruiter’s office, a SEALs poster caught Kevin’s eye and he decided to enlist in the Navy with the intention of going to BUD/S and becoming a SEAL.

He started BUD/S in early 2003 with Class 245. A back injury meant he would graduate with Class 246 at the end of the year. Because he was a Hospital Corpsman, Kevin also attended 18D Special Operations Combat Medic School at Fort Bragg before checking into SEAL Team THREE in Coronado, California. Kevin Completed two combat deployments to Iraq (2006 and 2008) with SEAL Team THREE (Charlie and Delta platoons) as a platoon sniper, breacher, and combat medic. He was fortunate enough to work alongside many of the toughest frogmen to ever wear the trident, such as Marc Lee, Ryan Job, Mikey Monsoor, and Chris Kyle. His platoon’s 2006 deployment to Ramadi, then the most dangerous city in Iraq, has been discussed in several books, including Chris Kyle’s American Sniper and Dick Couch’s The Sheriff of Ramadi. Kevin’s presence in Sniper led to his involvement in the production of and eventual casting in the Oscar nominated

Clint Eastwood directed Chris Kyle biopic by the same name (starring Bradley Cooper).

Upon completing his enlistment, Kevin was honorably discharged from the Navy. He was awarded a number of commendations for his service, including a Bronze Star with a combat ‘V’. He returned to Connecticut and enrolled at UConn with the intention of continuing his career in medicine. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Political Science in 2011 and began the application process for Physician Assistant School. While earning his undergraduate degree, he also got married and started a family. In 2012 Kevin moved his family to Winston-Salem, North Carolina in order to pursue his Masters of Health Sciences at Wake Forest University. He graduated in August 2014. Currently, Kevin works as a Physician Assistant with Regenesis, LLC in Pensacola. He enjoys using his past experiences to facilitate his work in medicine and charity. His military service influences him greatly as he seeks to actively support service members and veterans in his community. Kevin is happy to have found a home in Florida with his wife, Lindsey, and two young children.

 

The American Heritage Museum

Visit New England’s newest and most unique history museum – the American Heritage Museum. Featuring the world-famous Jacques M. Littlefield Collection of tanks and military vehicles, the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, Massachusetts houses one of the largest public exhibits of tanks and armor in the world within the new 65,000 + square foot museum located at the Collings Foundation’s headquarters.

The American Heritage Museum explores America’s conflicts from the Revolutionary War through the battlefields of today through the eyes of those who served. Visitors are immersed within the exhibits through the rare tanks and large artifacts, dioramas, multimedia presentations, and engaging docents that help explain the role of the citizen soldier, the role of technology, and American spirit that raises to the cause “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary…”

Among the staggering variety of rare artifacts, the American Heritage Museum has many that are the only ones on public display in North America. These include: M1A1 Abrams Tank, T-34/85 Tank, Matilda MK.II Tank, Sherman “Jumbo” Tank, Russian IS-2, German Panther, SCUD Missile and Launcher, Japanese Type 4 Ho-Ro Tank and many more. The American Heritage Museum also features immersive exhibits such as the World War I Trench Experience and “Clash of Steel” interactive display.

For more information and directions to the American Heritage Museum visit www.AmericanHeritageMuseum.org.