Four Seasons is honored to care for Veterans through the We Honor Veterans program.
Your support ensures that we can continue providing the care you trust to all Veterans, regardless of their ability to pay.
Meeting Unique Needs
We work to ensure Veterans and their families receive the care they need during difficult times.
Compassionate Listening
With respectful inquiry, we compassionately listen and gratefully acknowledge their military service and sacrifice.
Care for Those Who First Served Us
We provide honor to veterans and their families with dignity and respect during difficult times.
Pinning Ceremonies
For Veterans facing life limiting or chronic illness, the pinning ceremony provides a way for them to be honored with dignity, often helping families find peace during a difficult time.
Thank You
Your gift provides the care you trust for Veterans whose care needs extend beyond the coverage of their VA benefits. Over 1/3 of patients served by Four Seasons are veterans.
Thank you for your support of Four Seasons and our Veterans.
Brigadier General Frank E. Blazey, Jr., a much loved and deeply respected member of the community for 40 years, retired to Hendersonville after 33 years of military service.
During his retirement, General Blazey was involved with many local nonprofits and service organizations, including Four Seasons Compassion for Life, which provided hospice care to wife Joy during her end-of-life journey.
General Blazey attended The US Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1946. During the Korean War, General Blazey served as an infantry company commander, including assignments with the 65th Infantry Regiment where he was awarded The Silver Star for valor under fire.
Between the Korean War and the Vietnam War, General Blazey was assigned to West Point as an instructor and had two different assignments on the US Army Staff at the Pentagon.
In Vietnam, General Blazey first commanded a brigade and after an assignment commanding the Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, he was sent back to Vietnam during the withdrawal of US military forces in 1972 and 1973.
General Blazey has two sons. Frank served in the Marine Corps and Drew served in the Air Force and later the Air Force Reserve. He has five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Gifts to the Blazey Fund will be used to support end-of-life care for Veterans and the We Honor Veterans Program. The Blazey family will be notified of gifts made in his memory.
When Hank Ludlow said these words after going with Blue Ridge Honor Flight to Washington, D.C, what he meant was understood. Hank had not only seen the World War II and other memorials for the first time; he had also been accompanied by his 91-year old brother Chuck Ludlow, also a World War II Veteran. Five days later, Hank said, “It was worth the wait.” He died the next day.
Four Seasons Dr. Ashley Albers was at the airport to welcome Hank home, “Hank was determined to make the trip. It kept him going.”
Approximately 30% of our hospice patients are Veterans. Through the We Honor Veterans program, Four Seasons and members of the local chapter of MOAA (Military Officer’s Association of America) thank veteran patients and their families for their service.
“Watching these men and women, weakened by their conditions, muster the strength to return an officer’s salute and join as we sing God Bless America is deeply touching,” says MOAA member, John Knapp, who also serves on the Four Seasons Foundation Board.
Together with MOAA, Honor Flight, and other local organizations, Four Seasons is grateful for service of our Veterans. We also thank the people who donate to the We Honor Veterans program, which is 100% donor supported.
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