Website Update Be on the lookout for a whole new Joe's House website! www.joeshouse.org will have a new look and feel but more importantly we'll have increased functionality for lodging, donors and correspondence. Not only will we be better able to manage our large database of lodging and healthcare facilities better - it will also provide the ability to link more effectively with our cancer and cancer advocacy partners. Thank you David for all of yoru hard work and continued support throughout the years! More patients and families helped Let's hear from some of the folks that we have helped. Joe, who was referred to Joe's House from the GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Turmor) organization, needed a place to stay in Portland, OR. He saide "I'm very thankful to have found this site through GIST support international". And "...thanks for having this site it does help." Tom and Vrginia needed help in Illinois. After receiving information from Joe's House they said "Thank you so much for your help it will definitely be to our advantage to use Best Western Inn in Moline, it is within 3 miles of the hospital." Here is what Jennifer, an oncology social worker in Nebraska had to say in response to an email from Joe's House regarding finding lodging and financial assistance for one of her patients - "Thank you so much for your assistance this will be a great, great help!".
In the Pipeline
In 2009 we will continue to market Joe's House to as many cancer related organizations as possible. Look for us at the Association of Oncology Social Work conference in Savannah, GA in early May. Also, you'll find Joe's House visiting lots of our partners in order fo work out new ways to reach partients and family members. Know of an organization that might want to work with Joe's House or have a great marketing idea? Let us know at info@joeshouse.org. | 2008 - Annual Fund Drive Thanks to all of you who so generously gave, our annual donation drive was a fantastic success. In times like these we know it's especially hard to choose among the many worthy causes that ask you for help, and we truly appreciate your continued support.
Every dollar that you donate to Joe's House helps cancer patients and their families. In 2008 we provided information, assistance and support to thousands of people through our website, toll free information line, and directory.
Thank you for your part in making this possible, every donation was a very big help! Special thanks go out to the following for their extraordinary contributions: Doug Smith and Katie Desmond and Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Radford, Jr. And thank you again to David Ulf, our wonderful website developer and master (see the following article), and to MaximumASP for hosting. Broadway comes to Joe's House - A great of theater and a great cause Our friends at Heiress Productions are presenting BELLES, an Off-Broadway play which will benefit Joe's House. Please tell all of your friends, colleagues, and acquaintances about this very affordable Off-Broadway evening. Tickets are only $20! There's plenty of time to see this fun show which runs from March1 9-April 12. Proceeds for the entire run go to Joe's House.
Even in these difficult economic times
THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Belles: A play in two acts and forty five phone calls.
Belles is the story of the six Walker sisters.... Born and raised in Memphis, the sisters now live in six different U.S. cities and communicate solely by phone. The eldest, Peggy, who remained with Mama in Tennessee, calls her siblings when their mother is hospitalized - nothing serous, she is ate some bad tuna, but the phone calls lead to sometimes comedic and sometimes brutal confrontations about the past and the present. You'll laugh and you might even cry! Heiress Productions presents Belles by Mark Dunn
March 19 - April 12 at The Lion Theater at Theater Row (410 W 42nd Street, NYC) Tickets are only $20....and are online at www.ticketcentral.com or call 212 Lodging Renewal Project We are now 1350 properties strong! Wow, 1350 different places to stay for patients from all over the country. Take a moment to look at our hotel partners and take a peek on our web site to see about the details from each company. Each is offering a percentage off their best available rate at the time of booking. The are some great deals out there! Some of the partners are offering the Joe's House discount at all of their hotels nation-wide (even if it's not listed on our site). This represent thousands more hotel across the country. We are thrilled that all of our partners renewed with us and appreciate their ongoing commitment to serving patients and their family members in need. Our hotel partners: -
Intercontinental Hotels Group - Brands include Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Select and Express, Crowne Plaza, Candlewood Suites, Hotel Indigo and Staybridge Suites. Offer is for all hotels nation-wide. -
Extended Stay America - Brands include Extended Stay Hotels, Extended Stay Deluxe, Homestead Studio Suites, Crossland Suites and StudioPlus Deluxe Studios. -
Drury Hotels - Brands include Drury Inns, Drury Suites, Drury Plaza Hotels and Pear Tree Inns -
Hyatt Place Hotels -
And our newest partner - Red Roof Inns! Offer is for all hotels nation-wide.
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