Joe’s House

As you’ll see later on in the newsletter, Joe’s House now boasts over 1250 places to stay on our site! Thousands of patients, caregivers, social workers and friends look at www.joeshouse.org to locate housing when they travel for treatment. Let’s hear from some of the many families that we have helped.

This from Cynthia on her way to Hawaii for treatment with her husband: “…It’s a great organization that is helping a lot of people in this world who are in need.”

And Ann who traveled to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston from her home in Kansas told us she “…was so thankful for this service. Thank you Joe’s House”.

We’d love to hear from more of you. If you know someone who has used our service or have heard comments about us, please let us know. You can email us at info@joeshouse.org.

New Website

Joe’s House website has a new look. Thanks to Jeff Cross for helping us design the new banner for our site. Also we’ll be adding our partners to the home page. Check out all of our hospitality partners that help us provide lodging to patients and family members during their battle with cancer.

Shop for a charity

Shop online? If you do, you can help Joe’s House while you shop online. Take a minute to go to Good Shop at www.goodshop.com. All you have to do is choose Joe’s House as your charity of choice, then click over to your favorite site whether that’s Amazon, Apple Store (it’s graduation time!), Best Buy, Target, Travelocity and even eBay! It’s very easy and a great way to help Joe’s House!

Macy’s Shop for A Cause Day – September 20, 2008. Once again Joe’s House is participating with Macy’s in their Shop for A Cause Day. Buy a shopping coupon from us and save 20% off most items at Macy’s on September 20^th. Furniture is 10% off and the discount also works for items that are already on sale. Purchase lots and give them away to friends, colleagues, or assistants. Contact us at info@joeshouse.org or our toll free line at 877 563 7468 if you are interested in coupons.

Permanent Status

In 2004 Joe’s House received its advanced ruling from the IRS that allowed us to operate as a nonprofit. This permitted us to operate under section 501 (c) 3 of the IRS code for five years. At the end of that five-year period the IRS once again reviewed us. We were granted our permanent status in February of this year!

This is no small feat. Not only have we successfully weathered the challenges of a start-up organization, but also we have received recognition from the IRS as a legitimate and approved nonprofit. We have gone from a dream of helping cancer patients to an authorized organization that works with hundreds of hospitals and cancer advocacy groups around the country. Thanks to all of you for helping us to continue our good work as a charitable organization.

Lodging, lodging everywhere!

We’ve hit a new high in terms of the number of lodging options on Joe’s House website. As of June 25, 2008 there were 1262 places to stay listed! We’ve got lists of accommodations in over 80 cities in 45 states! If you know someone who could use our services please pass our website address onto them, or forward this newsletter!

If you know of something that we have missed, please let us know. Send us an email at info@joeshouse.org.

AOSW Meeting

In May Joe’s House exhibited at the annual Association of Oncology Social Work conference held in Louisville, KY. We met with scores of social workers from around the country. As a result we’ve added additional hospitals (Miami, Arlington, Texas and Jackson, MS) and lodging options, and spread the word about Joe’s House. If you are a social worker or patient advocate, please pass this newsletter on to your colleagues and give us any feedback on how we are doing, we’d love to hear from you.

Board of Directors Meeting

Joe’s House annual board of director’s meeting was held on June 23, 2008. Welcome back Dan Frasca, Donald Calahan, Tom Woodall, Maureen Rigney and Greg Galliger. Thanks for all of your hard work. Also, thank you and goodbye to Leora Lowenthal of NYU Cancer Institute who has moved on to get another master’s degree.

Read about us

Cure Magazine will feature an article about the traveling patient population in their upcoming issue. Joe’s House will appear in the article along with some of our partners such as Air Charity Network and the National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses.