Joe's House Newsletter - Winter 2008
A Lodging Guide For Cancer Patients
2007 Annual Fund Drive
You did it again! Thanks to all our generous donors Joe’s House had yet another great year. Our annual drive raised over $17,000! Thank you, thank you, and thank you!
Every dollar of your donation helps cancer patients and their families. We know that all of you are asked by many charities for contributions and we truly appreciate your continued support. Joe’s House is grateful for all that you have done for us in 2007, and hope you will continue to keep us mind as you plan your charitable giving for 2008. Special thanks go out to the following: The Sam Schubert Foundation, Doug Smith and Katie Desmond and Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Radford, Jr. And thank you again to the American Federation of Teachers for our annual golf tournament, David Ulf for our wonderful website, MaximumASP for hosting and the NYSUT Print Shop for our new brochures.
Lodging Facility Renewal Project
Each year Joe’s House must re-negotiate and research the special discounts and rates seen on our site. With 1000 places for cancer patients and their families to stay, it’s a very big job. Our thanks go to our renewal manager Rhonda Shapiro for the months of hard work she put in contacting, negotiating and cajoling hotels. Using a new program that assists in alerting and soliciting hotels for next year’s rates (thank you Joe Friedmann from BidStork) Joe’s House was able to a contact more hotels than ever. The response was very rewarding!
Between Rhonda’s efforts and our renewed partnerships with hotel chains (see list below) Joe’s House has exceeded last year’s number of lodging facilities! We are now over the 1100 property mark!
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 (you may read about them on the Partners page http://joeshouse.org/Partners/tabid/55/Default.aspx or click on an individual hotel). Each is offering a percentage off their best available rate at the time of booking. There are some great deals out there!
Some of our partners are offering Joe’s House discount at all of their hotels nation-wide (even if it’s not listed on our site). This represents thousands more hotels 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.
Best Western International (offer is for all Best Westerns nation-wide)
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 Studio Plus Deluxe Studios (offer is for all hotels)
Drury Hotels – Brands include Drury Inns, Drury Suites, Drury Plaza Hotels and Pear Tree Inns.
Hawthorn Suites
Microtel Inns and Suites
Maps on Joe’s House
Take a look at our new map feature on Joe’s House! When you click on one of the hotels from our search result page, there is a SEE A MAP icon next to the name. Click on SEE A MAP and you will be taken to a Google Map of the location of the hotel.
This is a great way to get a visual sense of where the lodging facility is located in a city and what is nearby. Enjoy.
2008 Initiatives
Marketing and Advertising. Look for our ad in the latest issue of Coping with Cancer magazine. Former presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is on the cover. The ad will also appear in the next spring issue.
Expanding Our Presence: Even though Joe’s House lists places to stay in close to 80 cites and 46 states, we’re not stopping. Look for these new cities in 2008 – Lexington, KY; Jackson, MS; Newark, DE, and Miami, FL.
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The Joe’s House Newsletter is prepared by Ann Calahan with written contributions from other friends and volunteers.
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