How did you come to be at Family House?
My wife, Megan, was the Resident Manager here at Family
House and that was in September of 1997 or 1998. Then in 2001 I became a
Weekend Manager. And in 2002 I became the Resident Manager.
How has Family House
changed since you first started?
When I first started, Megan and I were living in the
manager’s unit at the 50 Irving Street house – we had only 10 bedrooms
available for families, and at the time, this was the only building Family House
had to work with. It was light and lean; a wonderful small nonprofit serving
families primarily in the oncology department. We had three rooms for patients
receiving chemotherapy, three rooms for bone marrow transplant patients, and
three rooms for radiation patients. There was an unfortunate limitation of
families served due to our limited resources. Then in 2002, when we opened the
new house on 10th and Irving, we were able to help house the entire
out-of-town pediatric oncology patient population. We went from ten rooms to
thirty-four rooms, and that was very exciting!
What are some of your
favorite Family House memories?
Definitely giving guitar lessons to kids, singing songs with
the kids, and Christmases are definitely a highlight. I will always remember
being Santa Claus on Christmas Eve - putting presents outside families’ doors
and giving them just a little jolt of good Christmas cheer while they are all
so far away from home. Nothing is as satisfying as being able to give these
families a little bit of happiness while they are going through such a
difficult time in life.
Learn more about the caring staff at Family House: http://www.familyhouseinc.org/staff.html
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