The Hospitality House of Huntington

Abstract

A senior professor from a prestigious local university was now a new member of the Board of the Hospital Hospitality House of Huntington. After a tour of the facilities with Jo Fannin, the Executive Director, he noted that Huntington's Hospitality House ( HH) had Champaign tastes but only a beer pocketbook. The Hospitality House was faced with numerous problems but had survived so far with various fundraising drives and numerous charitable contributions in various forms. Very few in the Huntington area had ever heard of the HH although it provided services similar to the Ronald McDonald House. Even some in a position of referring families to the facility did not appear to know of the opportunity. The HH was a member of the National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses ( NAHHH), In c., an association of more that 150 non-profit organizations in the United States that provided family-centered lodging and support to families and their loved ones who were receiving medical treatment far from their homes. The mission statement of the HH stated that the house provided temporary lodging for family and friends of adult patients who lived 50 miles beyond Huntington receiving treatment in any of the six area hospitals.