Meet Benjamin and Lovie Armstead

After high school, Benjamin Armstead worked in the steel mill in Canton, Ohio. His wife, Lovie, remembers when he started to come home coughing. His primary care doctor told them Benjamin had sarcoidosis – a condition that can affect anyone, but is more common in African Americans – and prescribed prednisone and anti-inflammatory medication to…

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1,400 Families and 9 Years of Stories at THoC

It can be difficult to measure the impact this House has on the guests who stay with us. How do you tell the full impact on a worried caregiver of a walk around the neighborhood with our transplant social worker? What about time spent sharing stories of life back home over a community dinner and…

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