Posts Tagged ‘University Hospitals’
Transplant House of Cleveland’s Social Work Programming Addresses the Needs of Guests with Care and Intention
This is the first part of a two-part series about Transplant House’s social work staff and programming. *To protect their privacy, the names of the guests referred to in this piece are pseudonyms. As a clinical transplant social worker with 15 years of experience at the Cleveland Clinic, Annette Humberson is acutely aware of the…
Read MoreNote by Note
We would never have known that guest Jim Szorady was making beautiful music in our community space if not for the notes. Handwritten ones at first, rather than the musical kind. Jim is undergoing CAR-T therapy at University Hospitals. As a result of the treatment, he is immunosuppressed. He and his wife, Marilyn, have been…
Read MoreCreating Community, One Message at a Time
When preparing an apartment for the arrival of a new guest, we don’t expect to find messages from those who previously stayed with us. But that is exactly what we recently found in Apartment 10 – a chain of encouragement and hope stretching across months and miles written in blue and black dry erase ink…
Read MoreBowling strikes the fancy of the Transplant House of Cleveland community!
With great gratitude to the “Let’s Bowl for Transplant House” creators, Cassie Rosenbaum and Marie Luciano, we are excited to share the news that over $9,400 was raised for the House on Friday evening at the Corner Alley Uptown! As Cassie and Marie dreamed, the event was family-friendly, fun, lively and celebratory! We also recognize the…
Read MoreGordon Bowen, on why he is involved with Transplant House of Cleveland
“In my 28 years in the field of organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation, I am always amazed and honored to be a part of the miracles that come from a hero (donor) who passes along the “Gift of Life” to a perfect stranger (recipient) at the end of their life. Some people call this…
Read MoreTransplant House Completes its Seventh Family Suite and Marks its Grand Opening
Transplant House of Cleveland celebrated its grand opening of its “Phase One” housing, at an open house on Thursday night, October 9. We send a huge “thank you” to the nearly 100 guests who came to celebrate the opening of the seventh and final fully-furnished family suite and the community suite where all families can…
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