HOPE Lodge Opened in Minneapolis

Getting the right care sometimes means cancer patients must travel away from home, often to a cancer treatment facility in another city. Being away from home adds an emotional and financial burden during a challenging time.

Having cancer is hard. Finding help shouldn’t be. The Hope Lodge is an example of the real way cancer patients and their families are able to receive the critical help they may need, when faced with treatment and care far away from home.

The newest home in Minnesota is The Richard M. Schulze Family American Cancer Society Hope Lodge – a 40 room facility that opened its doors in Minneapolis on December 30, 2007.

The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge:
- Provides free housing to patients receiving treatment away from home
- Accommodates adults age 18 and older receiving cancer treatments
- Allows one adult support person to stay with each guest
- Provides guests with private rooms and a private bath, a community dining room, family
room, library, kitchen and laundry facilities
- Is located near cancer centers where patients travel to receive treatment
- Reduces the physical, emotional, and financial burdens on cancer patients and caregivers
- Fosters a supportive care environment where cancer patients and caregivers feel part of a
community
- May provide a day room for patients to rest and regain their strength between treatments
or before returning home, even if they are not overnight guests
- Hope Lodge relieves the financial and emotional burden many cancer patients face by
providing free lodging for the length of their treatment, which can be several days or
several weeks.

In our four-state Midwest area, there are currently Hope Lodges in Marshfield, WI, Minneapolis, MN and Rochester, MN. Another one is currently under construction in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hope Lodge in Rochester is the larges Hope Lodge in the nation, with 60 guest rooms.