New Layer Founded in 1999, Guest House provides safe, affordable accommodations in a caring environment for patients and their families who travel for transplants, heart surgery, cancer treatment and other medical care at Chicago area hospitals. Guest House offers fully-furnished, comfortable, private guest rooms at a already reduced rate; guests with limited resources for a nightly rate, can apply for financial assistance. 1999 2005 2011 2013 2016
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History Guest House Founded. Click play to see Jane Reich, Founder and Guest House Board of Director member, talk about serving on the Board of Directors.
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1999 Guest House opens. Click here to hear from Cleanthous family, our first guests.

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2005 Guest House moves to our current location, starting with 10 apartments. Through a sponsorship, services are offered to cancer patients receiving treatment at any Chicago area hospital. 2005 1999 2011 2013 2016
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2011 The Community Room opens and the Volunteer Program takes off. Click play on these short videos to see volunteers tell their stories about supporting Guest House.
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2013 Guest House launches a partnership with the Road Home Program at Rush, to help veterans experiencing PTSD. Click the video to hear veteran Nick Morrison share his story.
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2018 2016 Guest House expands to reaches our current capacity of 47 fully-furnished apartments. 2019
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2018 2018 Guest House welcomes a new Hospital Partner, University of Chicago Medicine. We also welcomed Gift of Hope Organ & Transplant Donor Network as a partner supporting transplant patients receiving treatment at any Chicago area hospital. Click the video to hear from a transplant patient.
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