Monthly Charity

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The Monthly Charity for July is Kathy's House. Find out more about their great work at https://kathys-house.org/.

Kathy’s House is a hospital guest house committed to providing affordable lodging and caring support in a “home away from home” environment for families who need to travel to Milwaukee for medical care. Our story starts with the selfless vision of a dying young woman. In 2000, Kathy Vogel Kuettner, 39, a wife with three small daughters, died of Burkitt’s lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. While she was in the hospital, she worried about someone else: another young cancer patient down the hall. Unlike Kathy, he was suffering alone because his family lived out of town and couldn’t afford to stay to be with him.

Before she died, Kathy asked her parents, Dick and Judy Vogel, to create an affordable place to stay to keep families together. They rallied friends and family to make it happen. Thanks to their relentless efforts, in July 2001, Kathy’s House opened in a leased building in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, dedicated to the memory of this kind, compassionate young woman.

As demand for our services grew, our 18-room house was frequently at capacity. Too often facing the heartbreaking decision to turn away guests and facing the expiration of our lease, we began to explore options for a new, larger building. In 2019, we announced our plans to build a new Kathy’s House on a site near Froedtert Hospital, where many of our guests receive medical treatment. Donors nationwide, from past guests to big companies, generously gave to our building project. In June 2021, we opened our new, 38-room house that we believe will be a national model for hospital guest houses. At 32,000 square feet, more than twice the size of our previous building, the new Kathy’s House doubles our capacity to serve guests.

Some of our past Monthly Charities are:

• Adoption Resources of WI
• ALS Association
• Alzheimer's Association-WI Chap
• Am Legion Women's Post 448
• American Legion Post #449
• American Lung Association-Milwaukee
• Aurora Zilber Family Hospice
• Autism Society of Southeastern WI 
• Autism Speaks
• Badger Association of the Blind
• Best Buddies Wisconsin
• Bethesda Lutheran Communities
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Milwaukee
• Christ Child Society of Milwaukee 
• Coalition for Children, Youth & Families
• Community Projects for Seniors
• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
• Daystar
• Dominican Center for Women
• Fisher House
• Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation
• Hope Street Ministry
• Just One More Ministry
• Kathy's House
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Life Navigators
• Lotus Legal Clinic
• LOVE>hate Project
• Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation
• Mental Health of America Wisconsin
• Michelle's Action Angels Community Outreach
• Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Service, Inc
• Milwaukee Irish Fest Foundation
• Milwaukee Rescue Mission
• Mr. Bob's Under the Bridge
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Professional Fire Fighters of WI Charitable Foundation
• Relay for Life West Allis New Berlin
• Repairers of the Breach
• Riding with Angels
• Royal Family KIDS Camp
• Savage Support
• Sherman Park Food Pantry
• Smile Train
• Sojourner Family Peace Center
• St. Coletta Day School
• St. Francis Children's Center
• St. Vincent de Paul Society
• The LOVE>hate Project
• Tosa Cares
• Trees of Hope WI
• Tunnel to Towers Foundation
• USO
• Vision Forward Association
• Walker's Point Youth & Family Center
• WI Chapter of MS Society
• WI Donor Network
• Women's Support Centers of Milwaukee
• Wounded Warrior Project
• Zachiariah's Acres