One of our guests shares her experience staying at KGH Margaret Gilks stayed at Kevin Guest House following her stem cell transplant. She is pictured here between husband Colin Gilks and sister Heather Fleming, who was Margaret’s stem cell donor. Also pictured, dog Hudson visiting Marg in the KGH Healing Garden. Marg tell us a […]
Saturday, September 14, 2019, Kevin Guest House hosted Supper in the Street, a first-of-its-kind fundraiser featuring “Buffalo’s longest dinner table,” right in the middle of Ellicott Street. An event of epic proportions, Supper in the Street quickly became the most talked-about event of the season, raising nearly $55,000 for Kevin Guest House. Nearly 400 members […]
Much to Celebrate at Kevin Guest House Today! While we celebrate our 47th Anniversary, one of our guests is also celebrating a milestone birthday. Many guests are with us though holidays and special occasions, including the Reddons. Terry Reddon, who turns 60 years young today, came to Kevin Guest House with her husband Eddie from […]
KEVIN GUEST HOUSE CELEBRATES 47 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Heart Award honorees will be celebrated for their outstanding generosity Date: Thursday, July 25, 2019 Time: 5:30 p.m. Press Conference Where: Kevin Guest House, 782 Ellicott Street, Buffalo What: Kevin Guest House is celebrating 47 years of providing compassionate guest care to patients and […]
For nearly ten years, Susan G. Komen® Upstate New York has been supporting Kevin Guest House by alleviating the financial burden for breast cancer patients who do not have easy access to specialized treatment close to home. In 2019, Kevin Guest House was awarded a $5,000 grant from Komen Upstate New York to cover the accommodations for […]
Forseti Protection Group, a leading security and consulting firm, has formed a strategic partnership with Kevin Guest House. As the first independent, healthcare hospitality house in America, Kevin Guest House has served as a model for over 600 houses across the country. Their mission of providing a comfortable and supportive home away from home for […]
Families are complicated. Theirs is no different. For years, Jamie Patterson was estranged from her family. She eventually reconciled, after her sister, Jennifer Carey, had been battling chronic myeloid leukemia. The sisters, from the Adirondack region of New York State, were back together. Which was good on so many levels. But neither could predict just […]
It started at a Buffalo Sabres game. Jess Kardashian was at KeyBank Center for a hockey game and struck up a conversation with the gentleman seated next to her. They discussed volunteering and her seatmate mentioned Kevin Guest House. Jess had never heard of it. Once home, she looked up the organization and immediately it […]
He went from a guest to a volunteer and Fran Thomas has been one of the backbones of our amazing corps at Kevin Guest House. Now he’s a recognized as one of the most committed volunteers in Western New York. On March 28, 2019, Fran won the Commitment to Service Award at the Volunteer WNY: […]
For a while, Amy Sumbrum did her best to connect patients with each other informally, creating a sort of ad hoc support group. She understood they were dealing with side effects that other cancer patients didn’t endure. As a speech-language pathologist in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, […]
