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ple come from all over when they’re in need
of specialized health care, and they oft en
bring their families, sometimes for months
at a time. Th ey oft en have to fi nd housing,
which creates a fi nancial burden.

Hosts for Hospitals provides free or
deeply discounted lodging and support at
volunteer host-homes for these patients and
their families.

Hosts for Hospitals is not a Jewish agen-
cy, but its founder and executive director
Mike Aichenbaum is Jewish. In 1988, Aic-
henbaum was diagnosed with an advanced
case of leukemia. After his first course of
chemotherapy failed, he was transferred
from a hospital in Michigan, where he
lived, to a hospital in Manhattan. His
wife, mother and two sons came with him
to New York, where he stayed from New
Year’s to mid-June.

In today’s dollars, Aichenbaum said,
they spent more than $40,000 in rent.

Aft er his recovery, he moved to Phila-
delphia. In 2000, he, along with co-founder
Nancy Wimmer, who had a similar experi-
ence, established Hosts for Hospitals.

“Crucially, patient-families oft en arrive in
town only to discover there is nowhere for
them to stay, certainly not at a place they can
aff ord,” Aichenbaum said. “With Hosts for
Hospitals, lodging with a caring host-family
may be reserved in advance, relieving guests
of this worry.”
Visit hostsforhospitals.org for details.

Jewish Relief Agency
One Sunday a month, hundreds of vol-
unteers head to the Jewish Relief Agency’s
(JRA) warehouse at 10980 Dutton Road in
Northeast Philadelphia to prepare and deliv-
er food boxes to food-insecure people. JRA’s
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