The American Cancer Society broke ground on the Hope Lodge in Salt Lake City Wednesday afternoon. The lodge provides a supportive environment to cancer patients and their caregivers at no cost. It’s the first one in the Intermountain West.
The Salt Lake City Hope Lodge will be the 32nd of its kind in the country, but the first west of the Mississippi River and the second largest in size, at an anticipated 63,000 square feet.
Officials broke ground on the Hope Lodge Wednesday, which will make it the 32nd Hope Lodge in the country. These lodges provide no-cost housing for thousands of cancer patients and their caregivers who normally would have to commute daily to receive treatment.
A 2.2-acre piece of land at the corner of 100 South and 400 East was occupied by an LDS meetinghouse for about 63 years. On Wednesday, that junction took on a more holistic purpose.
The American Cancer Society proudly broke ground today to begin the construction phase of building a Hope Lodge in Utah, the first lodge of its kind to serve the Intermountain West.
Hope is a very important word for cancer patients, and soon they will have a new place to stay with a loved one while going through treatments and recovery. Soon Salt Lake City will be the first city west of the Mississippi to have a Hope Lodge. Currently, 5,000 cancer patients undergo treatments at a […]
A former Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meetinghouse has yielded the largest material donation that Habitat for Humanity has ever received in Utah, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The site on which it once stood will be home to an American Cancer Society Hope Lodge where visiting cancer patients and their families can […]
Demolition began this week on an old meetinghouse for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in order to make way for a new Hope Lodge from the American Cancer Society. The Hope Lodge will be a home away from home for cancer patients that travel to Salt Lake City to receive treatment. Once […]
A demolition crew knocked down an old LDS church in downtown Salt Lake City Tuesday to make way for what the American Cancer Society calls a Hope Lodge. It’s a place for people with cancer to stay during their treatment. “Every year 11,000 Utahns are diagnosed with cancer. And every year over 4,500 patients come […]
With everything from the crown mouldings to the heating system to five tall pine trees removed and donated, a former LDS Church meetinghouse is being demolished this week to make way for a Hope Lodge. Cancer patients who travel to Salt Lake City for care will be welcomed at the 41-suite lodge free of charge. […]
Patients battling cancer either far from home or without family will have the option to be housed in the city and nearer to medical facilities sooner rather than later. The American Cancer Society this week is beginning demolition to prepare for its local Hope Lodge site, hoping to help up to 800 patients each year […]
The American Cancer Society of Utah’s Hope Gala is just around the corner. It’s a time when the community pitches in to help cancer patients in the Beehive State. Money raised will help fund programs such as Look Good, Feel Better, which gives cancer patients free beauty products and advice.
A national, long-term study researching the causes of cancer is looking for volunteers from Utah. The American Cancer Society will be following 300,000 participants from around the nation for the Cancer Prevention Study-3.
Cancer researchers are tackling a tough topic and asking Utah residents to help. Unlike much of the ongoing research to find a cure, a new nationwide study — backed by the American Cancer Society — aims to give physicians, patients and the public a better understanding of how cancer is caused, perhaps uncover more effective prevention […]
The American Cancer Society has announced construction of a Hope Lodge in Salt Lake City, which will provide accommodations to cancer patients and their caregivers who face long commutes or who must travel from other states to receive treatment from Salt Lake’s premier cancer centers.
A creative partnership between two Salt Lake City nonprofits—Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity and the American Cancer Society (ACS), Intermountain Region—combined with the generous donation of an abandoned church and the 2.2-acre lot it sits on…
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Work began Wednesday on the site of the future Hope Lodge in Salt Lake City. It’s the American Cancer Society’s project and through a lot of community donations will help cancer patients and their families.
Volunteers on Wednesday began stripping a former LDS Church building of its hardwood floors, lighting fixtures and other materials, which will be donated to Habitat for Humanity for new homes and its retail store, ReStore.
SALT LAKE CITY — Weeds growing through cracks in the pavement and taped-up windows reveal the deterioration of a chapel that has been abandoned for six years.
Cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers and advocates turned out Friday to convince lawmakers of various cancer-related issues, including asking for a $1.6 million appropriation from the state.
