Home Away From Home ministers primarily to cancer patients and their caregivers who must reside in Little Rock while receiving bone-marrow transplants and other cancer treatments at the Wintrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS, but the apartments are open to anyone coming to Little Rock for medical treatment.

This ministry is maintained and primarily supported financially by members of Little Rock Church.  Home Away From Home welcomes financial and ministry support from other area churches and nurtures an atmosphere of cooperation among all the body of Christ as we attempt to live out the admonitions of Matthew chapter 25: “I was a stranger and you invited me in. . . I was sick and you visited me.

Several one and two bedroom apartments are available at Northwest Hills Apartments, 11701 Mara Lynn. Current rental cost is $45 per day or $875 monthly for one-bedroom apartments and $55 per day or $995 for two-bedroom apartments. First-time guests are asked to pay the $875/995 monthly fee, but subsequent visits may be on a per-day basis. Click here for a map.  Checks for rent may be given to Regina, sent to Little Roc k Church at the address below or left at the leasing office.

Guests are accepted regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background.

History

In 1995 God lead two members of Little Rock Church to begin an outreach to bone-marrow transplant patients. It became evident there was a pressing need for affordable short-term and long-term housing meeting the transplant patient’s special needs. With the assistance and encouragement of patient Dave Hanson and his wife, Pat, three apartments were opened for this purpose in the fall of 1995.

Contact

Information is available through area hospital social workers or by calling Regina Graham at 501-530-0095.

Donations to help with ongoing upkeep and to assist patients with financial need may be made directly online OR may be sent to:

Home Away From Home
Little Rock Church
10701 W. Baseline Rd.
Little Rock, AR 72209

Links

Here are some links to resources that we hope you will find helpful.

The International Myeloma Foundation
Helping everyone battling multiple myeloma – patients, families, friends, caregivers and the medical and scientific communities.

The National Marrow Donor Program
Extending and improving lives through innovative stem cell therapies.

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