Hospitality House of the Blue Ridge

Neighbor helping neighbor Modeled after caring communities across the country There are over 200 independent nonprofit hospitality houses of various sizes across the U.S. helping patients and their families who must travel over 50 miles for life-sustaining medical care. Now, our local community has the opportunity to similarly support and host the neighbors of our region with the establishment of a 30-room facility by raising building costs through a true community-funded effort.

A home away from home Affordable nonprofit lodging for hospital patients and their families. When an adult hospital patient travels to our area for critical care or arrives as the result of a traumatic incident, the family or loved one can be faced with the sudden expense of finding local lodging, for days or weeks on end. Alternatively, they might sleep in the patient's room, in the waiting room, or in their car. In 2019 a local group came together and formed a 501c3 nonprofit to provide an alternative, so the patients and families visiting our three regional hospitals – Lewis Gale, Carilion Clinic, and the Veteran's Hospital – have a local option for a safe, secure, and affordable environment that offers the kind of warmth and hospitality our region is well known for. Three years in development, a viability assessment is done, and the Capital Campaign has begun as the vision for helping our neighbors comes into focus on the drafting table.