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Help needed to complete the JoeAnna’s House expansion
We’re into our final push for the JoeAnna’s House Expansion and it has been incredible seeing your support coming in from across the East Kootenay and through our partner foundations across Interior B.C. for this amazing space through the campaign so far!
JoeAnna’s House is a Home Away from Home for families while their loved ones receive care at Kelowna General Hospital.
Just steps away from the hospital, the house provides affordable accommodation, but also a sense of support, community, and relief for the caretakers. Staying at JoeAnna’s House helps hundreds of families from our region save thousands of dollars each during extended medical stays, many of which are unexpected and unplanned for.
Since opening in 2019, JoeAnna’s house has been home to 675 families from the East Kootenay. One per cent of the entire population of Cranbrook and three per cent of the population of Creston have stayed at JoeAnna’s House.
The average stay length for East Kootenay residents at the home is around ten nights per stay and the longest consecutive stay record held by an East Kootenay resident is 144 nights.
Unfortunately, the home has had a constant waitlist in recent years. Over 1,000 families in crisis have been turned away, left scrambling to find other accommodation, some of whom can’t afford it.
The 10-bed expansion currently underway and scheduled for completion in August 2026 will help reduce this waitlist and add much needed new space to JoeAnna’s House.
You can help us finish off the expansion with a donation to our Better Together Campaign this spring. Learn more and donate at: ekfh.ca/campaigns/joeannas-house/
East Kootenay Foundation for Health supports health projects across the East Kootenay Health Region, including five hospitals, three health care centres, five long term care homes, and community health improvements like JoeAnna’s House.
The health care needs across our region are always evolving. Learn more about our current priorities and ways to give at ekfh.ca.
East Kootenay Foundation for Health
