The challenge grant will match donations up to $500,000 through June 1 for the campaign. If that target is met, Kathy’s House would be at 96% of its $12 million goal when the facility opens in the summer.
The new Kathy’s House is being built on a 3.6-acre site on Doyne Avenue between North 92nd and North 87th Streets, adjacent to the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center. The guest house provides affordable lodging for out-of-town patients and their families who come to Milwaukee for medical care. The new house will have 36 rooms, doubling the organization’s current capacity.