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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Economy hits facility that houses cancer patients - chicagotribune.com

Economy hits facility that houses cancer patients - chicagotribune.com: BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—
A southern Indiana facility that provides housing for cancer patients seeking treatment and their family members is looking for new revenue to help it make ends meet amid declining donations and rising costs.

Jill's House director Susan Dabkowski says the facility will launch two fundraising campaigns in hopes of raising $2.5 million.

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Diseases and Illnesses
Cancer

"That would put us on really solid ground in terms of our long-term sustainability," she told The Herald-Times (http://bit.ly/r9PLTS).

Jill's House is named for Jill Behrman, an IU student who disappeared while riding her bike in 2000.

The facility was founded by Peg and Bud Howard and was incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization in 2001. After seven years of fundraising, the $3.2 million facility opened to guests on July 1, 2008.

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