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BEYOND THE HOSPITAL DOORS
Just outside Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital stands a house…that pigs built. With a commitment of $2.25 million from Hogs for the Cause, we are building a place of respite for families during the days, weeks or even months of their child’s stay.
On Valentine’s Day the groundbreaking of the Hogs for the Cause Family Support Home at our Children’s Hospital was celebrated. To be known as “Hogs House,” the facility will mark a significant step forward in fulfilling our mission of providing compassionate, comprehensive care. With 12 private family suites, shared indoor and outdoor spaces, and multiple amenities, it will bring a positive and calming environment.
“We hope that the Family Support Home will lessen families’ financial, emotional and physical burdens while they focus on the healing of their children,” said Becker Hall, co-founder and chief executive officer of Hogs for the Cause.
Hogs for the Cause is a New Orleans-based non-profit raising funds through an annual barbecue competition and festival as well as local events in our community. The Hogs House will open to our families in early 2024.
More than 87,000 patient encounters
47,000 Emergency Department visits
Families have come from over 90 counties across Mississippi and Texas
Patients from 64 Louisiana parishes, 44 states + DC and Puerto Rico
One patient, whose family lived 65 miles away, spent 94 days in our care
