Children’s Hospital Boston Opens Door of
New Yawkey Family Inn

June 1, 2009

BOSTON, Mass. – Children’s Hospital Boston will soon be welcoming patient families into its new patient family home, The Yawkey Family Inn at Children’s Hospital Boston, located at 241 Kent Street in Brookline. For more than a year, Children’s Hospital has been transforming an old Victorian, former fraternity house into home-away-from-home for patient families. Today, the hospital offered a first glimpse into the new home and celebrated with the individuals, foundations and companies that contributed donations and in-kind gifts for the home’s renovation.

"Safe and convenient housing that provides a home-like environment helps families focus on what’s most important: nursing their sick children back to good health,” says James Mandell, MD, Children’s Hospital CEO. “We’re grateful to the generous benefactors and companies who helped make this home a reality for our patient families."

The renovated home will feature 22 bedrooms, shared bathrooms, common areas, kitchen, dining area, playroom, garden as well as space for staff.

Generous gifts from two organizations will offer families a comforting place to stay during their children’s hospitalization. The Yawkey Foundations awarded a $3 million gift to support the new home. The Family Inn Foundation, a long-term partner of the Yawkey Foundations, whose mission is to provide grants that impact youth, families and the underserved, generously donated its independently operated Family Inn patient family home property on Sewall Avenue in Brookline to the hospital. Created 25 years ago with the support of Jean Yawkey, who was dedicated to helping those most in need, the Family Inn has provided much needed accommodation for out-of-town patient families. To honor the legacy of the Inn and its founders, the organizations have been designated named sponsors of the new Yawkey Family Inn at Children’s Hospital Boston.

The Next Generation Developers Task Force, a group of young real estate developers and businesspeople, rolled up their sleeves and used their talents and social and professional networks to move the renovation forward and fundraise for the project and endowment. Each committee member brought his or her own expertise to the project.

"Our Task Force members have shown tremendous commitment and passion for this home," says Douglass Karp, Task Force Chairman. "We’ve worked on all aspects of the project including contractor negotiations, landscaping, permitting, marketing, and fundraising. We hope our work inspires young professionals and others to make a contribution to this wonderful and comforting place for families."

The hospital continues to fundraise to cover the renovation costs and future endowment for the home. For more information or to donate, visit www.yawkeyfamilyinn.org.

Our sincere gratitude to our generous benefactors:
$1,000,000- $3,000,000
The Yawkey Foundations
The Family Inn Foundation
Corkin Family

$100,000-$999,999
Nancy and Jeffrey D. Bilezikian
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.
G. Greene Construction Co., Inc.
Keith and Debbie Gelb
F.P. Hayes Family Foundation
Douglass E. Karp
Ginny and Roy, Jr. and sons Roy III and Todd MacDowell
Highland Street Foundation
Phi Gamma Pi Fraternity
George H. Scanlon Foundation
Geraldine E. Williams
Judi and Edward E. Zuker and Family

Corporations:
BJ’s Wholesale Club and its vendor partners: $102,000 in product donations, significantly outfitting the home/fulfilling the hospital’s “wish list” of goods: TVs, major electronics, kitchen wares, child necessities (play stations, DVDs, books, highchairs, playpens, games, bikes) and bedding/towels/linens as well as fully stocked food supply.
Bob’s Discount Furniture: More than $25,000 in-kind donation of beds and furniture
NSTAR: Conducted full energy audits and gift of $20,000 to purchase top-of-the-line Energy Star appliances for 3 kitchens and laundry facility.
G. Greene Construction: $100,000 donation and added gift to purchase Energy Star appliances
Kimberly Clark Corporation: $5,000 cash and pallets of needed paper goods to fully stock home
California Paints: VOC-free interior and exterior paint
Lowe’s: Closet, laundry room and kitchen organizers and installation, ladders, tools, and more
Merida: Area rugs throughout the home
Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Bright Space play area

Children’s Hospital Boston: Children’s Hospital Boston, an internationally renowned center for medical research and treatment, is one of the only pediatric hospitals nationwide that focuses on pairing world-class research with clinical resources to develop top therapies to treat and cure children. www.childrenshospital.org

Children’s Hospital Boston Next Generation Developers Task Force Members:
Paul Bernon, Jeff Bilezikian, Ben Fischman, Dave Gerzof, Douglass Karp, Alex Leventhal, Michael Lorber, Roy MacDowell III, Todd MacDowell, Susan Mulder, Daniel Rottenberg, Kathleen and Pat Scanlon, Jason Weissman, and Robert Zuker

About The Yawkey Foundations: The Yawkey Foundations were established more than twenty years ago to further serve the family’s many charitable goals. The mission of the Yawkey Foundations is to continue the charitable legacy of Tom and Jean Yawkey by making grants that provide immediate, significant and positive impact on the quality of life of youth, families and the underserved, primarily in the areas which the Yawkeys called home, New England and Georgetown County, South Carolina. For additional information visit: www.yawkeyfoundation.org.

Children’s Hospital Trust Contact:
Amy Sweeney (617) 355-4102, Amy.Sweeney@chtrust.org