Atlanta has become an important place for world-class health care and our numbers show it. In 2007 we increased our accommodations over 1,000 to just shy of 4,000 at 3963 guest stays. Our guests came from all over the U.S. and the world. This gave us an 805 occupancy rate with 330 guest stay per month. We are pleased with the results of the changes we have made to our program.

"We made some changes when we reopened the house after our renovation in 2004 that are beginning to pay off," said Flo Smith, AHHH board member. "We now accommodate more than 2 family members at one time and have reached out to additional health care facilities."

In 2007 we added Regency Hospital and increased our referrals from Shepherd Center, Piedmont Hospital, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. We also added a new staff member, Darren Adkins as our program manager. Darren is responsible for the well being of the house. He takes all the referrals from the hospitals, checks in all the guests, organizes the volunteers and helps the resident managers. he also weekly picks up donated items from Crate and Barrel, the Food Bank, and Sams.

With this great success there are still others that we have not been able to serve, those who are handicapped, those with medical needs, and families with small children. So in the fall of 2007 the Board and staff at AHHH launched a capital campaign to raise $650,000. With the capital funds we will be able to rebuild the Woolford cottage/ dollhouse to the right of our driveway. This cottage will allow us to have four private bedrooms and two bathrooms and an additional resident managers apartment. We will have handicap accessibility and a bathroom for those who are handicapped.

We are also answering a call for help from the Marcus Institute. The Institute has two programs, one for autism and one for children who are on feeding tubes, that they would like to expand regionally. They can't do this without accommodations for their families. We've answered their call and will be able to help these families when the cottage is built.

As part of the capital projects we will also repave our driveway, install a commercial grade kitchen, and replace inefficient windows in our main house. We are excited about the future and hope that you will help us by contributing to our campaign, volunteering at the house, or just keeping us in your prayers.