At home, while away from home
Temporary housing for adult patients and their caregivers.
Launch Celebration and What is Amy’s Place
In 2023, there were approximately 850 families that were seeking resources for cancer support in the San Gabriel Valley area. Of those families, almost 40% resided outside of the San Gabriel Valley area.
Our main mission at Amy’s Place is to provide temporary housing for adult patients and their caregivers that travel to the San Gabriel Valley area for any type of medical treatment.
We believe that a holistic approach to a patient's care greatly improves the chance to recover quickly due to less financial and emotional stress.
About Amy’s Place
Amy Torrez is the founder, President and Executive Director of Amy’s Place. She started this nonprofit based on a six-month experience of temporary housing in Houston, Texas where her father was diagnosed and treated for lymphoma.
A local church provided fully furnished apartments for families that were traveling for their medical care. The apartment allowed Amy as the caregiver to rest, recharge and release any emotions she had in the privacy of her own space. In this home-like setting, Amy was able to cook meals for her father and when he was released from the hospital, it allowed him to feel normal again in a regular apartment.
When Amy’s father passed in 2000, she came back to Indiana where she saw the same sort of need for temporary housing for individuals traveling for medical care. She started a similar nonprofit in 2015 which not only became a way for Amy to pay forward the generosity that she received long ago, but also a way to provide the comfort and compassion she knew those individuals needed… just as she and her father had needed.
In October 2023, life circumstances brought Amy to southern California and it is here where she saw an even greater need for temporary housing.
Now, Amy combines her personal story with her passion for helping others to operate Amy’s Place, providing temporary housing for adult patients that are traveling to receive treatment in the San Gabriel Valley area from City of Hope and USC Arcadia Hospital just to name a few.
Amy Torrez, founder of Amy’s Place
Bringing support home
Welcoming those we support
Amy’s Place serves adults traveling to receive treatment in the San Gabriel Valley area from City of Hope and USC Arcadia Hospital just to name a few.
By providing this temporary housing, patients and their caregivers can avoid the cost of expensive hotel rooms and temporary rentals.
With Amy’s Place, there is no service cost, only a $25 donation per night.
There’s never an income qualification to meet in order to utilize our housing.
Patients and their caregivers can be traveling to the area for any kind of treatment.
Opening doors to support
We’re looking to partner with those who believe in and want to support the mission of Amy’s Place. Whether you are a corporation wanting to be a capital contributor or an individual who’s willing to donate monthly, your financial support covers operating costs, housing expenses and more.
With each dollar, you are helping more patients and their caregivers cross the threshold to comfort, rest and more peaceful healing.
Shop and support
Amy’s Place is an approved non-profit with Ralph's Community Program.
The Kroger Family of Companies is committed to community engagement, positive social impact and charitable giving at the national and local levels. Every community is unique, but this community program’s common goal is to partner with the neighborhoods served and help the people there live healthier lives.
One of the ways in which The Kroger Family of Companies does this is through its Ralph’s Community Contribution Program. This program makes fundraising easy by donating to local organizations based on the shopping you do every day. Once you link your Card to an organization, all you have to do is shop at Ralphs and swipe your Shopper’s Card.
You can now us the link below to sign up for the Ralph's Community Rewards Program and select Amy's Place as your chosen non-profit.
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