Gift of Life Housing

Gift of Life Housing is a non-profit temporary housing facility for patients and their families traveling for medical treatment at Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Montana.

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We have two locations – Gift of Life East, located behind the Benefis Sletten Cancer Institute and Gift of Life West, located across from the Benefis West Campus. Both facilities also offer RV spaces with hookups for water, electricity and sewer (West only).

Thanks to donor support, Gift of Life Housing has been providing free lodging for the past three decades to Benefis patients who live outside Great Falls – patients and families who may be experiencing the greatest crisis of their lives.

Our Locations

Gift of Life Housing has a total of 28 room – 16 apartments on the West Campus, 6 apartments on the East campus and 6 smaller “hotel-style” rooms for shorter stays on the East campus.

West Campus Apartments (16 units, currently under renovation):

• A separate bedroom with 2 twin beds, dresser and closet
• A living room with a couch/queen hide-a-bed, accent chair, TV and two foldable TV trays
• A full kitchen, with stove, oven, microwave, coffee pot and refrigerator, plus cookware, dishes and cutlery for four.
• Small dining table and chairs
• A bathroom with a combination shower and tub

East Campus Apartments:

• A separate bedroom with one queen bed, dresser and closet
• A living room with a couch/queen hide-a-bed, accent chair, TV and two foldable TV trays
• A full kitchen, with stove, oven, microwave, coffee pot and refrigerator, plus cookware, dishes and cutlery for four.
• Small dining table and chairs
• A bathroom with a combination shower and tub

East Campus Hotel-Style Rooms:

• A single full bed
• A accent chair, TV and two foldable TV trays
• A bathroom with a wheelchair accessible shower

Both facilities also include:

• Towels and linens provided
• Free communal laundry machines
• Detergent vending machine in each laundry room
• Public restrooms with handicap accessible showers
• Free wifi
• Free coffee in the common rooms at each facility
• For residents of the smaller East rooms, the common room also offers a microwave, kitchen sink and mini fridge
• Activity room, with puzzles and a treadmill (East only)
• Meditation room (West only)
• Books. Past residents often donated their books, so all the bookshelves at each location are stocked with a variety of stories. Please help yourself!

What We Provide

• Towels for 2 in the hotel-style rooms and 4 in the apartments
• Linens for each bed. Hide-a-bed linens are stored in the room closets
• Limited paper products. When you move into a room there will be a soft-sided bin with four rolls of toilet paper, two small boxes of Kleenex and some garbage liners. Additionally, the apartment kitchens will have paper towels and dish soap and there will be hand soap in the bathroom. These items will not be replenished during your stay and for long stays we recommend that residents bring extra paper products with them.
• Communal cleaning supplies. There is a broom, dust pan and vacuum in the laundry room of each building.

What To Bring

1. Any additional paper products. Toilet paper, paper towels, Kleenex, garbage bags, etc.
2. Laundry detergent and supplies. There are vending machines with detergent available, but if you plan on doing laundry, feel free to bring your own
3. Food and drinks. There is no cafeteria or vending machine on site, so please bring
4. Toiletries.
5. Any medications.
6. Medical supplies, such as walkers, wheelchairs, raised toilet seats, etc. We have some donated items available upon request and a limited number of oxygen concentrators. Please ask when you call in if you need any of these items, to make sure one is available.

Gift of Life Housing Rules*

• No smoking, illegal substances, or open flames.
• No alcohol
• No pets (for inquiries regarding service animals, please contact the Housing Coordinator)

*If any of these rules are broken, you will be asked to leave. Depending on the severity, you may no longer be eligible for Gift of Life Housing in the future.

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