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WATERVILLE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Battling a serious illness is an overwhelming burden to take on any time of year. During the holidays, it can be especially difficult, particularly if you have to travel for treatment.

Lafayette Hotels has been trying to lighten that burden for years by offering free rooms. The “Home for the Holidays” program provides free rooms for people who are experiencing hardships during the holidays. Kathy Castonguay lives in Greenville, but she had mastectomy surgery at Inland Hospital in Waterville. When the staff at Fireside Inn and Suites heard her story, they offered her a room near the hospital free of charge.

“It was an incredible relief,” Catonguay said. “Because there’s a lot of post-op pain and even though you keep yourself immobilized, the stitches and the staples have a way of acting up.”

“Where we can’t cure disease or repair someone’s home that’s been burned out by fire, we can do what we do best which is to provide a warm and welcoming home for someone while they’re struggling to get back on their feet or dealing with a relative or friend in the hospital” Fireside Inn General Manager Barry Asalone told NEWS CENTER.

The “Home for the Holidays” program runs from Thanksgiving until the end of December every year at Lafayette Hotels around the state.

NEWS CENTER

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