“When their children are in treatment, they cannot always afford a hotel.

Some have lost wages.

Some are trying to keep a job and sit beside a hospital bed at the same time.

We aren’t a medical facility.

We give them a place to rest, food, rides, and somebody to call.”

On the wall hung a crayon drawing of a lighthouse with the words KEEP THE LIGHT ON.

“Chloe came here before she got sick,” Mrs.

Alvarez said.