A Port in the Storm continues to provide affordable lodging for northern Manitobans seeking medical care in Winnipeg.

The organization has recently moved into a new building at 311 Alexander Avenue, which moves patients closer to the Health Sciences Centre than their previous location at Villa Aulneau.

The facility’s Executive Director Stacey Grocholski has some of the additional benefits that come with their new location.

“Here, we have full suites, which is really nice. Beautiful kitchens and significant amenities, it’s a quiet peaceful place. Very close to shopping and all amenities in the downtown area, we’re easy to find, we’re just off of Main Street, which is really nice for navigation for people that are out of town.”

Grocholski also said that that their commitment to offering their services at the lowest possible cost has brought them to initiating their Adopt-A-Suite program.

“It’s $5,000 a year, so anybody or any organization, or even people in the community can get together and raise $5,000 a year. And as you can imagine, it’s about $12,000 [a year] just to run a suite for rent. Not utilities, nothing else on top of that for operational costs. So we’re looking at probably $15,000 a year just to run one particular suite.”

There are 14 loft-style suites in the new building.