Cy’s Place is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization providing affordable apartments and support for out-of-town families with immuno-compromised children receiving cancer treatment or an organ transplant at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Cy’s Place is named after Silas, Randy and Ree Erickson’s amazing little boy who battled cancer with incredible courage. Click here for their story. We created this place for kids like Silas—kids on the mend and the families who love them.
Sick Kids. Big Challenges.
When a kid gets really sick and the doctor says, "I think we need to send your child to the Mayo Clinic," everything changes, right?
Before long another out-of-town family ends up in Rochester, Minnesota, navigating a complex medical world and juggling life in an unfamiliar place. Uncertain about what will happen next. Jobs put on hold. Siblings needing care. Finances stretched. Far from support systems back home.
Our Mission
Cy’s Place was created to meet the needs of these kinds of sick kids and their families.
We provide them with a long-term, affordable home away from home. Our private apartment offers a fully furnished living space that prioritizes the cleanliness that kids undergoing cancer treatment and transplants need.
We know Rochester and the Mayo Clinic pretty well. We also know what its like to be here with a SICK kid. We help!
Support Us
Donations and volunteers help us keep our rates really low. Please join us in helping kids on the mend and their families. Click here to give a one-time or recurring gift online toward our ongoing operational expenses. Or, send a check written out to Cy’s Place to: 4221 1st Street; Rochester, MN 55901. Click here for some other ways to donate and partner with us. Click here to volunteer.
Introducing Cy’s Place
Help Us Expand
When our existing facility is already full, it is heartbreaking for us to have to turn people away. That is why we want to expand, to construct three new duplexes on our nine-acre Ashland Dr. NW property. Each new building will include a pair of simple, comfortable, squeaky-clean two-bedroom units. These apartments will each cost about $250,000 to build and furnish. Another $100,000 is needed for playgrounds and other infrastructure.
Help us expand our reach by donating a one-time or recurring gift toward this expansion project. Click here to give in this way. To personalize a larger gift, click here; to give a gift-in-kind, click here. Every gift moves us closer!
Give Ten For Ten
Help us build momentum by joining our Give Ten for Ten campaign. Commit to give ten dollars a month towards this expansion project for the next ten months—and challenge ten friends to do the same! Click here to give in this way. Click here to download the slide below to share with your friends on social media.
Progress!
Our expansion fund has quickly grown to over $500,000, more than a quarter of the way to our overall goal. YAY!! We are amazed and grateful that so many have helped! We’d love to have YOU partner with us too!