Just a reminder to everyone, if you ever are looking for a charity to support with time and/or money, or you have, or someone you know has, a child who requires specialized medical aid and must travel far from home to receive same, think about supporting and using the Ronald McDonald House nearest you or the treatment centre that the child will be going to.
We have used RMH twice - the first time in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for 2 nights 2 months ago, and the second time this past week in Edmonton, Alberta for 4 nights.
The Houses are close to the treatment centres, have wonderfully patient and caring paid and volunteer staff, providing a "time-out" for family members when dealing with the stress of their child's treatment. Families provide most of their own food, have daily chores to perform to help keep the house in order and pay a token amount per night (if they can afford to) for their rooms. RMH provides laundry and cooking facilities, some basic food supplies, as well as bedding, and ask only that you be respectful of other guests and not smoke, bring in liquor or other intoxicants.
My daughter was diagnosed as severely-to-profoundly hearing-impaired in both ears at age 2, and has been wearing hearing aids in both ears until this past week, when she received a cochlear implant on one side.
We will have more trips in the future for "mapping" and tuning, and her prognosis is very good. Being able to stay at the RMH really helped my wife and I cope.
RMH, at least in Edmonton and Saskatoon, accept donations of volunteer time, services, goods and money.
My wife and I met many parents who have beautiful children that suffer from far worse conditions than our daughter's, and we are amazed at what the children and their parents have to cope with.
Just a thought.
We have used RMH twice - the first time in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for 2 nights 2 months ago, and the second time this past week in Edmonton, Alberta for 4 nights.
The Houses are close to the treatment centres, have wonderfully patient and caring paid and volunteer staff, providing a "time-out" for family members when dealing with the stress of their child's treatment. Families provide most of their own food, have daily chores to perform to help keep the house in order and pay a token amount per night (if they can afford to) for their rooms. RMH provides laundry and cooking facilities, some basic food supplies, as well as bedding, and ask only that you be respectful of other guests and not smoke, bring in liquor or other intoxicants.
My daughter was diagnosed as severely-to-profoundly hearing-impaired in both ears at age 2, and has been wearing hearing aids in both ears until this past week, when she received a cochlear implant on one side.
We will have more trips in the future for "mapping" and tuning, and her prognosis is very good. Being able to stay at the RMH really helped my wife and I cope.
RMH, at least in Edmonton and Saskatoon, accept donations of volunteer time, services, goods and money.
My wife and I met many parents who have beautiful children that suffer from far worse conditions than our daughter's, and we are amazed at what the children and their parents have to cope with.
Just a thought.
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