On February 3, the Dog House Canteen girls and I were invited to tour the Ronald McDonald House. Yesterday, the girls shared about the experience at an assembly. Here's their script that they wrote and read:
Hi, our names are Carter, Isabella,
Livia, Katie, and Kenzie. And we are from the Dog House canteen! We are excited
to share about our experience at the Ronald McDonald house. The reason we got
the opportunity to take a tour there is because of your support in the month of
October. Does anyone know what the Ronald McDonald house is for?
We got to meet an amazing little girl
named Joy, she was born with a complication called cystic hygroma. It’s a
growth on her chin to make it hard to swallow, eat and breathe. She has been
staying at the Ronald McDonald house since she was born which is almost 2 years
ago! They have celebrated her first steps, Christmas, Halloween, Easter,
thanksgiving, valentine’s day and more. Every day she is there she is getting
better and better! Your teacher can show you a video so that you can learn more
about her!
Some facts we learned were:
-The
number of families that stay at the Ronald McDonald house and family room in
2016:733
-The
total of nights of comfort and accommodation provided by Ronald McDonald house:
5 600
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All services for families at Ronald McDonald house family room are free.
Guess
what? We also got to walk over to the Health Sciences Centre to tour the Ronald
McDonald family room! It was just like a house. We got to go in one of the
three rooms to see what the rooms looked like. The family room is used for when
children are very ill and their parents don’t want to leave the hospital. Thank
you so much for being such a respectful audience and supporting the canteen!
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