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Ronald McDonald House receives $10,000 donation from Moose Jaw couple Larissa Kurz
Thanks to a generous doperienced,” said Forrester. nation organized by local In fact, any donation this McDonald’s franchisee year has been much appreDoug Dooley and a Moose ciated by the RMHC team, Jaw couple with a unique said Forrester, as every memorabilia collection, the dollar allows the RMHC to Ronald McDonald House in help families in the provSaskatoon has a few more ince. dollars to help families be Donations like this one help there for their sick children. in plenty of ways, explained The couple, who asked their Forrester, as they allow the names remain anonymous non-profit to provide acwhen they arranged the docommodations, travel and nation, raised an impressive meals to families who need $10,000 earlier in the month to travel away from home to to give to the localized provide their children with non-profit organization. healthcare treatment. To raise the money, they “We offer accommodaoffered individual tours of tion, food and a supportive their private collection of home-like environment antique memorabilia that The Ronald McDonald House in Saskatoon. (supplied) they can stay at while their they call “The Cave,” which child might be in the hosfeatures McDonald’s memopital or receiving treatment rabilia in addition to other collectibles. in a Saskatoon facility [and] donations from generous donors like “When you come into The Cave, it has all the McDonald’s mem- these ones in Moose Jaw help us do that,” said Forrester. orabilia right at the front welcoming you, so that definitely makes McDonald’s franchisees help generate some operating costs for a statement about who they’re supporting and how,” said Tammy the charity organization, through initiatives like McHappy Day, Forrester, CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities Saskatche- but really that only contributes about 25 per cent of the RMHC’s wan. Forrester visited the collection earlier this fall to chat with annual costs. The rest, said Forrester, relies on donations and the donors, joined by Dooley and RMHC Saskatchewan’s fund fundraisers in the community. development coordinator Karen Linsley. Particularly this year, charitable donations have helped the Ronald The unnamed couple then topped their donation up to reach its McDonald House in Saskatoon to expand its meal program availimpressive final total, said Forrester, which is greatly appreciated ability — alleviating the stress of visiting grocery stores while parents stay at the house. by the non-profit organization. This is actually not the first donation RMHC Saskatchewan has The non-profit has also been able to create a shuttle service for received from these generous donors, said Forrester. The local families, manned by volunteers and funded by the RMHC, to help them get to appointments or to and from the hospital. couple has donated continuously for several years now. What did make this donation stand out, aside from its impressive RMHC supports families from all over the province who must size, was that it was delivered during a very tough year for fund- travel to seek healthcare for their children, including a combined 50 families from the Moose Jaw and Swift Current areas last year raising. Forrester said that the RMHC had to cancel and change a lot of — which is why donations like this one make such a difference. its scheduled fundraisers this year. She said even this local couple “There’s nothing but gratitude, that’s what we have towards really was briefly unsure if they’d be able to offer a donation this year any donations, small or large,” said Forrester. “Everyone is doing due to COVID-19, but the regular donors certainly came through their part to keep not-for-profits supported [and] it's been such an odd year that’s had so much uncertainty, so we are very grateful despite their concerns. “They have done this for many, many years already, for the House, for that type of support.” but this contribution was definitely sizeable for the year we’ve ex-
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