Heartbits

Thanks to our friends at AIM Cleaning, our long-term apartments are extra clean for the new year. We are so grateful for their support to keep these family spaces fresh. Special thank you to Vito’s in the Valley! They hosted a fundraiser to benefit five local charities, including RMHC. With their help, guest families enjoyed delicious dinners.

We are so glad Santa stopped by the West County Ronald McDonald House to surprise guest families. His safe visit had all the kiddos smiling under their masks.

Little Izabella found a new friend! ��Our annual McGift Shoppe, where RMHC families can shop free-ofcharge for loved ones throughout December, was a huge success.

Jaden and Reneisha, Assistant Family Services Manager, had a great time playing Jenga for game night. It was the perfect way for Jaden to practice his motor skills and have a few laughs. Did you hear about our friends at 4 Hands Brewing? RMHC has been chosen as a City Wide partner for 2021. We are excited about this “brewing” friendship. Cheers!

We miss this smiling face! Our Chief Pawsitivity Officer, Frankie, had a blast coming to visit her friends at the West County House. We can’t decide who was more excited - Frankie or the kiddos.

Our friends at the Korean-American Association of Scott Area, Inc. stopped by the Park Avenue House to donate $1,000. We are so grateful for their continued support.

Love lives here! Thank you to the St. Louis community and beyond for sharing these heartwarming moments with us.

Vroom Vroom! Thanks to Seeger Toyota for a new van! This vehicle will be used to transport families staying with us to partnered hospitals for medical care. Kiyah, from Belize, is enjoying her time at the West County House with her family. This little diva found a few toys to help pass the time during quarintine.

Huge thank you to CRB, a provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, and construction solutions, for donating 4,000 KN95 masks and wish list items. Jordan was staying at our apartments with his family. Thanks to your support, they had a place to be together to play and be silly. We love his new moustache!

Yay! Hope is heading home to Barbados after staying with us for 171 days. Thanks to the World Pediatric Project, Hope had access to treatment in St. Louis. The team from Don Brown Chevrolet made a pretty amazing delivery to the Park Avenue Ronald McDonald House. The front lobby was filled with a huge donation for the McGift Shoppe!

Our friend Braxton Wow! The team at collected $22.73 the Paul Simon Jr. for RMHC families Impact Foundation through acts of donated an kindness! Thanks incredible $20,000 for showing to keep families everyone how close in St. Louis. small change On behalf of the can make a BIG families we serve, difference, Braxton! thank you! Assistant Family Services Manager Jordan showed her love for guest families by participating in the national campaign #HereForRMHC hosted by McDonald’s. Thanks, Jordan!