Like many homes, the kitchen is the heart of our Houses.  After a long day at the hospital, many families are in need of a home-cooked meal.

Meals from the Heart volunteers work as a small group to plan a menu, purchase the ingredients and prepare the meal in our full service kitchens, allowing families to find nourishment and comfort in a shared meal.

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Looking for recipe ideas?
CLICK HERE to visit Vanessa Nunley’s website, the More is More Mom

We have an online calendar for each of our ‘Meals from the Heart’ programs so your group can easily see what dates are open to cook:

Ronald McDonald Family Room in Edward Hospital

(click to view our online calendar)

**Since we are in a hospital setting, all meal donations need to be catered or store purchased/sealed.  Possible ways for the community to help provide food for the families include:
- Restaurant donated meals
- Groups or individuals sponsoring a catered meal
- Donors can plan to provide for 25 people

Naperville, IL
Katie Allabough
Family Room Director
kallabough@rmhccni.org
630.527.3800

RMH near Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital

(click to view our online calendar)

Oak Lawn, IL
Rachel Gunderson
Operations Manager
rgunderson@rmhccni.org
708.423.5285

RMH near Children’s Memorial Hospital

(click to view our online calendar)

(Meal dates through June 25, 2012)

Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago
Kelly McNaughton
Volunteer Services Manager
kmcnaughton@rmhccni.org
773.348.5322

RMH near Lurie Children’s

(click to view our online calendar)

(Meal dates starting June 26, 2012)
Downtown Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago
Anne Czarnecki
Director of Programming
aczarnecki@rmhccni.org
773.348.5322 ext. 211

RMH near Loyola University Medical Center

(click to view our online calendar)

Maywood, IL on Hines VA property
Caroyln Carroll
Volunteer Services Manager
Loyola@rmhccni.org
708.327.2273

RMH near University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital

(click to view our online calendar)

Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago
Peggy Burns
Operations Manager
pburns@rmhccni.org
773.324.5437

If you see an “Open” date for the House where you’d like to cook, contact the appropriate House right away with your interest. Our staff will work with you to finalize the date and get you on the calendar!

Cooking a meal for our families is a truly rewarding experience and one you’ll never forget. Just ask our families: “I would have to say that we appreciate most, the meals… we love the sense of home and comfort when we are there.” “I enjoyed seeing the great joy on the faces of the volunteers who SO kindly donated their time to preparing meals for the families who were staying there. Those dinners were a blessing!”