When your child is sick, it’s hard to think of anything beyond the next doctor’s visit or treatment appointment. But this summer, two major initiatives at the Ronald McDonald House...
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When five-year-old John Francis was airlifted from Children’s Mercy Hospital in Missouri to Lurie Children’s on May 1, his parents, Hemma and John, had no idea how long they would...
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It’s official! On October 1, eight months to the day since a pipe burst and flooded the Ronald McDonald House near UChicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital, families and supporters celebrated the...
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When Mason Pritchett was just a baby, he was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder that required a bone marrow transplant to save his life. But when the first transplant...
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In order to better serve families and volunteers, we will be expanding our highly successful Meals from the Heart program this fall with the launch of Culinary Hearts at Ronald...
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All new parents want to welcome a healthy baby into the world, but when something goes wrong, “it feels like sudden chaos” Hanz van Aardt remembers after the birth of...
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Sometimes a toy tells an unexpected story – that’s what Nicole Presperin (pictured above, center), co-chair of the Red Shoe Society Chicago, a networking group of philanthropic professionals that supports...
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On Sunday, May 19, volunteers gathered for an afternoon of fun at Brookfield Zoo during the annual Volunteer Appreciation party. During the lunch, three outstanding volunteers were recognized for their contributions....
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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana is pleased to be a recipient of the AbbVie Remarkable Impact Grant in the category “Addressing the Needs of Unique Populations.”...
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When three-year-old Theresa came down with what her parents, Kayla and Nick, thought was an ear infection, they weren’t too worried. But after a few days of no improvement, they...
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