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After a long day, have you ever wished you could come
home to a hot, homemade meal ready to eat? Now add to
your long day the stress of having a critically ill or injured
child in the hospital. During these trying times, feeding
yourself is often forgotten at your child’s bedside.
The Ronald McDonald House of West Georgia’s mission is
to serve families of critically ill children with love, toiletries,
shelter, a warm bed and food. Their volunteers cook
and serve meals to 15-20 people every day in their Hamilton
Road home. For 2019, they’re stepping up their dinner
game, serving crock pot meals daily in their family room at
Piedmont Columbus Regional.
Newly renovated, the family room is equipped with a fullsized
fridge, La-Z-Boys, a television, bathroom, activities
for kids, snacks and coffee. It provides a quiet space for
families with babies in the NICU or children in the pediatric
unit. RMH’s Crock-Pot Compassionate Meals
Program strives to serve hot meals to these families
every evening, but they’re in need of volunteers to cook.
Sometimes they even find themselves short on volunteers
for the house dinners, and now they are adding a second
meal every evening.
You don’t have to be a world class chef. Simply make a
meal in the slow cooker and deliver it to the RMH family
room. You can also bring a precooked crockpot meal for
10-15 people in a Ziploc bag and they will take care of
the rest. Having a reliable source for a hot meal makes a
tremendous difference for the families of these ill children.
How to Volunteer: Contact volunteer coordinator, Morwen
Bush at 706-321-0033 or Morwen.Bush@rmhcwga.
org. She will give you a list of open dates to bring a crock
pot meal to the family room or a dinner, 2 sides and salad
for the RMH. Meals can be cooked at home or in the large
kitchen at RMH. Volunteers will receive red RMH aprons.
Home-cooked, frozen meals are much appreciated.
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