Facing Cystic Fibrosis Together – Lizbeth’s Perspective
My name is Lizbeth. I’m an 18-year-old who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when I was 11 months old. My mom and Read more about Facing Cystic Fibrosis Together – Lizbeth’s Perspective...
Happy Holidays California Association of Community Managers!
Over the past two years, we have relied on you, our community of supporters, to forge through the storm of medical crises. No one knows the importance of this community support better than Daniel, a single father and the sole caregiver for his 8-year-old daughter, Maddy.
Prior to Maddy’s birth, Daniel and his late wife Jenny received life changing news. “The doctors informed us that she had three holes in her heart and that her left kidney wasn’t formed,” Daniel explained. Their rural hometown in Montana lacked access to even the most basic health care, let alone the advanced neonatal care Maddy needed to survive. More than a thousand miles away from the nearest children’s hospital, Daniel and Jenny grappled with the news, unsure of how to access the care their baby’s life depended on. Then, just a month after Maddy’s birth, another tragedy hit—a head-on collision took her mother’s life.
As Daniel coped with his wife’s death, Maddy’s condition worsened each year. When Maddy’s kidney function dropped to 17 percent, Daniel received a call sending their family on a new journey—it was time to make the 1,200-mile drive from Montana to the Bay Area so Maddy could access specialized dialysis treatments while they waited for a kidney transplant.
Walking into the Ronald McDonald House, Daniel says, they were instantly welcomed by a generous community they could rely on for housing, meals, and emotional support. “If it wasn’t for Ronald McDonald House, I don’t know where we’d be, but we would probably be homeless,” he said. Struggling with injuries sustained from the car accident that took his wife’s life, Daniel requires help from extended family to care for Maddy. Thanks to supporters like you, Daniel, his brother Donald, and his parents, Dannie and Margaret, stay together, moments away from Maddy’s life saving treatments.
“To me, it’s a godsend. I have a safe environment for Maddy to be in, and she can still maintain her care.” As the pandemic continues, our frontline RMHC Bay Area team works ’round the clock to ensure housing is safe enough for the sickest of children in our care and are keeping families fed through expanded daily meal support.
“Our worlds revolve around Maddy,” he said. “She’s the glue of our family.” With your support, families like Maddy and Daniel’s have hope for the future. As families served by Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area cope with the uncertainty of medical crisis, your donations ease the emotional and financial burdens they endure. Together, supporters like you are the glue that keeps families together.
Give today, be a hero. Thank you for helping bring our vision to life: to create communities where children and their families embrace life and healing with a sense of hope, courage, and joy.
With gratitude,
Laura Keegan Boudreau, MSW, MPH
CEO, Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area
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My name is Lizbeth. I’m an 18-year-old who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when I was 11 months old. My mom and Read more about Facing Cystic Fibrosis Together – Lizbeth’s Perspective...
The Larry C. Tripplett Sr. Family Center at RMH Oakland is officially open for both overnight stays and day pass families. Both programs serve families with critically ill children being treated at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Read more about Together Under One Roof, Supporting Families Facing Medical Crisis...
Aug. 8 — Last week, Is-e Hogan, grandmother of Jackson Sattler, and her friends hosted a wonderful dinner for RMHC Bay Area families honoring the memory of Jackson Sattler's sixth birthday. The group served pizza, mac-n-cheese, and salad, some of Jackson's favorite foods.... Read more about Mission Moment – Giving Back for Jackson...
May 11 – As we celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 14, and Mother’s Day in Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala this week on Wednesday, May 10, moms like Ivette and Jessica remind us of the superpowers... Read more about Moms are Superheroes – Happy Mother’s Day...
for families nearby and inside the hospital
for families with sick children
donated for Comfort & Joy with an estimated value of $185,416
provided to families with children in the hospital
was distributed through our meal program
donated to keep families and staff safe & cared for
made possible by Veritas, Apartment List & Airbnb
accessed remote learning through our Ronald McDonald House School
She LOVES Baby Yoda!
Her favorite singer is JOJO SIWA!
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My name is Lizbeth. I’m an 18-year-old who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when I was 11 months old. My mom and Read more about Facing Cystic Fibrosis Together – Lizbeth’s Perspective...
The Larry C. Tripplett Sr. Family Center at RMH Oakland is officially open for both overnight stays and day pass families. Both programs serve families with critically ill children being treated at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Read more about Together Under One Roof, Supporting Families Facing Medical Crisis...
Aug. 8 — Last week, Is-e Hogan, grandmother of Jackson Sattler, and her friends hosted a wonderful dinner for RMHC Bay Area families honoring the memory of Jackson Sattler's sixth birthday. The group served pizza, mac-n-cheese, and salad, some of Jackson's favorite foods.... Read more about Mission Moment – Giving Back for Jackson...
May 11 – As we celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 14, and Mother’s Day in Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala this week on Wednesday, May 10, moms like Ivette and Jessica remind us of the superpowers... Read more about Moms are Superheroes – Happy Mother’s Day...
for families nearby and inside the hospital
for families with sick children
donated for Comfort & Joy with an estimated value of $185,416
provided to families with children in the hospital
was distributed through our meal program
donated to keep families and staff safe & cared for
made possible by Veritas, Apartment List & Airbnb
accessed remote learning through our Ronald McDonald House School