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Spring Lamb $50,000 Matching Challenge
The annual Spring Lamb BBQ and Bocce Tournament is going digital this year! The committee organizers will be matching community donations up to $50,000.
Spring Lamb $50,000 Matching Challenge
The annual Spring Lamb BBQ and Bocce Tournament is going digital this year! The committee organizers will be matching community donations up to $50,000.
Double the donation, double the impact.
The organizers and attendees of the Annual Spring Lamb BBQ & Bocce Tournament have raised over $1.4M benefiting families at Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area over the past 19 years.
Due to the on-going pandemic the Spring Lamb Committee was unable to have an in-person event take place last year. They want to make sure this year’s fundraising is extra impactful! The Spring Lamb Committee has issued a donation match challenge to benefit families with sick children at RMHC Bay Area! The Goal: Raise $100,000. The Plan: Match $50,000 of community raised funds dollar for dollar.
You can make double the impact for families with critically ill children in need of reliable access to medical care.
About Spring Lamb
The founders of Spring Lamb held their inaugural event in the spring of 2003. They gathered their friends and community for a day of Bocce Ball and lamb bbq which transpired into almost 2 decades of giving. The catalyst to their generosity towards RMHC Bay Area occurred when they found themselves in the same position that our families encounter — a loved one was in need of treatment at Stanford Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Their determination to give back to the RMHC Bay Area mission and to support other families with critically ill children is truly inspiring! Consistent, substantial support makes an enormous impact in helping provide families with lodging, meals and mental health support.
2020 RMHC Bay Area Impact
Even in the midst of crisis, RMHC Bay Area was able to support countless families. With the incredible help of our community we were able to provide 21,000 nights of rest, 73,000 meals, as well as 25,000 toys and care items. In total, through housing, meal support, in-kind gifts and more, we were able to offset $10,860,000 in economic expenses for families. You can make an impact on families this year.
Hear from Families this Impacts
Sara, Riley & Bobbie
“When I was pregnant with Bobbie, (doctors) didn’t think there was going to be any issues,” said Bobbie’s mom, Sara. Then, her baby came three months early. “We just thought she was going to spend a couple months in the hospital … but she kept getting sick.” Bobbie spent 952 days in the hospital fighting a chronic lung disorder before doctors finally told Sara that she could bring her home last month. With Bobbie’s big sister Riley to also take care of, Sara spent month after month before the pandemic waking up early, packing up Riley’s toys and books, and making the 150-mile round-trip drive to hospital with her “energetic, crazy, 4-year-old” to stay as long as possible by Bobbie’s side.
Jordan, Kristin & Cece
Just weeks before coronavirus turned the world upside down, Jordan and Kristin received news that changed their journey as new parents in an instant. Their baby Cece was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect called Truncus arteriosus and would need open heart surgery only days after birth. At home in Hawaii, the couple was thousands of miles away from the highly specialized care needed to save baby Cece’s life. Then, the global health crisis hit. “Not only is it COVID, but we also have a daughter with a heart defect,” said Kristin, who is a pediatric intensive care nurse. At 34 weeks pregnant, the family flew to California to receive the best medical care to treat Cece’s condition. Kristin and Jordan were able to spend all the time needed on their #HeartWarrior assured that they had a safe and comfortable space to stay to help them navigate as new parents in a pandemic. Get a glimpse into their story in the video above.
Maricela & Emilio
From the moment their youngest, Emilio, was born 11 months ago, the couple knew their lives would be changed forever. Only days after his birth, Emilio was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. Without a liver transplant — the kind of care unavailable in the Central Valley— Emilio’s own proteins were toxic and deadly.
“You never think this could happen,” said Maricela.
Like 20 percent of RMHC Bay Area families, their family lives in a rural agricultural community designated “medically underserved” by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Living in a community where most struggle to access even the most basic primary care creates additional barriers for parents whose children require specialized treatments only available in Bay Area cities.
Double the donation, double the impact.
The organizers and attendees of the Annual Spring Lamb BBQ & Bocce Tournament have raised over $1.4M benefiting families at Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area over the past 19 years.
Due to the on-going pandemic the Spring Lamb Committee was unable to have an in-person event take place last year. They want to make sure this year’s fundraising is extra impactful! The Spring Lamb Committee has issued a donation match challenge to benefit families with sick children at RMHC Bay Area! The Goal: Raise $100,000. The Plan: Match $50,000 of community raised funds dollar for dollar.
You can make double the impact for families with critically ill children in need of reliable access to medical care.
About Spring Lamb
The founders of Spring Lamb held their inaugural event in the spring of 2003. They gathered their friends and community for a day of Bocce Ball and lamb bbq which transpired into almost 2 decades of giving. The catalyst to their generosity towards RMHC Bay Area occurred when they found themselves in the same position that our families encounter — a loved one was in need of treatment at Stanford Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Their determination to give back to the RMHC Bay Area mission and to support other families with critically ill children is truly inspiring! Consistent, substantial support makes an enormous impact in helping provide families with lodging, meals and mental health support.
2020 RMHC Bay Area Impact
Even in the midst of crisis, RMHC Bay Area was able to support countless families. With the incredible help of our community we were able to provide 21,000 nights of rest, 73,000 meals, as well as 25,000 toys and care items. In total, through housing, meal support, in-kind gifts and more, we were able to offset $10,860,000 in economic expenses for families. You can make an impact on families this year.
Hear from Families this Impacts
Sara, Riley & Bobbie
“When I was pregnant with Bobbie, (doctors) didn’t think there was going to be any issues,” said Bobbie’s mom, Sara. Then, her baby came three months early. “We just thought she was going to spend a couple months in the hospital … but she kept getting sick.” Bobbie spent 952 days in the hospital fighting a chronic lung disorder before doctors finally told Sara that she could bring her home last month. With Bobbie’s big sister Riley to also take care of, Sara spent month after month before the pandemic waking up early, packing up Riley’s toys and books, and making the 150-mile round-trip drive to hospital with her “energetic, crazy, 4-year-old” to stay as long as possible by Bobbie’s side.
Jordan, Kristin & Cece
Just weeks before coronavirus turned the world upside down, Jordan and Kristin received news that changed their journey as new parents in an instant. Their baby Cece was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect called Truncus arteriosus and would need open heart surgery only days after birth. At home in Hawaii, the couple was thousands of miles away from the highly specialized care needed to save baby Cece’s life. Then, the global health crisis hit. “Not only is it COVID, but we also have a daughter with a heart defect,” said Kristin, who is a pediatric intensive care nurse. At 34 weeks pregnant, the family flew to California to receive the best medical care to treat Cece’s condition. Kristin and Jordan were able to spend all the time needed on their #HeartWarrior assured that they had a safe and comfortable space to stay to help them navigate as new parents in a pandemic. Get a glimpse into their story in the video above.
Maricela & Emilio
From the moment their youngest, Emilio, was born 11 months ago, the couple knew their lives would be changed forever. Only days after his birth, Emilio was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. Without a liver transplant — the kind of care unavailable in the Central Valley— Emilio’s own proteins were toxic and deadly.
“You never think this could happen,” said Maricela.
Like 20 percent of RMHC Bay Area families, their family lives in a rural agricultural community designated “medically underserved” by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Living in a community where most struggle to access even the most basic primary care creates additional barriers for parents whose children require specialized treatments only available in Bay Area cities.