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Since the first Ronald McDonald House opened in Canada in 1981?making this 40 years of RMHC in Canada?the charity has grown to fifteen more Houses and seventeen Family Rooms within hospitals from Vancouver to Newfoundland. More than 425,000 Canadian families across Canada have made a Ronald McDonald House their home while their child was receiving medical treatment at a nearby hospital. At Ronald McDonald Houses families can sleep soundly, do their laundry, enjoy homemade meals and make lifelong friends. For families otherwise in hospital or pricy hotel rooms, Ronald McDonald House is a much-needed respite from at least some stress and heartache, just when they need it most.
A family arrives on a RMHC doorstep every 20 minutes in Canada, two out of three of them from outside of a city with a children?s hospital, so when those families need a place to stay, Ronald McDonald House steps in to make life just a little bit easier?and a whole lot happier. In honour of them and McHappy Day, RMHC?s largest fundraising day of the year, which takes place on September 22, here are two children: Brave Bella and Connor the Goalie?and their families?to tell us about their health journeys, their time at Ronald McDonald House and how the charity has gone above and beyond to welcome them home during a time of great need. .
Brave Bella
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