RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC
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Mission Statement
The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass is to create and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children and to strengthen families by keeping them together in times of medical need.
About This Cause
The idea of a home for families of hospital patients first developed in Philadelphia, PA, in 1973. Fred Hill, a member of the Philadelphia Eagles football team learned that his daughter had leukemia. During the course of her successful treatment, Hill and his team members and management asked what they could possibly do to help the children’s hospital. The idea of a place for children’s families to stay was born at that time. The Eagles football team worked together with the local McDonald’s stores to raise funds, and eventually a home was opened in Philadelphia. That House became the first Ronald McDonald House in the country. Today there are: 363 Ronald McDonald Houses 215 Ronald McDonald Family Rooms 49 Ronald McDonald Care Mobiles In Lexington, this same need was recognized by doctors and parents of children who had undergone treatment in our area hospitals. The Fayette County Medical Society and Auxiliary, parents, McDonald’s representatives and other volunteers formed a non-profit organization called Children’s Oncology Services of the Bluegrass, Inc. It’s purpose was to establish and operate the Ronald McDonald House of Lexington. (COS is now called Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass.) The University of Kentucky Athletic Department provided a 1.43 acre site near Commonwealth Stadium convenient to all area medical centers. Successful fundraising by committed volunteers resulted in a 17 bedroom House opening debt-free in December 1984. Since that time, our Ronald McDonald House has served over 25,000 families. While most of these have come from central and eastern Kentucky, the House has served families from all parts of Kentucky, 38 states and 10 foreign countries.