2010 Volume 3 Bradley’s Story In November of 2009, Rowena Amematekpor he had acknowledged he was sick,” Rowena says.“I and her three-year-old son Bradley were at a looked at my little boy, not really knowing the right crossroads. Born with both tricuspid atresia thing to tell him.” Rowena had her son say a prayer, (a congenital heart defect) and pulmonary vein in words he could understand, to feel better.The stenosis (a rare condition causing continual next day – the day before Thanksgiving – they got narrowing of the veins in the lungs), Bradley had the call that a heart and lungs were available for spent close to a year on the transplant list at The Bradley. Rowena and her family, including her aunt, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia waiting for both mother, and grandmother who had come over a new heart and new lungs. He was not doing from Ghana to offer support, checked into the well, and the catheterizations needed to expand Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House to stay close Bradley (center) with his mother Rowena, aunt Rachel, and Bradley’s veins and keep oxygen flowing were to Bradley at all times. great-grandmother Emily (from left to right) becoming too risky.“It was scary,”says Rowena, A few days after his transplant surgery,Bradley faced “because what I had relied on to buy him time was not going to be an a minor hurdle when the doctors had to operate again to reposition his new option anymore. Bradley was in a very bad place.” lungs.However,more bad news was to come:Bradley had come down with Rowena was seven months pregnant when she first learned of Bradley’s several infections,one of which – the adenovirus – was destroying his new heart condition.Having moved to the United States from Ghana to attend lungs.“The only thing that would save him was another lung transplant,”says graduate school, Rowena decided to put her studies on hold for a year when Rowena.She relisted Bradley on January 10,and the next day received the call she found out she was pregnant. However, three weeks after Bradley’s birth for his second lung transplant in five weeks.This time,despite some setbacks, she discovered that his condition was much more serious than initially Bradley’s surgery proved successful.In June of 2010,after staying at PRMH for thought; his lungs were affected, too, as a result of the pulmonary vein eight months straight,Rowena was able to take Bradley home again. stenosis (PVS). His new diagnosis meant it was not possible for him Rowena credits her stay at the House as part of the reason she was able to to have the surgeries initially planned to correct his heart defect, and cope during Bradley’s ups and downs.“I don’t think we would have made it treatment options for PVS were very limited.“The prognosis was extremely through this course without somewhere like this to call home for such a long discouraging,”says Rowena.“Most kids don’t make it to their first birthday.” time,” she says.“It is more than a home away from home. I try to imagine life Bradley immediately had surgery to try and reconstruct his veins, and also without the House and I can’t. It is a place where your family can still feel entered a trial at The Children’s Hospital of Boston utilizing chemotherapy like a family.” drugs usually used for lung cancer.He also began undergoing catheterizations Down the line, Bradley might need another heart and lung transplant.“One every six weeks to balloon his veins open.After two years,it became clear that thing I remember,” says Rowena,“is that we are exchanging a disease we his only long-term option might be a heart and lung transplant, despite the cannot treat for a condition we can. It is not free of bumps and surprises, but risks.“You really don’t have a lot to go on in making your decision,” says it is treatable.” Rowena is also acutely aware of the gift the organ donors’ Rowena.“There aren’t a lot of transplants happening for kids his age.” families gave to her.“It is bittersweet to think about what those families However, in August of 2008, Bradley starting coughing up blood due to gave up for my son to be here,” she says.“I don’t take that for granted at all.” hemorrhages in his lungs, and Rowena knew a transplant was his only hope. Today, Rowena and Bradley are taking things one day at a time, enjoying “All along,Bradley had fought to be here and defied all of the odds,”she says. doing things they could not do before.“We are just living life. I can’t keep up “I wanted to go for it.”By December,Bradley was listed as highest priority on with him, and that’s a good thing,” says Rowena.“At first, I was so scared to the transplant list at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. let him back into the world. I was creating a bubble in my mind to keep him Bradley and his mother waited at their home in Union, New Jersey, for the in at home. It made me realize why we did it – it wasn’t to have him live in call. Eleven months passed, and Bradley’s condition worsened.“Finally, one a bubble, it was to have him live.” day Bradley said to me,‘Mommy, I am tired of being sick.’ It was the first time This is the House that Love Built 3925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 I 215-387-8406 I www.philarmh.org Message from the President Helping More Families in Need This month, the 300th Ronald McDonald House in the world will open in St. Louis. The seed that we planted almost 36 years ago right here in Philadelphia has truly blossomed.To celebrate our 36th year, we have a very exciting fundraiser – an online auction – starting on our actual birth date of October 15. Dining With The Stars, chaired by our new board member Darwin Beauvais, will enable our supporters to bid on the pleasure of having a meal with a celebrity for the winning bidder and up to nine of his or her friends.The auction will run for two straight weeks online.We hope you check out the list of participating stars at www.philarmh.org/dwts and call your friends to decide who you are going to bid on! Even more families will be making the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House their home away from home this year with the opening of two new bedrooms at our Front & Erie location. By expanding to 17 bedrooms at Front & Erie (for a total of 62 bedrooms between both Houses), we are able to serve even more families each night and decrease the number of families we cannot accommodate. In 2009, the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House recorded more than 2,700 family stays between both Houses and the opening of our new rooms will help us to continue to grow the number of families we serve.Thank you to Peter V. Pirozzi General Contractors, LLC for converting our boardroom into the new rooms and to the Wharton School for providing the furnishings. The ninth annual Philadelphia magazine Design Home, running from September 11 through October 10, is chaired by Connie Willson and Susan Wenger and is sure to excite the senses as well.This magnificent 12,000-square-foot estate in Lower Gwynedd is bound to encourage you to build, buy, or at the very least get some decorating ideas and resources for your current home. Despite our expansion, the demand for our services will continue to exceed the number of rooms we have available; last year alone, we had 1,299 room requests we could not fulfill. However, the Philadelphia community is fortunate to have another organization – Hosts for Hospitals – that families can reach out to when the House is full. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, Hosts for Hospitals is a non-profit that provides free lodging and support at volunteer-host homes to patients (both children and adults) and their families who come to Philadelphia for specialized medical care. Hosts provide a comfortable bed, clean bath, and a feeling of home to their guests.To learn more about Hosts for Hospitals, visit www.hostsforhospitals.org or contact Executive Director Mike Aichenbaum at [email protected]. We hope that you will continue to support the work of the House by joining us in these two exciting fall fundraisers. Many thanks to the stars who agreed to be our celebrity guests and to the restaurants who donated their space and culinary skills to support the House, as well as to Philadelphia magazine for having us as the Design Home beneficiary for the third straight year. Our thanks go out as well to all the board members, staff, and volunteers who have stepped in to chair and run these events that will enable us to continue the mission that has become the blueprint for the 300 Houses worldwide. Marlene Weinberg President, Board of Directors As always, our sincere appreciation goes out to all of our donors, volunteers, and community partners who enable us to provide a way for families to remain close to their children while they receive critical care at hospitals throughout Philadelphia.Your support means families can focus on their child’s treatment without having to worry about many of their everyday burdens, including housing, meals, and transportation to the hospital, and we appreciate your ongoing commitment to this mission. New PRMH board member and Dining With The Stars chair Darwin Beauvais New Staff Find us on Facebook Chris Callanan joins the staff as Special Events and Communications Manager. www.facebook.com/philarmh Tim Lewoc joins the staff as Resident Manager. 2 Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House I 2010 Vol. 3 Ticket s on s now! ale Visit Philadelphia magazine’s Design Home 2010®, this year located in Lower Gwynedd, PA. This magnificent 12,000square-foot home by builder Philomeno & Salamone and designer Diane Bishop is located on 4.5 acres and is sure to impress with amazing features including a two-story great room, home theater, sauna, wine cellar, and outdoor pool & spa, just to name a few. Doors open for tours on September 11, 2010, and tickets are on sale now. Tickets are $20 and all proceeds benefit the families we serve at the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House. The Design Home is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Parking for the Design Home is located at 1201 Sumneytown Pike, Spring House, PA (between Route 309 and Evans Road). Shuttle service, courtesy of Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, will be available during regular tour hours. Parking is not permitted at the Design Home. Want to make a day out of the Design Home? On our website you’ll find links to local restaurants offering specials and discounts to those who attend. Visit www.philarmh.org/designhome for a list of participating restaurants, as well as for ticket sales and more information about the Design Home. Public tours run: • September 11 through October 10 • Thursdays from 12pm to 8pm • Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays from 11am to 4pm 25 Teams Compete to Pull a Boeing 737 at the 2nd Annual Southwest Airlines Plane Pull Over 550 people gathered at Atlantic Aviation early in the morning on May 2 to see which team could pull Southwest Airlines’ official Spirit of Hope plane the fastest. This exciting annual event is a partnership between the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House, the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey, and Southwest Airlines.Together, the 25 teams raised over $60,000 for both Ronald McDonald Houses. Team Buffalo Attack Pullers (comprised of many PRMH volunteers) were the highest fundraising team, bringing in more than $8,000.Team member Mona Zaoudeh was the top individual fundraiser, raising more then $3,000 herself. Her teammate Lew Boyton came in second place with over $1,800. Kohl’s Team took top prize as the fastest pulling team with 16.84 seconds. In our special exhibition match-up,Temple Football’s offense overtook the defense with times of 12.38 seconds and 14.75 seconds, respectively. Our congratulations and appreciation go to team Buffalo Attack Pullers for raising more than $8,000 for the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House as the highest fundraising team in the Plane Pull. Photography at the event was generously provided by a Fresh Focus Photography. See below for a complete list of teams and times (in pulling order): • • • • • • • • • • • • Pulling for Ronald - 19.16 Team Spirit - 21.68 Justin’s Team - 17.97 Keeping Tabs with Carl - 17.22 Reach - 21.56 Camden Fire Department - 23.94 Camden Search & Rescue - 17.69 Penn Police - 19.16 Plane Positive for PRMH - 21.75 The Mighty Meeting Makers - 29.75 PDMA - 23.40 Evolution - 19.47 • • • • • • • • • • • • Pulling E-Commerce Forward - 17.56 PRMH Board Team - 17.50 Kohl’s - 16.84 Sunoco - 17.78 Sunoco Logistics - 18.22 UAS - 21.94 Buffalo Attack Pullers - 31.03 Young Friends - 17.75 Young Leadership Council - 20.47 Banidas - 23.75 Temple Football - Defense - 14.75 Temple Football - Offense - 12.38 3 Thank you to all of our teams for participating,and to Southwest Airlines and Atlantic Aviation for making the event a success.We also extend our appreciation to all of our in-kind donors for making the event possible,with special thanks toTaylor Rental Media/AllEventPartyRental.Com for sponsoring the event and to Cozen O’Connor for again serving as our t-shirt sponsor. For a complete list of in-kind donors,as well as more great photos from the event,visit www.philarmh.org. If you would like to sign up for next year’s event, contact Chris Callanan at [email protected]. The Friends Celebrate 10 Successful Years of Hit ‘em for the House The Friends’ 10th Annual Hit ‘em for the House celebrated the generosity of our loyal supporters over two days at two of the area’s most beautiful facilities. Sixty tennis players gathered at the Philadelphia Cricket Club on June 2 for a mixed doubles round robin event. The following week on June 7, the Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne was the site for 100 card players, 150 golfers, and 300 dinner guests who all came together to help raise over $250,000 for the families of the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House. Evie and Ron Krancer led the way and upheld tradition by serving as presenting sponsors again this year.The Friends were proud to recognize Sandi and Max Paul as the 2010 honorees for their more than 30 years of caring for PRMH families. Our sincere appreciation goes out to everyone who helped make this event such a success, and we are looking forward to next year. 2010 Hit ‘Em For The House In-Kind Donors Adolf Biecker Spa/Salon Adresse Allegro Grille Andrew Heller Voice Lessons Arden Theatre Company Aversa’s Italian Bakery Barbara Ellick Designs Barbara’s Fashion Experience Belvedere Florists Bill Tokmajian’s Golf Fitness Training Borgata Heart and Soul Foundation Born Yesterday on Rittenhouse Brandywine River Helicopters Bridgets 8 West Joann Burke Castello Ristorante Chaddsford Winery Children’s Boutique The Club at Admiral’s Cove Cubra Libre The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Davio’s Steak House Sandy DeMaio Deme Diane Glynn Jewelry DiBruno Bros. District Attorney R. Seth Williams Elegance by Edythe Evantine Design Fork Restaurant Friday Saturday Sunday The Friends Council Marks Jewelers Max and David’s John McFadden Meadowlands Country Club Jo and Chuck Montufar Moonstruck Restaurant Naked Chocolate National Museum of American Jewish History Neiman Marcus Ozzie’s Paper Rock Scissors Roderick Parsons Pennsylvania General Store Personally Yours Heidi Petersohn Philadelphia Country Club Philadelphia District Attorney Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House Philadelphia Theatre Company Philly Kitchen Share Please Touch Museum The Prime Rib Provence Catering Public House Purple Pumpkin Gifts Pyramid Club Rachel Ray Radisson Plaza – Warwick Hotel Susan Raynor RejuvinEssence Friends of the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House Stephen Garnick Georges Golden Valley Farms Neil Greenbaum Marci and Bob Hackel Cole Hamels Harlan Log House Bed and Breakfast Abbie and Harvey Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hoffman Holt’s Cigar Company Home Grown The Hotel Hershey Incredible Edible Delites Island Books Jane Yogel Diamond Wellness & Fitness Johnny’s Café June Hines Pilates Studio Just For Little People Kimmel Center Knit Wit Craig Laban Lavenders Body Care Clinic Leisure and Lace Liberty Hotel Boston Linda’s Loft Longwood Gardens Felix Maietta Manor Home & Gifts Marco Polo Margaret Kuo’s Marielena 4 Restaurante San Marco Riesentöter Region Porsche Club of America Ristorante San Marco Romanelli’s on the Greene Naomi Rubin Salli C. Mickelberg Photography Kevin Sbraga Sheraton Great Valley Simeone Foundation Museum Skin Spa Clinic Sola Restaurant Southwest Airlines Spamps Restaurant SRM Entertainment/Salli and Stephen Mickelberg Steve and Cookie’s Studio Artur Table 31 Tait Weller & Baker Talamore Country Club Todd Rothstein Photography Tomatoes in Margate Turak Gallery of American Art Two Cents Plain Ice Cream Parlour Valanni Restaurant & Lounge Vantresca LTD Shane Victorino Village Dance Shoppe William Morris Endeavor Young Adjustment Company Sheila Zamkoff Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House I 2010 Vol. 3 Photos courtesy of John Bernardo, Marci Valen, and Kelly Hays O’Connor. 2010 Hit ‘Em For The House Sponsors Honorees Sandi and Max Paul Presenting Sponsors Evie and Ron Krancer Scratch Golfers Abramson Family Foundation Hole-in-One Club Louis N. Cassett Foundation, Malcolm B. Jacobson and Carol T. Gerstley,Trustees Drexel University Robin, Gary, Stefanie, and Rick Lassin Double Eagle Society Samuel D. Cozen Memorial Fund Drexel e-Learning JoAnn, Peter, Bonnie and Stacey Friedman, and Friedman Schuman Attorneys at Law Lynne and Bill Garbose Goodman Properties Penn Valley Constructors, Inc. The Wilson Family Nancy and Richard Wolfson Eagle’s Nest Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation Axler Rude Financial Strategies Group of Wells Fargo Advisors (2) The Churchill Family: Ellen,Win, Justin, Stephen, and Noah Michael Coslov Creative Financial Group, Ltd. Drexel e-Learning Tudy and Hy Kahn KPMG Ron and Harriet Lassin Barbara and Robert Lewis Karen and Herbert Lotman Foundation Larry Magid Pennoni Associates, Inc. Sloane Toyota, Inc. SRM Entertainment, Ltd. Jane and Jim Sutow Etta and Gene Waldman Wells Fargo Advisors Philadelphia Major Market Birdie Brigade Jan and Pete Albert Danielle and Louis Barson Capsicum Group Barbara and Robert Dilsheimer Joan and Mike Emmi Feninger Group Firstrust Pine Forest Camp, Camp Timber Tops and Lake Owego Camp Marlene Weinberg Weiser, LLP Connoisseur’s Corner Ceil and Richard Blumenthal Judy and Merrill Brown Annemarie Cutler Dena and Morey Goldberg Cheryl and Michael Goodman Hinda and Eric Haskell Abbie and Harvey Hoffman Rita and Richard Jacoby Joseph Levine & Sons The Ostroff Family Ace Amoroso’s Baking Company Stephen and Noah Bachow David Cutler Group Erlbaum Family Foundation E-Z Storage, Nolan Brothers of Texas, Inc. Saly Glassman Patricia Insley Pressman, Ciocca, Smith Susan and Daniel Raynor Sheri and Ken Resnik & Family 5 Judy and Marvin Rounick Dan Schwartz PAR-ticipants Evalyn and Stephen Barson Lisa and Michael Blank Robert and Irma Blumenthal/ Randi and Jon Joseph Charlotte and Bud Cook The Dalck and Rose Feith Family Daniel Forman Susan and Gary Gevurtz Raymond and Ellen Goldberg Foundation Goldstein’s Rosenberg’s Raphael and Sachs Christine Kanter Keane Organization, Inc. Sylvia Kreithen The Levy Family Mallin Panchelli Nadel Realty Sandy and Bernie Nelson in honor of Richie Nelson Ross Rieder Suzanne Root Mr. and Mrs. David B. Soll Rita and Jerry Sutow Tait Weller Baker Woolard, Krajnik, Masciangelo, LLP We’re So Thankful For... After spending 10 months in the Oncology Unit at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia while their son Luca received treatment, Catherine Paciente and her family wanted to do something to give back to our Ronald McDonald Family Room there. Catherine organized a trike-a-thon fundraiser called Laps 4 Luca, shown, at her son’s school. Together, the parents and students of Bambi Day School raised over $1600 for the Ronald McDonald Family Room at this event. “The Family Room helped to provide us with a little piece of comfort, nearly a piece of home on days when the beeps of machines, stark white walls, bright overhead lights, and hospital smells were almost more than we could bear,” says Catherine.“Thank you so much for all you do for the families forced to call a hospital home. It is appreciated more than you can know.” Pirates ruled the high seas this year at our annual Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House birthday party, designed to celebrate the birthdays of everyone staying at the House all in one fun-filled event. Activities included a treasure hunt, piñata, face painting, pirate flag craft-making, ice cream sundae bar and cake (donated by Oteri’s Bakery), a magic show by Adam the Magician (shown), and an appearance by the Froose Moose, who came bearing Froose juice. Dinner was provided by Gerry’s Gang.Thank you to the Nelson family for sponsoring this wonderful annual celebration in honor of Richie Nelson. Language will no longer be an obstacle for many families checking into the House at Front & Erie thanks to the help of high school senior Stephanie Seybert. For her senior project at Germantown Academy, Stephanie focused on making the registration process at the House easier for families whose primary language is Spanish. She translated all of the documents that families must read and complete into Spanish, and also narrated a video tour of the House in Spanish, with the help of Temple filmmaking student John Lloyd.The materials have been a big help to families such as the Gonzalez Cortez family, shown, who were able to utilize the new check-in video to make sure they fully understood all of the services offered by the House. Stephanie, who is attending Carnegie Mellon this fall, has taken Spanish classes since the sixth grade and has spent time traveling in both Costa Rica and Peru. She enjoyed being able to put her Spanish skills to good use for the House.“It feels really good to know that I can help people and that I am doing something that I like at the same time,” she says.“It is nice to be able to make the families’ lives a little less hectic.” Thank you to Little Smiles Foundation for bringing smiles to children and their families staying at the House by providing transportation for special trips to the Philadelphia Zoo, a Flyers game, and Valley Forge Park this spring. In addition, they provide a monthly junk food run and pizza party in the Ronald McDonald Family Room on the Oncology Floor at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Shown are families from Chestnut Street headed off to a day at the Zoo. Donations from the Heart $25,000 and above The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region $10,000 - $24,999 Beiler-Campbell Realtors Golf Outing William S. Kojek Charitable Trust $5,000 - $9,999 Nicholas J. and Celeste G. Karamatsoukas Family Foundation Kohl’s Earth Day Volunteer Matching Gift Program David Laub Memorial Fund The Nierney Family Foundation Soros Fund Charitable Foundation Matching Gifts Program The Stein Karamansa Foundation United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania $2500- $4,999 Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC CAbi – Carol Anderson by Invitation Fundraiser hosted by Jill Hotte Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Harriet Goldstein Memorial Fund Merck Employee Giving Campaign Milton Hershey Alumni Association Philadelphia Chapter Mr. John P. Moran Smolow & Landis, LLC Mrs. Marlene Weinberg 4/1/10 – 6/30/10 Sheller Family Foundation SMPS Philadelphia Chapter Ms. Sandy Trela Marge Uttrodt Memorial Fund Rita Van Duyne Memorial Fund Carney Vetrano Memorial Fund $1000 - $2,499 Accommodation Mollen, Inc. Anonymous In Honor of David Cohen’s 70th Birthday The Cozen O’Connor Foundation, Inc. Delmac Mr. David Fry The Genuardi’s (Employees) Foundation In Honor of Maria Jacobs The Karen and Herbert Lotman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Keith In Honor of Grace Kobi Richard“Dickie” Kollhoff Memorial Fund Laps 4 Luca – In Honor of Luca Paciente Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lee Mr. and Mrs.Thomas Mann Ms. Mariah E. Murphy National Time Systems Neshaminy of Warwick Presbyterian Church Mr. Michael Profeta S P S C Class 297 Sanolite Corporation $500 - $999 Adelphia Lions Club Bensalem Lioness Club Clarabel Brown Memorial Fund Jessie Buck Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carnevale Colonial Middle School Mr. Patrick Coyne Elizabeth“Pudgie” DeMatteo Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Emmi Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ferrie Four Province Feis Ms. Jennifer Gambee Garnet Valley Elementary School Shani Greene Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hancewicz In Honor of Alden David Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. David Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Samuel I. Hong Jacobs Music Johnson & Johnson – Matching Gifts Program 6 KPMG Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Looker Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lotman Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Paciente III The Dale L. Reese Foundation In Honor of Sandy Reichlin’s 80th Birthday The Restaurant School Ms. Candace Ritchie In Honor of the Marriage of Mark and Shari Rosenberg Ms. Linda Saltz Mr. and Mrs. Mark Seybert Mr. Frank Shuster Morton Sork Memorial Fund Carolyn Stull Memorial Fund In Honor of Henry Telford Matthew Thorsen Memorial Fund Tohickon Middle School United Way of the Lehigh Valley Verizon Foundation Grace Wagner Memorial Fund The Wagner Family Mrs. Maureen Wilson Windfall Gallery Mr.Thomas Young Due to space limitations, we are unable to list donations of less than $500. Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House I 2010 Vol. 3 Thank you to all of our friends and Phillies fans who joined the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House for five Phillies games this spring and summer. A portion of every ticket sold through the House benefitted the families we serve. Our sincere appreciation goes out to the Phillies organization for their ongoing support. On May 12, the Chestnut Street House hosted a Game Night, courtesy of the Hope for Henry Foundation, complete with bingo, cake, a Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream cart, and live music from the Jimmy Quaile Trio. Gospel stars Regina Belle and J. Moss also stopped by to say hello and help with calling bingo.Team Tierney provided dinner. Special thanks to Aaron Katz, shown in blue, for raising funds through his Bar Mitzvah project to make this special night possible. Guest Chefs 4/1/10 – 6/30/10 Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Alpha Phi Omega (DeSales University) AJ Women’s Association Amma Satsang Angela and Josh Anna and Barb Arcola National Junior Honor Society B-Strong Foundation Bacharach Family & Friends Katie Backe Baldwin School Nancy Barton & Family Bee and Friends Benoff’s Berger, Klausman and Rose Families Bergey Family Beta Phi Omega Sorority Inc. Bonner Family Brous-Kennedy Alliance Theresa Brown Buildon Bunch of Buddies The Business & Professional Missionaries of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Suzanne Carlin CAT Pickering Center School Faculty Chapman Family Children’s Healthcare Associates, Inc Children’s Hospital Progressive Care Unit CHOP Nurses Chris and Friends Cloud Family Columbus Forum Colorcon Conestoga Bank – Glenside Cooking Light Copper Beech Elementary 6th Grade Cornwells Elementary Debby DeFeo Del Lior Group DeSimone Family Dimension Data Drexel DSAC Drexel University Julie Duffy DVANN Tracy Ehleben Ehmke Manufacturing’s Cotton Ducks Environetics Esther, Joan, and Andy EWI Gina Flatley Freilich Family and Friends Friends of Abington Junior High Friends of Owen Dodd Friends of the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House Debbie Funchion GAMP Carl Giombetti & Friends GlaxoSmithKline Goodman Family and Friends Girl Scout Troop #254 Girl Scout Troop #374 Girl Scout Troop #4906 Girl Scout Troop #9696 Girl Scout Troop #21514 The Giving Girls Gerry’s Gang Grace Covenant Church Haines Family Haley’s Family Karen Halm Amy Hansel’s Friends and Family Helen’s Kitchen Helpful Gifts from the Heart Vicki Hibbs HSBC Hymie’s Deli IBC ICHE Jessica Izes and Friends Jezior Family Lee Jordan Jones Family Joyce and Friends Congratulations to the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House volunteers who in 2010 celebrated 15 years of service. Shown from left to right, at our Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event on April 22, are Tillie Garczynski, Karen Davis, John Newman, Ellen Rose, Conrad Strabone, and Volunteer Director Linda Parry, with Ronald McDonald in the center. Not pictured are Carol Gleklen, Barbara Krautheim, Nellie Marasco, and Eleanor Thompson.Thank you for your continued dedication to the families we serve. Keller Williams Main Line Realty Kelly Family Cathy Kenvin and Family Key Club of Holy Cross High School Ellie Koerner Leukemia Foundation Lizanne Konjarvich La Famiglia de Fratelli Learning Services @ CHOP Jenelle Lemon and Friends Leon Levy and Associates Sue Levy Lighthouse Family Community Church Little Smiles Lockheed Martin Delaware Valley NOVA Lockheed Martin Export Control Dept. Lockheed Martin Leadership The Lotmans Love of Christ Church Main Line Reform Temple Maher Family Makefield Literary Julie Martin and Renee Herbert MaST Community Charter School Matthew Max McCombs Family and Friends McNair Family Melekos-Dunigan Family Kelly Miller Miller Family Mischler Family Mlou’s Crew Morgan-Hendricks Family Moms Club Philadelphia Joanne Montie Nanette and Girl Scout Troop 51260 National Council of Jewish Women Negril Caribbean Cuisine New Church Live New Hanover UMC NICU Nurses – St. Christopher’s Hospital Notre Dame Club Oak Lane Presbyterian Church Olney High School West Oncology Clinic Orefield Middle School Builders Club 7 Papaneri Family and Friends Pearce Q. Foundation PECO Energy Penn Circle K Perez/Lees Family Phase IV Learning Center Phi Kappa Theta Phi Sigma Sigma (Drexel University) Philadelphia Cares Philadelphia Zoo Wednesday Docents Philly Women Who Give Pine Run Elementary School Plate Restaurant PMI Powelton Pizza Psillos Family PWBS Rastogi-Wilson Family Real Men Cook Reed Smith LLP Rhonda and Family Roak Family Suzanne Robinson Roby Family Ronald McDonald Camp Counselors Ross Associates Inc. Roy’s Restaurant RPS Leslie Ryan Salon L’Etoile Sanford-Brown Institute Ann Marie Santora Darlene Schneider Bill Shade Friends and Family Sharon and Family Shelly Electric Co. Shipley Dessert Squad Sigma Sigma Rho – Temple Siemens Southampton Kiwanis Club Southwest Airlines St. Anselm’s CYO St. Christopher’s Immunology Dept. St. Cecilia Faculty St. Clair CPA St. Margaret’s Kids Care St. Mary’s Church Youth Group St. Paul’s School Student Council St. Peter’s School Stone Ridge Helen Stranick Amy Sullivan Cindi Sullivan Jen Sullivan Sysco Tatlow Family Team Tierney Sue Tecco Temple FMA Temple Occupational Therapy Program Teva Pharmaceuticals Thomas Family Traver Family Troise Family and Friends Tupperware Turner Investment Partners UPenn Glee Club UPenn Post-Baccalaureate Vineyard Community Church The Watchmen Waters Memorial AME Church West Catholic High School West Council Verizon Pioneers Marlene Weinberg Weisgarber Family Kathy Wissert and Family Wharton Cohort C Bree Williams’ Family Wolfe Family Jason Wolfson Womack Family Young Lawyers – Philadelphia Bar Young Women’s Leadership School at Rhodes Thank you to all who contributed meals to our Chestnut Street House, Front and Erie House, and our Family Rooms. Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Philadelphia, PA Permit #1891 3925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-387-8406 www.philarmh.org Address Service Requested Upcoming Events - Proceeds Benefit PRMH Visit www.philarmh.org for details. Philadelphia magazine Design Home 2010® September 11 – October 10 See more information on page three. Dining With The Stars Online Auction Bidding Runs October 15 – October 29 Join us for our first online auction, kicking off October 15 at www.philarmh.org/dwts, for the chance for you and nine of your guests to join your favorite celebrity for a meal provided by one of the area’s most celebrated restaurants or caterers. Learn more below. 8
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