Lehi hospital family room seeks year-round help after donation drive
The Ronald McDonald House room at Primary Children's Miller Family Campus serves about 3,000 families a year and is booking 2027 meal volunteers.
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Donations from a monthlong community drive have been delivered to the Ronald McDonald House Family Room at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital's Miller Family Campus in Lehi, the Lehi Free Press, which ran the drive, reported. [1]
The drive, which ended Oct. 1, collected toys, games, blankets, paper goods, snacks and personal-care items. The family room, on the hospital's third level, offers parents meals, overnight guest rooms, showers, laundry and other amenities so they can stay close to hospitalized children, according to the report. [1]
Ashley Parks, community engagement manager for Ronald McDonald House Mountain West, told the paper the Lehi room serves about 3,000 families a year and costs about $400,000 annually to run, so donated supplies let the charity stretch its budget. [1]
Parks said the need continues year-round. Groups of up to eight can sign up through the Together at the Table program to prepare a meal for about 30 people, with 2027 dates already open, and donations can be dropped off at the family room at 2250 N. Miller Campus Drive between 9:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., the Free Press reported. [1]
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