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On Wednesday, my APUSH class visited the central Ohio Ronald McDonald House (RMH) next to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The House is a "home-away-from-home" for families with seriously-ill children. Families can stay at the facility when their children are being treated at a Franklin County hospital and the rooms are allocated based on a first-come, first-served basis. The Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) goal is to “create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and wellbeing of children”. The agency is funded by donations from individuals, organizations and businesses. Some notable donors include the Coca Cola Company, McDonalds and AT&T. Each House is owned and run by a local chapter that is governed by a Board of Directors who are responsible for the program. Currently, there are local chapters in 58 countries and regions around the world.
This non-profit agency innovates to meet the needs of their guests through the helps of an incredible group of workers. There are around-the-clock staff workers that operatesthe House and provide assistance to the families. In addition, many volunteers help out by assisting the full-time staff with House operations. Many of the day-to-day housekeeping tasks are the shared responsibility of families, volunteer groups and individuals. The charity believes that when “you change a child’s life, you change a family’s, which can change a community and, ultimately, the world”. The House does its best to help these children and their families in times of need, so that once they get back on their feet they can contribute to the entire community.
The Ronald McDonald House employs several strategies to acquire additional resources for their clients. Two major factors ne...

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...as privileged as I am and have to face daily struggles just to survive. This experience also opened my eyes to the poverty issue. I learned that 46 million Americans are currently living in poverty, some just outside of Upper Arlington. I now know that although most children in UA do not have to worry about their next meal or their electrical bills, just a few miles from the UAHS are hundreds of impoverished children struggling for security. After helping out at the House, I would like to get more involved in community service, not just helping the poorer children, but helping all children. Education is the best way to lift people out of poverty, so I am planning on volunteering more often at COSI (a non-profit science museum) to help make education fun for these kids. Overall, I thought this experience was beneficial, and it opened my awareness to everyday issues.

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