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ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2013<br />
GLOBAL CONFERENCE, INNOVATION AWARD AND FAMILY CONNECT<br />
At RMHNA we are always<br />
seeking ways to make life a little<br />
easier for our families<br />
with new programs and<br />
services. To help families access<br />
our activities and services,<br />
stay in touch with their home<br />
communities and find some<br />
normalcy on a daily basis,<br />
we are creating the Family<br />
Connect program. As soon as<br />
families arrive at the House<br />
they can access Family Connect.<br />
The program functions<br />
like a personal assistant,<br />
helping families engage and<br />
connect with other families,<br />
the community, volunteers,<br />
hospitals, RMHNA staff and<br />
resources. For their stay Family<br />
Connect will help families<br />
gather experiences and creative<br />
projects to share with family<br />
and friends back home and keep<br />
them up-to-date about activities<br />
and programs<br />
offered at<br />
RMHNA. This<br />
year during<br />
the Ronald<br />
McDonald House® Charities<br />
biennial international<br />
conference in Chicago, RMHNA<br />
received an RMHC Innovation<br />
Award and a $ 50,000 grant for<br />
Family Connect to begin the<br />
design and implementation<br />
of the<br />
program.<br />
BLOCK PARTY<br />
On August 11, we hosted our<br />
first block party and marked the<br />
beginning of a new way to thank<br />
the community. Families staying<br />
in the House joined past families<br />
and members of the community<br />
for a great day of sun, music,<br />
games and food. Mr. Mechanical<br />
Bull, an RMHNA dad, donated<br />
a mechanical bull, horizontal<br />
bungee and other games for the<br />
day. Cargill supplied hot dogs<br />
and hamburgers; McDonald’s ®<br />
provided all the fixings. Salads<br />
were donated by Save-On-<br />
Foods and Coca-Cola provided<br />
drinks for ice cream floats.<br />
Edmonton Fire brought two<br />
trucks for attendees to explore<br />
and also helped with clean-up.<br />
Throughout the day volunteers<br />
were taking groups of people<br />
through the House. Over 100<br />
people were introduced to<br />
RMHNA for the first time at the<br />
block party.<br />
#RMHNARAK<br />
2013 marks the one year anniversary of using Twitter to engage<br />
the community with the House. One of the major accomplishments<br />
this year was #RMHNARAK. The hashtag began to trend during<br />
Season of Giving’s Random Act of Kindness day. Over 345 acts of<br />
kindness were seen by almost 600,000 viewers.<br />
House Hero, Joel,<br />
at Block Party 2013
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