McDONALD 11/19/03Ã - Ronald McDonald House

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An annual global fundraiser benefiting
Ronald McDonald House Charities®
(RMHC®) and local children’s causes.
About World
Children’s Day
RMH Family Room
. .page 3
.page 5
Uncle Sam Choy’s
Keiki Recipe . . . .page 6
Family Stories . . .page 10
How to help
. . . .page 13
NICOLE AND BUCKY LUDGATE ARE RESIDING AT HAWAII’S RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE DURING BUCKY’S TREATMENTS FOR CANCER.
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Visit your favorite local celebrities at
McDonald’s and help support
World Children’s Day!
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Narcissus Queen
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Blake Oshiro
State House
2004 Contestants
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Kula Barbieto
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Miss Island Oahu
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Court
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K. Mark Takai
State House
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State Senate
Guy Hagi
KGMB
Heather Suehiro
Cherry Blossom
Queen
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Donna Mercado Kim
State Senate
KAPOLEI
Kathy Muneno
KITV4
Jill Kuramoto
KITV4
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Charles Djou
Honolulu City
Council
Manolo Morales
KHON2
Mark Moses
State Senate
Everett Kaneshige
Hand e Corp (RMHC board member)
Pipi
KCCN FM 100
Davey D
KCCN FM 100
Michael W. Perry
KSSK
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MAKIKI
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Bobby Curran
KKEA 1420 AM
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Nov. 22 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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K. Mark Takai
State House
Tasha Kobashigawa
KITV4
Blake Oshiro
State House
Robert Kekaula
KITV4
Don Robbs
KKEA 1420 AM
Ben Gutierrez
KITV4
Lina Girl
KCCN FM 100
NIMITZ
Nov. 20 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Larry Price
KSSK
Jeanine Ogawa
HMSA (RMHC board member)
KING STREET
Nov. 20 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Trini Kaopuiki
KHON2
Sweetie Pacarro
KSSK
Billy V
KCCN FM 100
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SCHOOL STREET
Nov. 20 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
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David Ige
State Senate
SALT LAKE
Nov. 20 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
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Norman Sakamoto
State Senate
Dr. Jay Cambra
RMHC Board
President
Stephanie Lum
KHNL
Paul Drewes
KHNL
Jodi Leong
KHNL
Sharie Shima
KHNL
Sam Choy
Famous chef
Dan Cooke
KRTR Radio
Ann Botticelli
Communications
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Ron Nagasawa
Publisher/
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Ramsay Wharton
KHON2
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Carl Guhl
Golden State Foods
Fua Kokdokmai
Golden State Foods
Jon Riki
Karamatsu
State House
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State House
Lori Takamatsu
Golden State Foods
Narcissus Queen
Kathleen Wong
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From Nov. 20 through Nov. 23
Ronald McDonald House Charities
will receive 10 cents from the
purchase of every:
•
Premium Entree Salad
•
French Fries
(including Happy Meals & Extra Value Meals)
•
Portuguese Sausage, Eggs & Rice breakfast platter
•
Spam, Eggs & Rice breakfast platter
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WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY-WHAT IS IT?
On November 20, 2002, McDonald’s
Restaurants around the world celebrated
good of keiki.
During this year’s four-day
World Children’s Day event,
every McDonald’s restaurant
McDonald’s Restaurants of
Hawaii will make an exclusive
contribution to RMHC of Hawaii
by donating 10 cents from
the inaugural World Children’s Day.
In this unprecedented show
of support for children in more
than 100 countries, the McDonald’s family raised more than
$12 million to benefit Ronald
McDonald House Charities
(RMHC) and other organizations around the world that
help children.
Here in Hawaii, the more than
$20,000 raised on that single
day last year went to Ronald
McDonald House Charities of
Hawaii, whose primary focus is
the support of Ronald McDonald House, a “home away from
home” for the families of seriously ill or injured children,
mainly from neighbor islands,
who must come to Honolulu for
life-saving treatment not available closer to home.
This year, McDonald’s is celebrating its 2nd Annual World
Children’s Day, not on a single
day, but over four days, from
Thursday, November 20,
through Sunday, November 23.
It is again an observance of the
importance of children and the
work that Ronald McDonald
House Charities do everywhere.
On the actual World Children’s
Day - November 20 - and for the
three days that follow it, McDonald’s restaurants all over
the world will be donating a
portion of the money raised
from select menu items for the
Ronald McDonald House kids.
will donate 10 cents from every
Premium Entrée Salad and
french fry purchase (including
Happy Meals and Extra Value
Meals) to RMHC. In addition,
every purchase of a Portuguese
Sausage, Eggs and Rice or a
Spam, Eggs and Rice breakfast
platter.
Stop by your neighborhood
McDonald’s restaurant from November 20 through 23, and you
may see a celebrity or two behind the counter. What’s more,
select McDonald’s restaurants
on Oahu will
have celebrities
selling editions
of the Honolulu
Star-Bulletin.
Buy a newspaper from them,
and the entire
purchase will
benefit RMHC of
Hawaii. With
your support
and participation, along with
the dozens of
celebrity volunteers and others
right here in our
community, we
have the opportunity to help
hundreds
of
Hawaii’s seriously ill children and their families during this 2nd Annual
World Children’s Day. See you
there!! D
A Grateful family writes…
Dear Friends,
It has been our greatest
pleasure getting to know you.
We believe our family to have
been among the luckiest and
most fortunate of those that
were able to stay at the Ronald
McDonald House.
Since Katrina became ill, we
had nowhere to go when we
were told by her doctor that
she had to stay on Oahu for
three weeks to continue treatment necessary to control the
leukemia.
We were able to meet families
at the hospital from near and
far that had to leave many of
their loved ones behind while
being with the ones that were
ill. It made it clear that the
Ronald McDonald House is so
needed, especially when there
is an emergency in the family
and nowhere to go. This House
is like “home” where you can go
and feel the love and support,
and where your “worries” are
lifted and your concerns may
be solely based on the ill child
and being able to always be by
their side.
I have spent many weeks at
the Ronald McDonald House
and there were families that
were so much worse off than us
but yet there was a closeness
amongst all because we all had
a place to stay that lifted a lot of
other worries.
Thank you to those who have
diligently donated to this worthy cause and we pray that this
“special” House will always be
open to those who are less fortunate and in need of support at
such a traumatic time.
Mahalo!
Kendall, Marella
&
Katrina Hakkei
Keauhou
Ronald McDonald House,
Manoa Valley.
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Ronald McDonald HouseRMHC’s cornerstone program
Mission Statement
T
o provide a home-awayfrom-home for seriously ill children and
their families, and to develop
other programs and partnerships aimed at improving the
lives of children in Hawaii and
the Pacific.
Adopted, August 30, 2001
“Thank You”
Celebrating World Children’s Day
Serving McDonald Restaurants
for over 35 years!
H
onolulu is the hub for specialized with their families, and find support and
medical treatment of children, not comfort from others who are going
only from our own state, but also through similar situations. The House
from the rest of the Pacific Basin. Each embodies the spirit of “aloha and
year, thouohana.” It fosters
sands of chila nurturing envidren
are
ronment that enhospitalized
c o u r a g e s
here for critiparent-to-parent
cal medical
and family-toconditions
family support.
and many of
Some
have
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stayed a short
have suddenly
while; others
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selves far from
lengthy visits.
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and
Many have celetheir network
brated successof family supful recoveries.
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Others could
desperately to
only cherish
cope with a sewhatever time
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But all have left
child. Ronald
an indelible imMcDonald
pression. And toHouse proday, this “House
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That Love Built”
unique needs
continues to resof these very
onate with joy
special famiand love, laughlies.
ter and tears,
Since open- Going Home! The Ngirchechol family bids
but above all,
ing its doors in aloha to RMH.
compassion and
1987, thoucaring.
sands of families have called Hawaii’s
The 18 bedrooms available through
Ronald McDonald House their “home- RMHC are nearly always full. Overflow
away-from-home.” Built by the love and guests are housed temporarily at an
support of a caring community, the Outrigger Ohana property through a
House is a haven where people can special partnership with that commushare their experiences, spend time nity-minded company. e
The Ronald McDonald House -
HOw It All Started
T
he idea of a home for families of
hospitalized children originated
in 1973 in Philadelphia, when Fred
Hill, a Philadelphia Eagles football
player, learned that his young daughter
Kim was critically ill with leukemia.
What followed were months of treatment at a faraway facility. The Hills,
desperate to be with their daughter, and
with nowhere else to go, spent countless hours at her bedside, napping on
chairs and pacing hospital corridors.
Out of this experience grew the determination to ease the burden for other families in similar circumstances. Hill’s
Eagle teammates banded together with
local McDonald’s restaurants and the
entire Philadelphia community to raise
funds to establish the first Ronald McDonald House – a “home away from
home” for families of children hospitalized with serious or life-threatening illnesses. The tremendous value and
success of the first House sparked interest throughout the entire country and
abroad. Today, there are more than 200
Ronald McDonald Houses throughout
the world. And what began as one
man’s effort to ease other parent’s pain,
has become an enduring tradition of
love and caring. e
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The Ronald McDonald House Family Room
P
arents and other family
members that find themselves at the hospital by
the side of their seriously ill
children feel as though they just
can’t go home-they want to remain near their precious keiki.
But when hours turn into days,
lingering uncomfortably in hospital units and waiting rooms
with little privacy or rest and
not being able to take care of
many daily activities, it all becomes incredibly stressful.
This is why RMHC created
the Ronald McDonald House
Family Room inside Kapiolani
Medical Center for Women &
Children. This comfortable,
cozy home-like room, seconds
away from the Intensive Care
units, is a welcomed place of
respite for these families. Here,
weary parents and immediate
family members may take a
break, rest, gather strength, and
have some privacy or seek support from others who understand. Or they may have a bite
to eat, watch television, read,
check e-mail and make phone
calls. The sick child is also welcome with mom or dad. They’ll
find comfy couches, games,
videos, toys, books, yummy
snacks, other
kids to play or
talk with and always compassion, warmth
and encouragement. In this little
“home-awayfrom-home”
they can escape their ordeal, even if
only for a short
time. It is an ob-
Touched by the RMH
Family ROom
W
hen the Aina family of Ewa ing dozens of friends and colleagues the
Beach checked their son opportunity to hack off a piece of his
Nicholas into Kapiolani Hospi- thick hair-in exchange for a donation
tal for Women & Children for his first that ultimately would be split between
round of chemotherapy they didn’t the RMH Family Room and Kapiolani
know exactly what to expect. As all such Hospital.
families do, they slowly became aware
The results: dad picked up a new “do”
of the routines of hospital life, what fam- and the Family Room received a $1,100
ily strengthening and patient support contribution. Nicholas seemed amused,
tools were available, and how to access a little bit embarrassed and no doubt
them. And it wasn’t long before a hospi- encouraged by the show of parental
tal staffer let them
love, and the support
know about the
of so many others.
RMH
Family
“When I was inpaRoom.
tient, the Family
Nicholas, Randy
Room was a comfort
and Mom Cathy
zone for me that took
were warmed by
my mind off what was
the aloha of the
happening.”
Said
Family Room and
Nicholas. “It is just a
they made a deciwelcome place to be.”
sion to find a way
Nicholas, kept up
to help the facility
with his college
so that it could be
classes during his enthere for many
tire medical challenge
more families such
with the help of proas them in the fufessors who e-mailed
ture.
his assignments to
“We began pophim via the Family
ping in to grab a
Room. Today he is a
snack
and
typical sophomore at
Nicholas found
the University of
Randy & Nicholas Aina compare hairdos.
that he could
Hawaii.
check his e-mail a
“I’m at that point
couple of times a day,” said Randy. “We where I have to decide what I want to
saw how valuable the Family Room is.”
do. Choosing the right major is critical,”
To show support of Nicholas and said Nicholas. “I’m leaning toward a
raise money for the RMH Family Room, nursing degree, and a big part of the reaRandy held a public humiliation session son is my experiences while being
at his Edward Enterprises office, allow- treated for cancer.” e
vious extension of “The House
That Love Built.”
The RMH Family Room,
which opened in January, allows RMHC to assist even more
families facing the difficult experience of dealing with a
child’s serious illness. It has
been especially valuable to families from Oahu. e
Participating in the Hawaiian blessing that officially opened the RMH Family
Room were (Left to right) Lt. Governor “Duke” Aiona, Kapiolani Medical Center
President and CEO Larry O’Brien, Chaplain Gayle Sugimoto Leong and RMHC
Executive Director Jerri Chong.
Kapi’olani is proud to be the home of the Ronald
McDonald House Family Room and to support McDonald’s
2nd Annual World Children’s Day. Hand in hand, we help
care for Hawaii’s children and their families.
World Children’s Day
November 20, 2003
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Uncle Sam Choy’s Keiki
Cooking Korner
C
hef Sam Choy is a great friend and supporter of RMHC Hawaii. Here’s a favorite recipe from Sam Choy’s Cooking with Kids cookbook for parents and
kids to enjoy preparing together. “Cooking is a fun way to have quality time
with the kids while making some ono-licious food for the whole family,” says
Chef Sam. “Have Fun!”
Li Hing Mui Ice Cake
1 cup orange soda
1 cup water
2 tablespoons li hing mui powder
6 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Chef Sam’s Tip:
Put less li hing mui powder
for a sweeter taste or more
for a sharper taste.
Thoroughly mix all ingredients together. Place
paper baking cups in an
8x8 inch baking pan for
ease of handling. Fill paper
cups about two-thirds full
to ensure that they don’t
overflow during freezing.
Place in freezer for about 1-1/2
hours. Remove from freezer,
stir each cup with chopstick
and return to freezer until
hard.
Good Luck to RMHC and McDonald’s
of Hawaii on World Children’s Day!!
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on this very special day!!
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McDonald’s, A Lifetime Friend to RMHC Hawaii
M
cDonald’s of Hawaii Corporation along with local
McDonald’s owner-operators are committed to children and families in their
communities. They continue to
portion of sales on World Children’s Day; donating products
through the redemption of
coupons from our McFun
Raiser program; or McDonald’s
employees giving of their time
Ronald puts a smile on the House and our families' faces.
be RMHC’s most steadfast supporters and stanch partners-in
so many ways. Whether it be
monetary, such as donating a
to help spruce up the House,
the McDonald’s family does it
from the heart.
McDonald’s also makes it
possible and very simple for
you to join them in lending a
helping hand to our families
each and every day:
• RMHC collection canisters
at the in-store counter and
drive through window are available for you to help “change” a
life by depositing coins or bills.
It may seem like your change
won’t help much, but with each
coin you deposit at each of
your visits, in combination with
others who do the same, it
makes for a sizeable contribution.
• Purchase the Honolulu StarBulletin, Honolulu Advertiser,
Maui News, West Hawaii Today
or Hawaii Tribune-Herald at McDonald’s and RMHC receives a
portion of the sale.
• Participate in special RMHC
promotions in the restaurants
such as our Lend A Hand program and it all adds up to truly
make a big difference for families.
McDonald’s and RMHC en-
courage you to take advantage
of the venues of support available through the restaurants
which RMHC stands and counts
on.
We are so very grateful to the
McDonald’s family for their
unwavering loyalty to
RMHC and the families we
serve. A very special mahalo to McDonald’s Restaurants of Hawaii Director of
Operations,
Veronica
Kaneko and McDonald’s
Owner/Operators Donna
Abreu, Oahu; Harold
Hatanaka, Hilo; Miles Ichinose, Oahu; Robert
Leopoldino, Kona; Victor
Lim, Oahu; Erlinda Rosario,
Maui; Grelyn Rosario,
Maui; Susan Smith, Oahu;
Diane Sumida, Maui; Glenn
Waki, Oahu; Francis Yamamura, Oahu for their on-going commitment. They love
to see us smile and we
McDonald's employees at work on
thank them immensely for
the Ronald McDonald House.
the many smiles they have
brought to our children
whenever possible. It helps to over the past 16 years and we
maintain the foundation upon look forward to many more. e
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was 1 pound
turn with
8 ounces, and
him
to
12 1/2 inches
Kauai. We
long. I had
took CPR
carried him
classes,
for barely 24
learned
weeks, and
how
to
his condition
work the
was
very
monitor
fragile.
and oxygen
B e f o r e Kevin Saligumba at 1 week old with and
we
long, I was first playmate Dinky.
were schedwell enough
uled to go
to leave the hospital, but Kevin home in late May. However,
faced a long period of inpatient things didn’t go as planned.
care, and we, of course, needed
Instead, what followed was a
to be with him. But where frustrating series of surgeries
would we stay, and how
and complications. It
would we function
is hard to see
your child
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do, there are a
lot of additional
problems.
Our two options were to
by Cora Saligumba,
abort our baby
Eleele
right then or
to be Medivaced to Kapiolani Women’s &
Children’s Medical Center and
be restricted to bed for two
weeks so that our baby would
have a better chance of surviving. As soon as the doctor left
the room to give us some time
to discuss things, we cried and
cried. But the decision wasn’t
hard. It had taken us 7 years to
have a child and we weren’t away
about to lose our baby. The f r o m
doctor came back and we told home, in
him that we decided to take the H o n o l u l u ?
chance and fly to Oahu.
Luckily, there is a
Within hours, I was flown to Ronald
McDonald
Oahu, and immediately re- House. With a social worker’s
stricted to bed. A bedside moni- referral, on March 21 of that
tor indicated that I was having year we moved into
continual contractions. They Ronald McDonald
continued for three days and House, and I resided
got worse and worse. When the there for more than
doctor came and examined me, two years.
she found that my baby was
It was a waiting
ready to be born - and that it game—waiting for Kevin
was breach. They rushed me to to grow and get better.
the operating room and did a Days turned into weeks and
caesarean section delivery.
weeks into months. By
At 12:34 a.m. on Saturday May 2002, Kevin was
March 10, 2001, I gave birth to a doing well enough
baby boy, our son, and we for us to begin
named him Kevin Andrew. He planning to re-
suffering, but his strong will and
his smile gave us strength.
Slowly but surely, Kevin’s condition improved and we began to
wean him from the respirator.
Finally, in May 2003, we were
able to bring Kevin home to
Kauai and he is so happy. While
he still faces some medical issues, he is growing and learning
so fast!
There are so many people to
thank that helped us along the
way. For more than two years,
Ronald McDonald House was
my second home. Even though I
spent most of my time at the
hospital, I did manage to meet
other families from different
places like Guam, Saipan, Hilo,
Maui, and even others from my
home island, Kauai. Every family has their own story to tell of
hospitals, uncertainties and
prayers.
To the caring staff at Ronald
McDonald House: you have
touched us deeply and have
supported us in ways that allowed us to concentrate on
helping Kevin—and that has
been so important. To the other
Ronald McDonald House families: continue to have the
courage to battle for your keiki.
You don’t have far to look for
understanding and support.
Someday I will tell Kevin of
his life’s first adventure and
how so many people, organizations and agencies did so much
for him and his family at a time
when help was needed so
much. e
The Saligumba's celebrating Kevin's 2nd Birthday.
Delivery”
“A Special
A kauai Story—
can’t wait to explain to my
son Kevin how so many people did so much to help him
survive after he was born prematurely.
Here’s how it happened:
On March 6, 2001, I went to
my ultrascan appointment at
Kauai’s Wilcox Hospital. The
doctors examined me and didn’t have good news. My water
bag had ruptured. My obstetrician explained to my husband,
Frankie, and me that the
chances of our baby surviving
were slim if we decided to deliver then. Normally, babies
with less than 24 weeks gestation won’t survive, and if they
I
son, trying to be an example he could
be proud of - not a hero - just a good
mom. In September 2000, my thirteenyear-old son, Clay was diagnosed with
three brain tumors. He would need
immediate medical treatment on
Oahu. On the plane, as we were being
transported to
Honolulu, I found
myself having a
We were told about the Ronald McDonald House. In the foothills of Manoa
Valley lays a home converted into a
sanctuary. I’m not sure, but I think
this must be where our modern day
super heroes are trained. Not knowing what to expect when we arrived,
we were ushered into what
would be our new home for the
next six months. We were given
a beautiful room, towels, bedding, everything we
would need
to feel at
home. The
Debbie and Clay Keiser.
My
conversation
I
never imagined
having with my
child. It is the only
time he has asked
me why this happened to him. My
only answer could
be that in my life
“why” has never
served a purpose.
We may never
know why we are
faced with the challenges we are
given. I do believe
we are given experiences in life so
that we may someday help someone
else.
Clay Keiser during a return visit to the
When we arrived,
Ronald McDonald House.
suddenly we were
confronted with lifealtering decisions. With staff assured us that this was to be
my focus on my son and treated like our own home. Indeed, for
his treatment, a new defi- a child thrust into such an unfamiliar
nition of “hero” began to circumstance it was important to
creep into my awareness. make things as normal as possible for
and set it up asking for donations to
help his friend. He alone raised several hundred dollars. He is without a
doubt our hero.
Now, more than three years after
Clay’s diagnosis, I am left with a
healthy, happy son, and the question
of how am I so blessed? How do you
thank people who have touched your
life so profoundly? But people do not
become true heroes for the “thank
yous” or glory. They do so out of compassion, because they cannot stand
by amidst someone’s suffering. They
come in all sizes, from a single young
boy, to a large organization and the individual people that make up its staff,
from our close friends and family, to
complete strangers. If you are faced
with a seemingly insurmountable
challenge, do not despair. Don’t stop
believing in Superman. There are heroes everywhere. You cannot see
their capes or tights. They move quietly and unassumingly among us.
They are the average Clark Kents.
by Debbie Keiser, Captain Cook
”
of
the
him. The staff at the Ronald McDonald
House gave us stability, a home, and
friends when we needed them most.
Once we were settled in our temporary new home, we found ourselves
surrounded by heroes. The staff became members of our family. People
came to the house to volunteer their
time, talent and hearts. Individuals
came forward to offer their encouragement to my son and me. Family,
friends and strangers stepped forward to make sure that we were cared
for, morally, spiritually and financially.
One young boy, John-Michael, took a
jar and a table everywhere he went
Heart
A Big Island
Story—
“
HEROE
To be honest, it’s a word I haven’t really thought about since I was small.
Superman is what generally comes to
mind. Somewhere, as I grew older, he
faded into the background. I became
wrapped up in the events of daily life,
working, creating a home, raising my
Heroes.
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August 12, 2001
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KEANU –
“MOMMY LOVES YOU THIS MUCH”
We all know you’re not suffering now
with the Lord and Angels above.
Your Uncle John and Great Grandma
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I wanted a perfect life for you,
but it didn’t come to be,
Then I finally realized,
it’s fine just you and me.
I tried very hard to be the best
Mommy for you,
Then I worked even harder
to be your best Daddy too.
I hope that you’ll always remember
the story Mommy read,
“Guess How Much I Love You,”
before it was time for bed.
You probably wouldn’t understand
when Mommy tells you this,
But being with you once again
is truly my only wish.
What am I supposed to do,
now that you’re gone?
This wasn’t suppose to happen,
everything seems wrong.
I had a lot of dreams for us,
hoping that they’d come true,
You were almost able to sit up
and play - “Mommy… peek-a-boo!”
You’d smile so big if Mommy
simply kissed your cheek or hand,
I know we would’ve had so much fun
building castles in the sand.
Mommy will always remember
the little twinkle in your eye,
Your adorable little dimple,
and your soft little cry.
Mommy never thought these
things would ever disappear,
Now Mommy’s got a broken heart
and a never ending tear.
You’ve made Mommy very strong
even when times were bad,
Because you were so strong for me,
you were everything I had.
My little hunnie bunny,
you’re my special pride and joy,
From a tiny preemie baby,
to a strong little baby boy.
You arrived 2 months early,
but we made it through the fight,
Of 10 major surgeries &
Mommy’s many sleepless nights.
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Volunteer
Opportunity
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olunteers, individuals and
groups, are the foundation of RMHC Hawaii and
without their support we would
not be able to succeed with our
mission of helping families-incrisis. Our dedicated volun-
I Volunteer because…
“Volunteering
takes time. But
when
you
make the commitment to
come
and
serve others,
it’s just amazing at how much
you get blessed.” —May Balding, Retired Real Estate Agent
“I love to see the kids - they are
so inspirational.” —Gail Estrella, Flight Attendant for
Aloha Airlines.
teers donate hundreds of hours
of their time and energy each
year to help us in so many different ways. All have made a
commitment to making a difference every day.
Call 973-5683 ext.241 to join
our volunteer family.
“The joy of volunteering is truly
rewarding because I am helping
families feel at home in an unfamiliar setting as they go
through difficult times.” —Paul
Hicks, Computer Field Services United Airlines.
“There have been some families
that I met at the RMH Family
Room that have touched me
very deeply. I go home with my
heart opened.”
—J a c k i e
Ralph, Owner,
A Treasured
Moment Wedding Service.
“I volunteer at
the Judd Hillside House
and Family
Room because
I consider it to
be a selfless
service and a
very high spiritual practice. I
enjoy sharing with staff, and, in
turn receiving their advice and
love, which has helped me to
grow in the 2 years I have been
here.” —James Richmond, Retired Statistician for the Attorney General and Dept. of
Labor
“I enjoy just hanging with the
kids. Making a child, who is going through a difficult time
smile, gives
me an indescribable
sense of fulfillment.”
—
Alexis Stranko,
Database Administration Hickam AFB
“Kids at Ronald McDonald
House appreciate life the most,
despite everything going on in
their lives. They’ve given me a
new understanding for life and
have taught me patience.” —
Del Tanabe, Senior at Maryknoll High School
“Not only does
it feel good to
volunteer, it’s
fun, and the
families really
appreciate
your
company.” —Tessy Ulloa, Ninth
Grader
“We are proud to volunteer at
the Ronald McDonald House.
Through our work in the vegetable garden and providing
lunch for the house guests, it is
really self-fulfilling to see the
happy faces on the children at
the house.” —Jeffery Ventura,
Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset
“We make our way to Manoa to
clean the house, play with the
children, talk to the adults and
prepare dinner for the families
of Ronald McDonald House.
Thank you for allowing our girls
to grow into giving young
women.” —Carol Evans, Maile
Church of God Girls Club
Mahalo to the Ronald McDonald House
Charities of Hawaii volunteers.
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