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April s Maritimer of the Month cooks up kindness every Friday night

  HALIFAX Halifax’s Ronald McDonald House is a home away from home for families whose children require medical care. They rely on volunteers like Kaleigh McLeod, April s Maritimer of the Month. “Everything from the upkeep and friendliness of the facility … the smells of the chocolate chip cookies that are being baked, all the memories that they create here, the volunteers are instrumental in that,” says Lianne Ward, family services manager at Ronald McDonald House Charities Atlantic. “Kaleigh is one of those incredible volunteers.” Despite so many competing priorities, McLeod carves out time to spend every Friday night at Ronald McDonald House.

$3M Fundraising Campaign For New Ronald McDonald House

The current Ronald McDonald House in Halifax. (Image: RMHC Atlantic/YouTube video capture) A $3-million fundraising campaign has been launched to help build a new The house provides a home away from home for Maritime families travelling to Halifax for hospital care. Leslie McLean, co-chair of the fundraising campaign, said the new space will double the number of families they can support. “In recent years, the requests from families has far surpassed the size of the house that we have,” said McLean. “In fact, we’ve had to turn away one in three families, which has been devastating.” The Ronald McDonald House will go from supporting up to 18 families a night to 36 families. That works out to more than 1,200 families per year.

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