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One way that the Department of North Carolina and it's Children and Youth Commission work toward this same goal is by supporting the Ronald McDonald Houses of North Carolina. | |
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Ronald McDonald houses are located in close proximity to hospitals that give special health care to children. They provide a low cost bed for the parents of children who are undergoing extended care in hospitals that are remote from the family home.
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One method of fund raising used by the houses is the collection of pull-tabs from drink cans. At it's Fall Conference in November of 1997, the Department Children and Youth Commission and the Department of North Carolina elected to adopt the support of Ronald McDonald Houses as one of it's Children and Youth programs. Posts throughout the state have elected to participate in the program by collecting the pull-tabs and by making direct donations to the houses. Through February 2000, the posts in North Carolina had forwarded 1089 pounds of pull-tabs to department headquarters and then on to the Ronald McDonald Houses where they were. The proceeds are used to help support the houses.
It appears as if the program is quickly picking up steam. At the department
convention in June of 2000 a total of 1,412 pounds of tabs were turned in,
more than doubling the total pounds to date. |
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