Manoir Ronald Mc Donald de Montréal, Montréal,Qc - Ronald McDonald Houses on Waymarking.com

Qu’est-ce que le Manoir Ronald McDonald?
Le Manoir Ronald McDonald de Montréal est une résidence d’hébergement temporaire qui dessert tous les hôpitaux montréalais pour enfants. Il offre aux parents un lieu confortable, à moins de cinq minutes de marche du CHU Sainte-Justine, où ils peuvent dormir, préparer leurs repas et surtout, visiter leur enfant à l’heure qui leur convient. Plus qu’une simple résidence, le Manoir est aussi un milieu de vie, un lieu de solidarité et de réconfort, où tous peuvent s’exprimer, être entendus et compris.

Chacune des 50 chambres est conçue pour trois personnes. Elle comprend un lit simple, un lit double et une salle de bain complète. Des aires communes telles que des cuisines, des salles de repos, des salles de lavage, une bibliothèque et des salles de jeux entièrement équipées sont également disponibles pour les résidents. Pour le plaisir des tous petits, une aire de jeux extérieure a été aménagée. Lait, pain, muffins anglais, thé, café, sucre, yogourts, viennoiseries, tisanes, papier hygiénique, papier essuie-tout ainsi que tous les produits nettoyants pour les vêtements et l’entretien de la maison sont fournis gratuitement par différentes entreprises.

Depuis 1982, grâce à la générosité des donateurs et à la participation des bénévoles, le coût d’hébergement a toujours été maintenu à 10 $ par nuit, par famille. Toutefois, les frais d’hébergement payés par des tiers sont de 40 $ par nuit.
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In the early seventies, American football player Fred Hill’s three-year-old daughter was hospitalized for leukemia. Mr. Hill and his wife, Fran, soon discovered that in order to stay close to their sick children, dozens of families were sleeping in armchairs in hospital corridors, or driving exhausting distances back and forth to sleep at home. It was witnessing these struggles that made Fred Hill decide to find a way to help these families. With the help of Jim Murray (the president of his football team) Mr. Hill contacted Dr. Audrey Evans (head of the children’s cancer unit at the hospital) who agreed there was an urgent need to create a friendly place for these families to stay.

Mr. Murray next got in touch with Mr. Don Tuckerman, executive director of McDonald’s Restaurants. McDonald’s was already supporting different children’s causes at the time, in keeping with their commitment to being a family restaurant.

The decision was made during this meeting to associate McDonald’s Restaurants in Philadelphia with the creation of a “home away from home,” which would be called “The Ronald McDonald House.” McDonald’s Restaurants and the Philadelphia Eagles football team jointly organized fundraising activities and, within a week, a total of $35,000US was collected to buy a house close to the hospital.

As part of a mutual agreement, this first residence was named Ronald McDonald House in honour of the Ronald McDonald clown, a funny, magical character who symbolizes friendliness and joy for children.

Today, there are 307Houses around the world, 12 of which are in Canada.

History of the Montreal Ronald McDonald House

With its 50 bedrooms, the Montreal Ronald McDonald House is currently the largest of the twelve Houses in Canada.

In 1978, two volunteer mothers submitted a project to Sainte-Justine Hospital to build a family residence for parents of sick children from remote areas receiving treatment in a Montreal Children’s Hospital.. Steps were taken by Dr. Jocelyn Demers, an oncologist, to contact McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada. She then worked in close collaboration with Mr. J.E. Baribeau, a McDonald’s owner-operator who was chosen to pilot the project.

In 1982, the Montreal Ronald McDonald House opened its doors. It is located at 3201 Cote Ste-Catherine Road, on land belonging to Sainte-Justine Hospital that was yielded on an emphyteutic lease in 1980 for a period of 50 years. At the time of its opening, the House had twenty rooms.

In 1996, in response to increasing demand for rooms, a new wing was added with fifteen more bedrooms. The funding for this wing was made possible in part by the participation of Patrick Roy, an NHL goalie, who organized different projects to collect funding in addition to his own generous personal contribution.

Since 1982, more than 38,000 families have stayed here, which is an average of 2,000 families per year, or 166 families per month.

Address: 5800, chemin Hudson Montréal, Qc Canada H3S 2G5 Phone Number: 514 731-2871 Number of Rooms: 50 Date Founded: 1982 Web Site for this Ronald McDonald House: [Web Link] Name of nearby Hospital(s) served: Chu Sainte-Justine Web Site for the Hospital served: www.chu-sainte-justine.org

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