Snack Time

Thank you for your interest in providing home-made snacks or light meals for the families who are staying at Cincinnati’s Ronald McDonald House. You won’t be actually serving your dishes, but simply providing snacks or helping us keep our refrigerators stocked with quick and easy meals for later. These guidelines will help you plan a successful experience at our “home away from home” for families with critically ill children.

• We prefer groups to be 1 to 5 people. Minors are welcome with accompanying adult.
• You are welcome to bake:
  • sweet treats/desserts
  • healthier snacks
  • casseroles of any kind
  • sandwiches (egg, tuna or ham salads, PB&J)
  • side dishes
  • soups
  • salads - fruit, pasta and or garden
  • appetizers
• There is no ‘minimum’ amount that you are required to bake. The kitchen is yours for two hours to bake as much as time allows.
• Please bring all necessary ingredients for your dishes.
• You will prepare your dishes in our designed meal volunteer kitchenette to the rear of our large kitchen.
• It is not necessary to wear hairnets, however serving gloves are required.
• Kitchen essentials are provided (bowls, cookie sheets, muffin tins, spoons, etc.), but please bring along and special or specific utensils you might need (a mold, decorating items, wax paper, etc).
• Wrap and/or cover your dishes individually (if possible) or store in appropriate containers and label with the current date. Set your treats out on our high counter for display or refrigerate. (Individual soup servings can be frozen and stored in Ziploc bags.)
• Place all dishes in the dishwashers and run them when full. Wipe all counters, and leave the kitchen area at least as clean as when you arrived.
• Advance notice of cancellations is appreciated.

This volunteer service to the House is usually a two-hour time commitment. Opportunities are scheduled during non-meal times: 2 PM to 4 PM or 7 PM to 9 PM.

For the safety of our House children and parents, anyone in your group who is coughing, feverish, has a runny nose or has been exposed to a contagious disease should not visit the House. Some children are in isolation or have immune-suppressed bodies and cannot fight even the simplest cold. There are gloves available for all visitors, and we encourage frequent hand-washing while in the House.

Thank you again for your generous offer to provide some treats for our families! Coming home from the hospital to find homemade goodies, made by people who care, is a real gift to our families.

Sincerely,

Lisa Davis
Meals and Activities Coordinator
513-636-2760
ldavis@RMHouse.org

To view all AVAILABLE meal, snack time and activity dates, visit the calendar at http://calendar.yahoo.com/ldavisrmh.