Ronald McDonald House Charities adjusts services amid the coronavirus pandemic

Ronald McDonald House adjusts to keep helping families

ACTION NEWSWITH CITIES ANDCOUNTIES REOPENING --HOSPITALS ARE SLOWLYLIFTING SURGERY ANDPROCEDURERESTRICTIONS,THE RONALD MCDONALDORGANIZATION HELPSKEEP SOME OF THE MOSTVULNERABLE SAFE --HOUSING FAMILIES FORFREE.BUT DURING THISPANDEMIC -- IT'S BEEN ASTRUGGLE.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER ARIELROTHFIELD TALKED WITHTHEM TODAY -- ON HOWTHEY PLAN TO REOPENTHEIR HOUSING.IT'S THE SMALL THINGS,LIKE SEEING HERDAUGHTER RUN AROUNDTHAT MAKES ASHLEYMALIN'S DAYAshley Malin/ MomIt makes me really happybecause as a mom you worryand it makes you sick andwish you could just take itaway and have it in her placeONE WEEK AGO, 4-YEAR-OLD AMARISSA WASN'TPLAYINGSHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL,SICKAshley Malin/ MomHer colon doesn't work.

Thepreliminary diagnostic wasvisceral myothopy.

3:14:11 Soeverything works fine until itgets to her colon and then itjust stopsTHE MOTHER ANDDAUGHTER LIVE ABOUTFOUR HOURS FROMKANSAS CITYSO WHEN AMARISSA GETSSICK and NEEDS TO HAVESURGERY, THEY STAYHERE AT THE RONALDMCDONALD HOUSEBUT THIS TIME WASDIFFERENTTami Greenberg/ CEO of RonaldMcDonald Charities Kansas CityChildhood illness does nottake a break for a globalpandemic and for thosefamilies who need us, theyneed us now more than everTWO MONTHS AGO,BECAUSE OF THEPANDEMIC, THE NON-PROFIT STOPPEDACCEPTING FAMILIESINSIDE THEIR HOMESAriel Rothfield/ 41 Action NewsPUTTING THEM UP INHOTEL ROOMS, INSTEADRENTING MORE THAN 900NIGHTS- AND THAT'S WITHA DEMAND LOWER THANUSUAL SINCE HOSPITALSHAVE SUSPENDEDELECTIVE PROCEDURESNOW THE NON-PROFIT ISPLANNING HOW TOREOPEN THE HOMES-TO MAKE SURE ROOMSAND COMMON SPACESREMAIN DIS-INFECTEDAS THE DEMAND ISEXPECTED TO PICK UPONCE AGAINTami Greenberg/ CEO of RonaldMcDonald Charities Kansas CityAll of us are figuring out howwe can do more safely.

Servemore families and kids safely.Identifying what the stagesare, the steps are.ALL TO KEEP KIDS LIKEAMARISSA SAFEAND ALLOW THEIRFAMILIES TO WORRYABOUT ONE LESS THINGAshley Malin/ MomIt's hard being alone.

Andthey made it like home for usREPORTING IN KANSASCITY