40 Years on 4: Two mothers share their experience at the Ronald McDonald House, encourage community to help

TUCSON (KVOA) - The Ronald McDonald House of Southern Arizona has helped families since it opened its doors 40 years agone successful Tucson.

Two mothers, Beckie Hall and Paula Rendon, are presently staying there.

Beckie is from Oklahoma and has already been successful Arizona implicit a month. The Halls are adopting Henry, a newborn. Henry was calved pre-mature with Down syndrome and is successful the NICU. Beckie says the Ronald McDonald House is simply a blessing.

"This is going to beryllium much than conscionable a spot to enactment you know, it truly was conscionable similar a 2nd location portion we are here," said Hall.

The Ronald McDonald House provides families a spot to enactment and meals for free, letting families beryllium contiguous with their kid undergoing treatment.

"Now, we tin conscionable absorption connected Henry and we tin absorption connected loving him," said Hall.

Paula Rendon is from Hermosillo, Sonora. Her son, Jose Rodriguez is undergoing crab attraction astatine Banner - University Medical Center.

"We are redeeming connected proscription by being here, we are adjacent to the hospital," said Rendon. "A large assistance due to the fact that erstwhile receiving treatment, helium is well-rested. It helps a lot."

Paula says staying astatine the Ronald McDonald House feels similar a 2nd location and that her son, Jose is conscionable similar immoderate different kid, mischievous, blessed and loves to play.

"He is capable to spell retired to the play country and proceed his beingness similar a mean kid, which helps a lot," she said.

Both mothers accidental they are grateful for everyone astatine the Ronald McDonald House and promote the assemblage to enactment the enactment anyhow they can.