We’re sad to share that two long-time Seattle House therapy dogs, Sunny and Hoyt, passed away recently. Sunny, a golden retriever, had been coming to the House since 2011 with...
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Going to the grocery store and preparing meals are part of the weekly tasks for families. But imagine adding these tasks on top of caring for a very ill child,...
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Casey Roth came to the House as a volunteer with a yoga class. “The yoga class we did for kids was really fun, but I looked around and thought maybe there...
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Everett native, Tessa has been volunteering with the Ronald McDonald House for two years. “A friend of mine was already involved in cancer and advocacy, and she asked me if...
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Always ready to lend a hand with a smile, volunteer Hannah Johnson makes sure that our communal spaces are clean for families and does whatever other tasks we might need...
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Did you know that our average length of stay is just over two months? Our families have seriously ill kids who need medical treatment, often for months at a time,...
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It’s Throwback Thursday, so we’re taking a drive down memory lane with this story about our House’s history. Iva Metz was driving to work one day when a story on...
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This story comes to us from JoAnn Lewis, a member of the Washington State School Retirees Association Unit 2, Chelan/Douglas. Quotes republished from the WSSRA’s publication, The Journal.  JoAnn Lewis...
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The University Lodge #141 Freemasons have been a fixture at the University District Street Fair. Over the last 5+ years, the Lodge members can be found selling balloons for kids – and they...
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In honor of National Volunteer Week, we’re posting about a volunteer program you may not know about – our Coffee Hour with Seattle Children’s Hospital. Every other Wednesday at 3pm,...
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