SUPPER CLUB

Supper Club Update – Effective 3.12.20 @ Noon

Due to the ever-changing COVID-19 situation, and in alignment with our partner hospitals, we want to ensure that you and the families we serve are protected as best we can.

While we temporarily pause all volunteer programs, our families still need dinner when they return from the hospital. We are hiring additional staff to prepare these meals and we need your help.

Instead of preparing a meal at the Ronald McDonald House, we are asking you to continue to support families here by donating the ingredients needed for staff to prepare dinners.

Are you able to provide the groceries or could your group make a donation of $125 to prepare the meal for your scheduled date? If you are delivering groceries, we need them on the day prior to your meal so that we have plenty of time to prepare.

Your group will continue to be recognized in the dining room, as always.

• We have a cart, located in the vestibule, for your donations. Staff will sanitize the area and items before bringing them in the House.
• Please leave a note with your contact information so that we may acknowledge your donation.
• Please feel free to leave your recipes with the groceries.
• Gift cards for groceries are welcomed.
• You can also order groceries online and have them delivered here:
  • Ronald McDonald House
    1501 West 10th Street
    Little Rock, AR 72201
    Phone: 501.374.1956
    Email: wilma@rmhcarkansas.org

You may also donate online here.
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Thank you so much for helping families here. We will keep you apprised of changes to this temporary situation.

We look forward to having you back in the Ronald McDonald House soon.
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Feel free to reach out to Wilma or Donna if you have questions 501.374.1956.

​Calling all chefs! Get your favorite recipes together and join the Ronald McDonald House Supper Club.

Families at the Ronald McDonald House® appreciate you taking your time and resources to provide a warm meal after a long day at the hospital. With the many worries that come with having a critically-ill child, dinner should not be one of them. This is a source of stress the Ronald McDonald House is trying to eliminate through the Supper Club. You can help out our families by cooking a meal so that they can focus on what is really important...their child. 

If you are unable to join us at the House, but would like to sponsor dinner for families, you can donate at the bottom of this page! Every donation makes a difference.

Ronald McDonald House® Supper Club Guidelines

• All food must be prepared on-site at the Ronald McDonald House. We are unable to accept any food prepared off-site by a volunteer, group or individual (including baked goods, casseroles, desserts, snacks baggies, etc

 

• Exceptions: Food prepared by a licensed retail food establishment can be accepted if the food has been protected from contamination, and has been delivered directly from the licensed establishment to the Ronald McDonald House by the Supper Club or representative of the retail food establishment.

 

• Packaged foods purchased from retail grocery stores in unopened containers, or whole fruits and vegetables can also be accepted.

 

• Supper Club groups can plan their own menus with no restrictions, understanding there is no alcohol of any kind. We can help suggest menu ideas if needed.   We recommend you call within a week of your date and we can let you know what has been served most recently.

 

• Groups are encouraged to label all meals to help families with food allergies or dietary restrictions and make appropriate choices.  Staff will be able to help with this as well.

 

• If providing breakfast or lunch, please purchase and prepare enough food for approximately 30 - 40  guests.   If providing dinner, please purchase and prepare enough food for approximately 60 guests. Dinner is served between 5:30 and 6:30 pm “buffet” style in the dining room.

 

• Please wash all dishes, and clean all areas used for the meal preparation. The staff will pack and label (with date and contents) any leftovers for the families. We are always in need of plastic container donations.

 

• Please remember that volunteers with communicable diseases (common cold, recent exposure to chicken pox, flu-like symptoms, etc.) are not allowed in the Ronald McDonald House due to the communal living environment.    THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR FAMILIES HEALTH AND WELL BEING.

 

• Please know that not all families will be able to make it to the House in time for your serving, but they will be searching for leftovers when they return. Some families will prepare to-go plates for children and themselves. Be assured, whether the food is eaten at the time of your meal, carried away to the hospital, or warmed up as leftovers late in the night, it will be eaten with much gratitude and heart-felt appreciation!

 

• We would be more than happy to give your group a tour of the House and our kitchen facilities!   If you must cancel your meal, please notify us as soon as possible at (501) 374-1956.

To schedule a meal, please call Kristi Finley at (501) 374-1956 or email kristi@rmhcarkansas.org.
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