Ronald McDonald House Charities Hawaii opens family recreation center
Feb 9, 2021
Pacific Business News
Olivia Peterkin
By Olivia Peterkin – Web Editor, Pacific Business News
Ronald McDonald House Charities Hawaii has opened a new family recreation center at its Judd Hillside House.
RMHC Hawaii began its construction on the project — its first capital renovation and expansion since 2006 — early last year, combining its existing playroom and outdoor lanai spaces at the Ronald McDonald House. The new recreation center for families has children’s play areas, family gathering spaces, an indoor tree house, a gaming wall, and a distance learning center.
“The new center combines cutting edge design with thoughtful and innovative family-centered spaces that foster an extraordinary sense of community between families staying at the Ronald McDonald House,” said President of RMHC Hawaii Jerri Chong, in a statement. “Most importantly, the center fosters feelings of hope and healing.”
The recreation center, like the Ronald McDonald House, will be used to “meet diverse needs of family members” staying at the Ronald McDonald House while their children get medical care nearby, according to the nonprofit.
“The Family Recreation Center is so important to our mission of keeping families close,” Chong said. “When children get sick, it’s even more important that families are kept together. This is when they need each other most.”
— Pacific Business News
