"In writing the recent book for the Ronald McDonald House I would like to extend my many thanks to the Ronald McDonald House for their support, to John Johnson of Rocky Point, New York,  for his wonderful illustrations, and to Michael McGetrick of L.L. O’Connell & Associates of Islip, New York, for graphic design and lay-out."      

Babette B. Douglas

 The Ronald McDonald House is a home-away-from-home, a temporary lodging facility, for ill children and their families who must travel to area hospitals for urgently needed medical care. These families stay at the House while their child is under a physician’s care, whether the child is hospitalized or being treated on an outpatient basis. Residents enjoy a home-like setting, the privacy of their own room, and most importantly, the understanding of others who share the same burden of having a sick child.