On Tuesday, July 6th, volunteers from my John L. Scott KMS Kent North office and I had the privilege of serving dinner and dessert to families and staff of the Ronald McDonald House in Seattle. This was our third time doing this, but from what I understand a John L. Scott office provides one meal at the RMcDH every week of the year.
The day began at 1:00 pm when some of us met at our office and carpooled to Costco to shop together. After loading up our two cars with all the groceries, we caravaned to the Ronald McDonald House.
We arrived just before 3:00 pm with the rest of the volunteers from our office and began meal preparations. We took a brief tour of the RMcDH house and I was even let into the supply room to look at the toiletry items. Why was that so fascinating to me? Since 2007, I've been running a toiletries drive for the Ronald McD House and with my blog readers, past clients, friends and family, we've donated lots of items to help the facility. It was fun to see where all of our supplies go!
After preparing and serving the meal, we ate, packed up leftovers for the families and then cleaned up and sanitized everything. Coincidentally, my friend's daughter was admitted to nearby Children's Hospital on Saturday (sadly, she seems to be admitted to the ER every holiday!), so I managed to visit her before visiting hours were over. It was a long and fun day, and we all enjoyed helping and giving back! We could not have provided this meal without John L. Scott KMS's generous managing broker Jim Willner and broker-owner Sol Avzaradel.
Jim Willner and I filmed some video snippets of the event and I made a little video montage for you. It starts out shaky but gets more steady. :)
Volunteers were: Jim Willner, Rob Renner, Bonnie Stuart, Christie Merrill, Joan Posanke, Sarah Posanke (of Kentlake HS), Tanner Trial (of Kentlake HS), Shauna Monge, Darlene Figg, Caol Walker, Laura Draughon, Jan Cadice and Stephanie Dawson.