Spirit Magazine - February 2014 - (Page 143)
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Community Outreach
KITCHEN AIDES
Southwest
Employees
make dinner
each month
at the Ronald
McDonald
House in
Austin, Texas.
The House
that LUV Built
SWA and Ronald McDonald House
Charities team up to help families.
I serve as executive director at the Ronald
McDonald House of Austin, Texas, and each
day, from the moment I walk into the House,
I feel at home. Even with the usual hustle and
bustle of volunteers preparing dinner in the
kitchen or children playing in the living room,
our House has a sense of community, calm,
and comfort that makes it a place of rest and
recuperation-a true home away from home
for families who are traveling to receive medical care for a seriously ill or injured child.
Most often, families come to the Ronald
McDonald House in the middle of an unexpected pediatric crisis. We enable these families to concentrate on getting and keeping their
child healthy and happy by providing support
and stability in a homelike environment at
little to no cost. So much of the community
we have created at Ronald McDonald House
Charities of Austin and Central Texas is due to
the generous support of Southwest Airlines.
In 2004, Ronald McDonald House Charities
of Austin and Central Texas received a gift of
$125,000 from Southwest's annual charity golf
tournament, the LUV Classic. This gift, which
at the time was our most substantial single
donation, enabled us to kick off our capital
campaign for the House we opened in 2007.
Southwest Employees also support our organization by volunteering each month to cook
dinner. We even have a guest room deemed
the "LUV Room" in honor of our partnership
with Southwest.
The families who come here are filled with
worry and anxiety, arriving by chance and
not fully understanding how we can help.
But there is a moment when I can tell that the
parents really comprehend the support and
strength present within our House. That's
when they say to themselves, "We can do this."
This is why we exist; this is our mission. The
Ronald McDonald House has become a place
that both we and the families LUV. And I am
comforted to know that, with the generous
support of partners like Southwest, we are
able to help children facing medical crises to
heal with their families by their sides.
-Carolyn Schwarz,
Executive Director,
Ronald McDonald House
Charities of Austin and Central Texas
FEBRUARY 2014 SPIRIT
143
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Spirit Magazine - February 2014
Spirit Magazine - February 2014
Contents
Gary’s Greeting
Gary’s Greeting en Español
Star of the Month
Freedom Story
From the Editor
Your Words
Your Pictures
Media Center
Eat Drink Sleep
Revel in rum
Cozy up to Chicago
Wise Guide
Learn to slow down
The Numbers
Get briefed on Oscars history
Entertain (with) a proposal
Keep your company current
Business
Cut down on insurance confusion
Digitize your doorman
Seek success with fun and games
Go loco for Lego
Building Lego
A Fighting Chance
Your Adventure In Miami
Promotional Series: Focus on Health for All Seasons
Promotional Series: Focus on Education
Promotional Series: Focus on Franchises
Calendar
Fun!
Spotlight
Community Outreach
Products & Services
Flight Service
Terminal Maps
Information
Rapid Rewards and A+ Rewards Partners
Route Map
The “If” List
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