Ronald McDonald House

Posted/updated: May 14, 2009

One of the ways you can get involved with Social Action at Central Synagogue is through The Ronald McDonald House of New York. RMDH serves as a home away from home for pediatric cancer patients and their relatives who need to be in NYC for medical treatment. Throughout the year, Central Synagogue’s Social Action Committee works in partnership with RMDH to hosts several dinner parties for these very special families. This is a great opportunity to make a difference while getting to know fellow congregants. 

On Thursday, July 23, Central Synagogue hosted a dinner party at The Ronald McDonald House. Our volunteer team served dinner to more than 100 residents of the house who are currently living in NYC for medical treatment. In addition to a full dinner the evening included clowns, magicians and plenty of laughter and love! A good time was certainly had by all of the children of RMDH as well as the Central Synagogue volunteers. See photos below.

Upcoming dinners:
Thursday, October 8
Thursday, December 3
Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to volunteer for one of these two events.  We will try our best to accommodate everyone’s first choice of date.  Our events typically run from 6:00 - 8:30pm.  All volunteers must be at least 18 years old.  To sign up to volunteer or for more information please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Here are some photos from our July 2009 dinner:

And here are some photos from our June 2009 dinner:

Carol Hochberg with RMDH residents.



Miriam Herman with a RMDH resident.



Sue Lautin, Karen Chaiken, Carol Spiegelman and
Marty Rosenblatt serve food to RMDH residents.