I had the chance to chat with Wendy Galagan, CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities Manitoba to talk about what the charity does for families. It’s incredible that Ronald McDonald House Charities helps to keep families close by providing families with sick children support and accommodations during a very tough time.
Check out our conversation below and consider making a donation to help some families in need: Donate To Ronald McDonald House.
In 2017, Duncan Keith and OSNS Child & Youth Development Centre partnered to create a legacy project. The current partnership is taking place in 3 phases to update and enhance outdoor learning spaces. The areas will provide the children and team with purpose-designed venues for skill building. Scroll down to learn more about the project and view the current status.
This phase of the project was to create a resilient safety surface elements in the lower outdoor area for our youngest children.
This phase of the project revitalized the upper playground by replacing the existing surface with a rubberized surface and adding additional elements.
The final phase of the project is for the completion of the Duncan Keith Outdoor Adventure Centre!
Aim: To create an innovative cutting edge outdoor play and treatment area, which will be the first of it's kind in the Region!
Aim: To support our families who are facing an immediate crisis due to the financial hardships of supporting a child with high needs.
This project consists of $10,000 of dedicated funds per year for OSNS families who are experiencing a financial crisis in regard to the care of their children. An essential part of our mission is to wrap our support around families during times of grief and hardship. We know, unequivocally, that children succeed when their families succeed.
In partnership with the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation, Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith will host his Keith Relief charity concert, benefitting Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana, on Sunday, January 12 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Joe’s Bar on Weed Street (940 W. Weed St., Chicago).
Country music singer and songwriter Randy Houser will headline the event with a performance from 8:15 – 9:30 p.m. Houser racked up three consecutive No. 1 hits and more than $4 million in singles sales to date with his Stoney Creek Records album, How Country Feels. He topped the charts with the title track, “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight” and “Goodnight Kiss,” which was also his first No. 1 as a songwriter, and earned critical acclaim for his powerful delivery of the Top 5 smash and CMA Song of the Year-nominated "Like A Cowboy." Now available, Randy Houser’s fifth studio album, Magnolia, features hits like “What Whiskey Does” and “No Stone Unturned.”
The event will also include a VIP reception prior to the concert from 6 to 7:15 p.m. with many current Blackhawks players in attendance. General admission ($75 each) and VIP tickets ($200 each) are now available for purchase by clicking the button below!
This will be the seventh benefit concert hosted by Duncan Keith, raising nearly $750,000 for Keith Relief and Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana throughout the event’s history.
Duncan Keith & Keith Relief surprise The Martens with a gift this holiday season. Watch the heartwarming video to see what the surprise is! Learn more about Keith Relief by clicking the button below!
BlackhawksTV and Jackie Kostek gives us an inside look as LOCASH performs at Duncan Keith’s annual concert benefitting Keith Relief.
View past Keith Relief concerts here.
The Chicago Blackhawks Foundation announced today that defenseman Duncan Keith will hold his annual charity concert benefitting Keith Relief on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, from 7:00-10:30 p.m. at Joe’s Bar on Weed Street (940 W. Weed St., Chicago), featuring country music duo LOCASH.
A silent auction will be open throughout the event, in addition to a live auction prior to the concert. General admission ($80 each) and VIP tickets ($275 each).
All proceeds will benefit Keith Relief and Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. The event will include a VIP reception prior to the concert from 7:00-8:00 p.m. with many current Blackhawks players in attendance. LOCASH, best known for their hit single, “I Love This Life” and current single, “I Know Somebody,” will perform from 9:00-10:30 p.m.
Watch a video recap of the 2017 Keith Relief Benefit Concert with country music star Tyler Farr.
Created in 2011, Keith Relief is dedicated to alleviating the financial and emotional burdens of families and individuals dealing with medical crises. As a partner of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana, Keith Relief sponsors a special transplant floor dedicated to pediatric transplant patients and their families at Ronald McDonald House® near Lurie Children’s, the nation’s largest Ronald McDonald House® located downtown Chicago. This concert marks the sixth of its kind for Keith Relief. In 2017, approximately $150,000 was raised for Keith Relief and Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana through the benefit concert.
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