25-WORD DESCRIPTION:
Supportive home away from home for families traveling to Omaha for their children’s life-saving medical care in area hospitals.
HOW WE USE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS:
- $10 per month supports a one-night stay for a family in a comfortable guest room. ($120)
- $25 per month covers three days of sanitation services, helping keep families safe and healthy. ($240)
- $50 per month provides dinner for all families in the House for one night. ($600)
A STORY FROM OUR AGENCY:
Couy and Taylor Johnson were 100 miles from their families, facing unthinkable circumstances.
Taylor was just 22 weeks into her pregnancy with twins when severe back pain sent them on a two-state, three-hospital journey that ended in Omaha. Over the next week, the young couple from Wakefield, Nebraska experienced highs and, sadly, lows, orders of magnitude beyond anything they could have expected. They were left drained physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Then they settled into their room at Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha.
Little by little, they found warm comforts to steady themselves. Hot coffee and a hot meal. Equipment for exercise and shelves to organize. Couy and Taylor both grew up in big families, so being surrounded by others who could relate to their situation, even slightly, was a familiar and much-needed benefit.
The ever-present chaos of the NICU caused significant stress and anxiety, but Taylor says coming to the House allowed her to “shut it all off and take a breath.” Even in the midst of everything, Couy says, “You have your own little place to just relax.
“It felt like home.”
Our House was the Johnsons’ home-away-from-home for 120 days, and right now, 40 families like them are in need of your support. Please donate today to provide them warmth and comfort in their times of crisis.
ADDRESS/PHONE:
620 S 38th Ave
Omaha, NE 68105
402-346-9377
