Dr. Audrey Evans cofounded the first Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia in 1974 to support families of children seeking cancer treatment at CHOP. The international network is just one legacy of the famed pediatric oncologist, who died at age 97.
The children coming to Dr. Audrey Evans half a century ago for cancer treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were dying at rates much higher than today — and they were often alone while seeking specialized care far from home.
Today, there are Ronald McDonald Houses in over 375 locations in 45 countries, according to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region. The birds disgusted hospital administrators, she recalled in the Ronald McDonald House 2018 interview. It continues to serve families, and Campbell says that current residents can still feel Evans’ spirit through the efforts of staff and volunteers to make families feel at home.
“Without the Ronald McDonald House, I don’t think it would have been possible for us to be present at our son’s bedside as much as we were,” said Diana Kelly, 37, adding that the couple refers to the house as “our home away from home.”An MRI detected breast cancer in this Haddonfield woman. Should you consider having one?After retiring in 2009, Evans attended a meeting at the Church of St.
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