2018 YEAR IN REVIEW

In 2018, we officially launched our capital campaign, which will grow our program from 3 guest rooms to 7 guest rooms, in addition to adding offices for staff and more common areas for families and volunteers. In the spring, we hosted a campaign kick-off event that was widely attended by local officials, media, as well as many of our closest friends and partners. Just a couple of moths later, we were overwhelmed by the news that the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House would receive more than $250,000 towards our capital campaign from AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, part of a $100M gift by the company to help add 600 new guest rooms at 32 Ronald McDonald Houses throughout the United States. All of these exciting changes, and the wonderful relationship we enjoy with our hospital partner, Dignity Health, has helped the House make some great new friends over the past year, including former MLB pitchers George Culver and Colby Lewis, who joined our capital campaign committee to help raise funds for our new House.