March 06, 2010

London, Ontario - “It’s a big project so a little shovel just won’t do!”

Members of the Western Football Team, MP Joe Preston, MPP and Attorney General of Ontario Christ Bentley, and a number of families and community leaders joined together to celebrated the beginning of construction on an $8.5 million expansion and renovation project.

Ronald McDonald House of Southwestern Ontario is the recipient of a $5.2 million stimulus funding grant which will provide 2/3 of the funding required for the expansion of the facility.  Since 1985, Ronald McDonald House of Southwestern Ontario has been providing a home away from home to families of sick children.  The expanded facility will allow the House to accommodate the needs of up to 34 out-of-town families of seriously ill or injured children who are in London to receive life-saving medical treatment.