Ronald McDonald House expansion receives help
The Temple Daily Telegram reported that the JELD-WEN Foundation presented a check for $100,000 to
the Ronald McDonald House Thursday for its upcoming expansion project.The Temple Ronald
McDonald House, open since 1986, serves as a home away from home for families with seriously ill
children receiving medical treatment in local hospitals.It is
expanding its current eight-bedroom house with an additional 18 rooms, each with private bathrooms.
Laundry facilities, a kitchen, more storage and play areas will
be included."Ronald McDonald House is vitally important for this community," said Susan Bolton,
executive director."Sometimes this house is the only place, besides
the hospital, families see."Jane Nash, past president of the Ronald McDonald House building committee,
said JELD-WEN was an obvious choice for the
project.The JELD-WEN Foundation is the charitable arm of JELD-WEN, parent corporation of Wenco
Distributors and Doorcraft of Texas, both located in
Temple."When we started contemplating doing this, we talked of finding a company that has a pulse in the
community," said Ms. Nash."JELD-WEN was the first
company I thought of because we knew they could make it happen,"