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<br />OBJECTIVES WORICPI.AN FOR PROGRAMMING FOR IMPACT/OUTCOME BASED ACTIVITIES
<br />A licant Or anization: Oran a Coun Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro ram
<br />Period Covered: Starlings 07-01-2003 Endin : 06-30-200 NSSC 3-Digit Code(s) Applicable:
<br />Part 1. Community Need to be Address i o must comp to North Carolina's Children's Hos-
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<br />pital to be treated for serious illness. The Ronald Mcl)ottald House of Chapel Hill welcomes approximately 1,100 families each
<br />year. The Chapel Hill House is an independent non-profit facility, but is part of the family of more than 200 Ronald McDonald
<br />Houses around the world.'Ronald McDonald Houses. give families the opportunity to be with their children during stressful
<br />Total Number of Senior Corps volunteers contributing to ..
<br />times, and also a real home to come back to afla~ a long day at the hospital. The families who stay at the "House with a Heart' meeting the need' 20
<br />receive encouragement, empathy and hope from other families, and caring staff and volunteers. The Chapel Hill House is a 07-12/03:15 vols. Served 1420 ht
<br />twenty-bedroom, 14,273 square foot facility that moat function as a small hotel -but always feel like a home.. Guests staying at served 1420
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<br />the Ronald McDonald House are asked to contribute a small daily fee, but donations comprise less than 10% of the operating .
<br />budget. To meet its goals, the House is managed by a small staff in cooperation with volunteers. RSVP volunteers are involved
<br />in many aspects of rurming the House from guest registration to supportive listening. The Ronald McDonald House is largely a' Total Number Of Volunteer StatIOIIS: 1
<br />volunteer operation and meeffi a critical need in the comtramity. The Ronald McDonald House Program will operate from July 1,
<br />2003 throw h June 30 2004 and will serve 1 100 families each
<br />Part 2: Action Plan Tasks and Timeline
<br />PROJECT PLANNING PROJECT REPORTING
<br />Column A CoL B Column C. Col. D
<br />Plans Tasks and Activities Date Actual Performance Date
<br />Planned Service Activity:: RSVP volunteers will serve the House in at least one of the Actual Service Activity: RSVP volunteers served the House in at least one of the follow-
<br />following areas: House volunteer, Guest Services Committee; Special Bvenffi. Volun- 07-12/03 m8 ~~~ House. volunteer; Guest Services Committee; Special Events. Volunteers regis-
<br />teers will register guests, maintain the building, assist with special events such as birth- 01-06/04 tered gu~ffi. mamtamed the building, assisted with special events such as birthday parties,
<br />day parties, send donation! acknowledgments, provide supportive listening, assist with sent donation aclmowledgmenffi, provided supportive listening, assisted with fund-raising
<br />fund-raising activities, and; serve as spokespeople for the House in the community, to activities, and served as spokespeople far the House in the community, helped provide a
<br />help provide a home away; from home for the families of seriously ill children. House home away from home for the families of seriously ill children. House volunteers were
<br />volunteers will be engaged in a service area one time a week, for three hours, for a pe- engaged in a service area one ti~ a week, for _ hours:
<br />rind of one FI 1° Effective Jul , 2000
<br />Planned Inpuffi: Cumulatively, will spend a total of 45 hours per Actual Inputs: Cumulatively, _ RSVP volunteers will spent a total of hours per week
<br />week for 48 weeks providing services to hel maintain the Ronald McDonald House. 07-12/03 for _ weeks providing services to help maintain the Ronald McDonald House. The House
<br />The House volunteers will;spend annually engaged in the operation of the 01-06/04 volunteers will spend hours annually engaged in the operation of the House. The
<br />House. The volunteer support cosffi of travel reimbursertrent, insurance and recognition volunteer support costs of travel reimbursement, insurance and recognition are estimated to
<br />are estimated to be $25.63 Viper volunteer or a total of $384.45 for the annual cost of the be $ per volunteer or a total of $ for the annual cost of the program.
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<br />Anticipated Accomplishments: Approximately Actual Actomplishments: Approximately families of seriously ill children had a
<br />will have a home away from home white their child is being treated for a serious illness home away from home while their child is being treated for a serious illness at North Caro-
<br />at North Carolina Children's Hospital. If there was not a.House Volunteer Program, lira Children's Hospital. If there was not a House Volunteer Program, either families
<br />either families would have to pay to stay in a hotel at the average cost of a room of $100 07-12/03 would have to pay to stay in a hotel at the average cost of a room of $100 per night, or
<br />per night, or additional staff would have to be hired. The annual volunteer value of the
<br />Ol-06/04 additional staff would have to be hired. The annual volunteer value of the Ronald McDon-
<br />Ronald McDonald House RSVP volunteer ro is $40 612 2 840 x $15.39. ald House RSVP volunteer is $ x $15.39 .
<br />Anticipated Impact: Family members of seriously ill children being treated at the Actual Impact: Family members of seriously ill children being treated at the North Caro-
<br />North Carolina Children's Hospital will have the option of staying in a home away from line Children's Hospital had the option of staying in a home away from home at the Ronald
<br />horns at the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill. The 1,100 families served will be
<br />07-12/03 McDonald House of Chapel hill. The families served stayed close to their children
<br />able to stay close to their children and provide the emotional support a sick child needs,
<br />01-06/04 and provide the emotional support a sick child needs, without the added stress of paying for
<br />without the added stress of paying for hotel rooms. Family members will be provided an hotel rooms. Family members were provided an affordable home away from home where
<br />affordable home away from horns where they receive support, encouragement, empathy, they receive support, encouragement, empathy, and hope, as measured by feedback from
<br />and h e, as measured b feedback from d actin uesffi. d actin esffi. N
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