Tech training helps Ronald McDonald House build community, one meal at a time
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska (RMHC) supports seriously ill children and families, providing a “home-away-from-home” to help families through difficult times. Part of RMHC’s efforts to build up a sense of community includes serving meals several nights a week. The meals are prepared by volunteers, sometimes for as many as 75 people. Communications Manager Julianna Ross wanted to ensure a smooth meal preparation process by developing a book of volunteer-contributed recipes. She turned to NPower for the training she needed to produce a high quality finished product. Read more about her experience...
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska (RMHC) supports seriously ill children and families, providing a “home-away-from-home” to help families through difficult times. The House becomes a safe haven for families affected by illness, allowing them to surround themselves with supportive staff and volunteers, and other families who understand exactly what they’re going through. Part of RMHC’s efforts to build up a sense of community includes serving meals several nights a week. The meals are prepared by volunteers, sometimes for as many as 75 people.
To help ensure that every dinner was a successful, enjoyable experience, RMHC Communications Manager Julianna Ross was in search of a tool to help guide the volunteers through meal preparation for these large groups. She had the brilliant idea to compile a recipe book with volunteer-contributed recipes. Julianna recognized the need for additional technology training to be able to develop the professional-quality recipe book that she had envisioned, and she turned to NPower for help.
Having attended NPower trainings in the past, Julianna was confident that she would be able to gain the necessary skills to successfully complete this project. She brought the beginnings of the recipe book to an educational coaching session and worked one-on-one with an NPower trainer, and was able to get all of her specific questions answered. The training resulted in a significant time-savings and Julianna was able to complete the recipe book and make it available for volunteers. It has since become a very popular tool for volunteer groups. You can view a copy of the recipe book on their website. For more detail on the impact this recipe has had on RMHC, you can read the full case study on our website.
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