We made an unplanned trip to Kansas City, but had already been talking to the Ronald McDonald House there to arrange a 1st Quarter donation. Luckily, they were able to accommodate our change in plans, so we packed up 120 books and added the KC RMH to our partnership network. This marks our 11th RMH…

Over the past 2 months, the Foundation has added 3 more locations to our network of partners that support kids dealing with illness. We’ve donated over 800 books in the first half of 2023 to our partners by adding the Ronald McDonald Houses in Omaha, Des Moines, and Iowa City. With 11 different partner organizations…

The founders took a trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and donated 120 books to the Ronald McDonald House of SD, making them the 5th location that we have partnered with in our mission to provide comfort to children via reading. With this gift, Healing Chapters Foundation has provided over 1300 books to organizations that,…

Healing Chapters Foundation partnered with IBM as part of their Employee Charitable giving campaign on Oct 4. IBM provided 250 kits to Family Service Rochester and 250 kits to Rochester Ronald McDonald House containing various items for the families that those organizations serve. Healing Chapters provided 500 copies of a children’s book (The Wonders of…

We have now expanded our partnership to a 4th organization, the Ronald McDonald House, Upper Midwest. This group actually consists of 5 different House locations — 2 in Minneapolis, 2 in St Paul, and 1 in Duluth. We provided 90 books (10 copies each of the 9 titles in our “library”) that will be distributed…

The St Louis Ronald McDonald House is our newest partner, delivering books to the children and families that they service. Founders, Mark & Joyce Even, delivered 135 books to the St Louis downtown location, consisting of copies of each of the 9 books in our “Library”. RMH St Louis has 3 locations and will spread…

Our library now consists of 9 titles of books. Some are for early/non-readers, some for middle-grade. Some are girl friendly, some are boy friendly, and some are for everyone. And now, 2 of the books are bi-lingual, written in both English and Spanish. We’ve connected with Arte Publico Press and the University of Houston in…

Thanks to our founder’s cousins in Houston, The Healing Chapters Foundation has partnered with the Houston Ronald McDonald House to provide books in their family welcome packages for the children entering their house. We delivered over 80 books consisting of 7 different titles for the RMH to distribute. This is our 2nd location of Ronald…

Tues – 12/15. The Healing Chapters Foundation makes its first delivery of books to the Rochester MN Ronald McDonald House. Books for non-readers/early readers and 8-13 year olds were included in the shipment (4 titles total, 80 books in all!). RMH will provide the age-appropriate books in their welcome packages provided to each family that…