Meet the Flynn Family

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The Flynn Family stayed close when it mattered most thanks to our long-term apartments In 2005, when he was an infant, Will Flynn was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, a hereditary disease that affects the lungs and digestive system and the same disease his older sister, Anna, had been fighting for nearly four years. Over the …

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Meet the Marcinkowski Family

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Providing Support, Every Step of the Way Three-year-old Zosia has cerebral palsy. In Spring 2019, her family traveled from their hometown of Gdansk, Poland so that she could undergo a life-changing spinal surgery at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The goal of their 3,000-mile journey? That she would, one day, be able to walk on her …

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Meet the Voigt Family

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Paying it Forward: Connor’s Cause provides the comforts of home to families inside the Ronald McDonald Family Room Whitney and Neil Voigt’s son Connor was born on April 28, 2015. During the first few weeks of his life, Connor endured multiple surgeries and procedures at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, where he stayed in the …

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Meet the Whitworth Family

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Baby Caesyn’s family calls the Ronald McDonald House “home” during his stay in the NICU at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. On July 12, 2019, Caesyn Whitworth was born 10 weeks early in Springfield, Missouri. Because of his early arrival, he was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the hospital, where …

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Meet Nicholas Purschke

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In honor of his family’s past stay at a Ronald McDonald House, Nicholas Purschke designed and built an outdoor oasis for families to enjoy. When St. Louis native Nicholas Purschke, had to choose his Eagle Scout Service Project, it was clear how he wanted to give back. He decided to help provide the comforts of …

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