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The Children's Family House Society of British Columbia d.b.a Ronald McDonald House British Columbia & Yukon

Description of Business Activities

Since 1983, the Ronald McDonald House of British Columbia and Yukon (RMH BC&Y) has succeeded in providing a comforting home and circle of support to over 25,000 families as their seriously ill child faces a medical crisis. Our families travel hundreds or thousands of kilometers to ensure their sick child has access to necessary and often urgent, life-saving pediatric care only available in Vancouver at BC Children's and BC Women's Hospitals. Today, RMH BC & Y is at a tipping point where the need to serve more families is higher than the space and resources we have to offer them. The situation is resulting in us turning away over 500 families each year who urgently need our support. Despite our expansion in 2014 from a 13-bedroom home to a brand new 73-bedroom facility, 575 steps away from BC Children's and BC Women's Hospital, care teams at the hospital campus routinely have to advise families that RMH BC & Y is full. With few alternatives available, these stressed-out families are plunged into finding a home away from home close to their sick child in a large city they don't know well. Recent provincial projections show we're going to need more spaces in the next few years to even come close to meeting the need. We are looking for community leaders to help support our dream of building a new House adjacent to our current House, to serve more families. In order to do that, we need to fundraise $100M with the goal of breaking ground in early 2026 and welcoming more families by the spring of 2028. Together, let us help our families solve the challenge of accommodation close to the hospital where their sick child is being treated.

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity.

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Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

The Children's Family House Society of British Columbia d.b.a Ronald McDonald House British Columbia & Yukon is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

The Children's Family House Society of British Columbia d.b.a Ronald McDonald House British Columbia & Yukon does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of The Children's Family House Society of British Columbia d.b.a Ronald McDonald House British Columbia & Yukon are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Sebastian Jedrzejewski | Has not held any “former public office holder” positions in BC, as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act

Relevant Codes of Conduct

The consultant lobbyist does not have in place an undertaking to comply with any relevant codes of conduct.

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