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Ronald McDonald House expansion receives help

The JELD-WEN Foundation presented a check for $100,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Thursday for its upcoming expansion project.The Temple Ronald McDonald House, open since 1986, serves as a home away from home for families with seriously ill children receiving medical treatment in local hospitals.It is expanding its current eight-bedroom house with an additional 18 rooms, each with private bathrooms. Laundry facilities, a kitchen, more storage and play areas will be included."Ronald McDonald House is vitally important for this community," said Susan Bolton, executive director."Sometimes this house is the only place, besides the hospital, families see."Jane Nash, past president of the Ronald McDonald House building committee, said JELD-WEN was an obvious choice for the project.The JELD-WEN Foundation is the charitable arm of JELD-WEN, parent corporation of Wenco Distributors and Doorcraft of Texas, both located in Temple."When we started contemplating doing this, we talked of finding a company that has a pulse in the community," said Ms. Nash."JELD-WEN was the first company I thought of because we knew they could make it happen," by Terry Tamika
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