{"id":9883,"date":"2026-10-27T08:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:01:15","slug":"delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Roland
Region 1 Coordinator Vinny Cicatello presented a check to Executive Director Lisa Booz from the Ronald McDonald House of Western New York on the last day of Convention. Convention attendees blew right past the Region’s goal and raised nearly $9,000 for the organization.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 30, 2026 —<\/em> Ahead of Convention, Region 1 set a goal of raising $7,500 for the Ronald McDonald House of Western New York (RMH) charity and Convention attendees blew right past that and raised nearly $9,000 for the organization.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"RonaldRegion 1 Coordinator Vinny Cicatello presented a check to Executive Director Lisa Booz on the last day of Convention.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Region 1 Convention Committee and the Roswell Park members who suggested the RMC are thankful that delegates were so generous in donating,\u201d said Cicatello. \u201cWe raised $9,000 for a tremendous cause. The representative for RMH was in disbelief, she wasn\u2019t expecting that much.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recognizing the need to support the whole family when a child is seriously ill or injured, the first Ronald McDonald House opened in Philadelphia in 1974.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat an impact this is going to make,\u201d Booz told delegates. \u201cIt costs $153 per room per night. That adds up to millions every year. You are helping make a huge impact on our families; thank you very much.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone may donate to the Ronald McDonald House charities <\/span>online<\/span><\/a>. There is an option to select a specific program or chapter.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 30, 2026 — Ahead of Convention, Region 1 set a goal of raising $7,500 for the Ronald McDonald House of Western New York (RMH) charity and Convention attendees blew…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-9883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-44-no-9"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDelegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"October 30, 2026 — Ahead of Convention, Region 1 set a goal of raising $7,500 for the Ronald McDonald House of Western New York (RMH) charity and Convention attendees blew...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PEF Communicator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-27T12:41:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-27T13:01:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/McDonald-Web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ksheehan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ksheehan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ksheehan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e\"},\"headline\":\"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-27T12:41:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-27T13:01:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/McDonald-Web.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/\",\"name\":\"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House - PEF Communicator\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/McDonald-Web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-27T12:41:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-27T13:01:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/McDonald-Web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/McDonald-Web.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Roland McDonald House check at Convention\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Volume 44. No. 9\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/volume-44-no-9\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"PEF Communicator\",\"description\":\"NYS PEF Communicator\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e\",\"name\":\"ksheehan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/communicator.pef.org\\\/issue\\\/author\\\/ksheehan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House - PEF Communicator","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House","og_description":"October 30, 2026 — Ahead of Convention, Region 1 set a goal of raising $7,500 for the Ronald McDonald House of Western New York (RMH) charity and Convention attendees blew...","og_url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/","og_site_name":"PEF Communicator","article_published_time":"2026-10-27T12:41:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-27T13:01:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/McDonald-Web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ksheehan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ksheehan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/"},"author":{"name":"ksheehan","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e"},"headline":"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House","datePublished":"2026-10-27T12:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-27T13:01:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/"},"wordCount":237,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/McDonald-Web.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/","name":"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House - PEF Communicator","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/McDonald-Web.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-27T12:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-27T13:01:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/McDonald-Web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/McDonald-Web.jpg","width":1200,"height":400,"caption":"Roland McDonald House check at Convention"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/delegates-surpass-fundraising-goal-for-ronald-mcdonald-house\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Volume 44. No. 9","item":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-9\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Delegates surpass fundraising goal for Ronald McDonald House"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/","name":"PEF Communicator","description":"NYS PEF Communicator","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b56382350a9a958e03dcd60443bfbf7e","name":"ksheehan","url":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/author\/ksheehan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9883"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9903,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883\/revisions\/9903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9883"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/division?post=9883"},{"taxonomy":"allowed_regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/allowed_regions?post=9883"},{"taxonomy":"allowed_divisions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/allowed_divisions?post=9883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}