The One About Standing with Families When They Need It Most

The Papaya Podcast

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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I had the honour of speaking with the mom of a family who has first-hand experienced @RMHCCanada to understand the unimaginable journey of having a seriously ill child and how Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Canada goes the extra mile to provide care that only a family can give. Thank you, @thekayleighkennedy for the time and opportunity to sit down and film this podcast segment with me to discuss the importance of RMHC support programs. From meals to mental health services, fitness rooms and non-medical therapies (such as pet and music therapy), RMHC goes above-and-beyond to meet the physical and emotional needs of every family member. However, Up to 4 out of 5 families who need RMHC services can't access them due to lack of space or no available program location, you can help RMHC help give families the care and support only a family can give! Donate today or learn how you can support families in your community at RMHC Canada. The Papaya Podcast is now a proud monthly sponsor of RMHC Canada and would love to invite others to join in giving back this family day *ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi friends and welcome to the papaya podcast. I'm your hostess, Try and Hermostus, Sarah Nicole,
0:10.4	and each week I'm going to be dishing out some sweetness mixed in with some seeds of wisdom or something like that.
0:17.8	So get ready to get inspired, get candid, get real, because we are all in this digital
0:23.3	space together. All right, everyone, welcome back. And today's episode is actually a very
0:31.0	special partnership with the RMHC of Canada. And we're going to be talking with a family who's
0:36.3	gone through the unimaginable
0:37.6	journey of having a seriously ill child and how RMC went the extra mile to provide that
0:43.1	care that that family really needed. So I really want to thank our guest today because we
0:48.8	are going to be sitting down and having a conversation on the podcast about the importance
0:53.2	of RMHC programs from meals to mental
0:56.2	health, fitness rooms, non-medical therapies such as pet and music therapy. RMHC goes above and
1:02.7	beyond to meet the physical and emotional needs of every family member. Up to four out of five
1:09.1	families who need RMHC services can't access them due to
1:12.9	lack of space or no available program location. So your help with the RMC, this family
1:19.6	day helps give families the care and support only a family can give. Donate today and learn
1:24.6	how you can support families in your community at RMC Canada.
1:29.2	I'm very happy to be welcoming somebody who has walked this journey.
1:35.3	Kaylee Kennedy, welcome to the show.
1:37.9	Awesome.
1:38.2	Thank you so much for having me.
1:39.4	I'm excited to share my story and a little bit emotional, but that's good.
1:43.0	Yeah.
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