Fischler Academy Students and Members of NSU’s Women’s Basketball Team Visit Jackson Hospital Ronald McDonald House

In early January, students from NSU’s Fischler Academy and members of NSU women’s basketball team provided dinner and entertainment for 18 families at the Jackson Memorial Medical Center Ronald McDonald House in Miami.

Fischler Academy students, Eloise Nieto, Tianna Harris, and Grace Keilbach organized the menu along with fun activities for the families. Maria Bardeeva, Sarah Kelly, Jordan Tully, and Makenna Drabik, members of NSU’s women’s basketball team, helped prepare dinner and played with the children at the center, bringing them lots of smiles in a fun-filled evening that included a sock signing, contests and prizes.A Ronald McDonald House provides a place for families to call home so they can stay close by their hospitalized child at little to no cost.  The House was built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on the health of their child – not where they can afford to stay, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head a to rest at night.