On my recent trip to Haiti, I was blessed to be able to start a new program that will provide a hot lunch to nearly 550 students at Good Samaritan Community School in Anse-a-Pitre, Haiti each and every day of the school week. This represents more than 11,000 hot lunches a month.  The school lunch […]

We had a chance to sit down with our founder, Michael Donner and talk candidly about Barco’s Nightingales Foundation.  Below is part one of the conversation. Q.     What motivated you to start Barco’s Nightingales Foundation?   A.     For some time my wife Frida and I had been trying to think of a way to pay […]

The diagnosis of ‘cancer” is always devastating, but when it is your child who is diagnosed; the impact on the entire family can be unbearable. Whatever the prognosis, a cancer diagnosis interrupts childhood and hinders the experiences that lead to normal child development.

  On April 7,2013 our Community of Compassion joined us in our third Walk for Children.  We were fortunate to walk side by side with the RMHC Walk for Kids. We were joined this year again by suppliers, customers and service companies who work with our company. What an amazing accomplishment and how proud we all feel. […]

A couple of years ago, I visited Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times and had the wonderful opportunity to spend time with the kids with cancer that attended the camp. Their energy and spirit touched me beyond my expectations. The walls and campsite were filled with words of encouragement like,”Effort only fully releases it’s reward […]

The sign says it all.  We can all carry the sign “I am hope”.  Everyday there is hope in our lives.  We just need to choose Hope.  Our Walk for Kids was a huge success.  We had over 400 walkers, each with much hope for the future of all those children in need of a […]

On April 1,2012 approximately 454 Walkers joined us in our second walk.  We were fortunate to walk side by side with the RMHC Walk for Kids. Our community of compassion grew to 454 with the help of our outside guests. They were suppliers, customers and service companies who work with our company and they helped to bring the […]

I recently received a letter from one of our partners in our community of compassion which I would like to share. Because of many of your donations and generosity, we have been able to give this gift of smiles to many of these children from ReSurge. “It is my distinct pleasure to provide you with […]

A child’s smile is one of life’s greatest blessings. There are many children all over the world that cannot smile whether it is physical or they do not feel they have a reason to. We have had the pleasure and honor to work together, forming a community of compassion with people who care and strive […]

Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times has been supporting children with cancer and their families since 1982. The smiles they have put on these children and their families warms your heart. We raised a challenge with them to help them be able to help more kids. We offered to pay $4.00 per like on the […]