Select Comfort rope in Rob & Amber Mariano for RMHC charities event
31 Aug '05
4 min read
Select Comfort's long-term goal is to provide a Sleep Number bed for each of the more than 4,000 bedrooms in the Ronald McDonald Houses nationwide. Some of Select Comfort's suppliers also support the charity. Winland Electronics donates the electronic components for each Sleep Number Firmness Control System pump that Select Comfort donates to Ronald McDonald House.
Ronald McDonald House was created through the leadership of Fred Hill, a former Philadelphia Eagles player, and his wife, Fran, who grew tired of sleeping on hospital furniture while their young daughter received leukemia treatments.
The three core programs of RMHC - the Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile - are focused on helping families in need. The cornerstone Ronald McDonald House program began in 1974 based on a simple idea: Provide a "home away from home" for families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals. Since that time, more than 10 million families around the world have benefited from the comfort provided by a Ronald McDonald House.
Each House is run by a local nonprofit organization comprised of members of the medical community, business and civic leaders, parents/volunteers and McDonald's owners/operators. Families staying at Ronald McDonald House are asked to make a donation ranging from $5 to $20 per day; if that is not possible, their stay is free. The average stay is approximately 18 days, and since 1974 the program has helped more than three million family members.
Founded in 1987, Select Comfort Corporation is the nation's leading bed retailer (1), holding 32 U.S. issued or pending patents for its personalized sleep products. The company designs, manufactures and markets a line of adjustable-firmness mattresses featuring air-chamber technology, branded the Sleep Numberr bed, as well as foundations and sleep accessories.
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