Dinner in a Dash

The joy of cooking together, and providing our families with a nourishing meal.

Family stays at the heart of their child’s care, when their child needs them the most.

After a long day by their child’s hospital bed, cooking a meal may be the last thing on a parent’s mind. By simply preparing a homemade dinner for our families, you can ease the burden of a difficult journey.

Our warm and supportive house provides a ‘home away from home’ for families when they need it most – they are away from their home town, having travelled from across the state so that their child can receive treatment in Orange.

The Corporate Partnership programs are vital and play a critical part in how we support the families of ill and injured children who are either staying with us in-house and also through our hospitality cart servicing the paediatric ward and Special Care Nursery at Dubbo hospital.

A little bit about our ‘Dinner in a Dash’ program…

Community groups and Corporate teams come into Ronald McDonald House in Orange to prepare meals for our families staying with us, which provides comfort and nourishment when they need it most. The meals are then available for families to grab at any time of day or night from our fridges and freezers.

We find that our ‘Dinner in a Dash’ partners feel that is a rewarding, team building experience and they leave the house feeling uplifted and inspired.

We would love to have you involved in the program and we can also provide the team with a tour of the house, and chat through what we do here for our families while you and the team are here.

Enquire About Participating in
'Dinner in a Dash' or any of our programs here…

We would love to hear from you if you would like your organisation to become a valued Corporate Partner with Ronald McDonald House Central West.

Our requirements for participating in our ‘Dinner in a Dash’ program are:

  • Each person attending must sign our Code of Conduct and Ethics (either to be sent in prior or brought on the day)
  • We require a minimum of one person in the group to have a Working With Children Check (Volunteer) – copy to be kept on our file
  • We have a checklist for each group to work through on the day from setup to clean up
  • Ronald McDonald House Central West will provide the containers and labels.  If you can let us know what you will be cooking prior and what is in the recipe we can make up the labels for you and include the work logo
  • The Corporate team brings the ingredients to cook the meals
  • We provide a tour of the house for your team at the end of the session
  • We take photos throughout and at the end of the cooking for socials and ensure that you are tagged on our pages (Instagram, Facebook, Linkedin)

A great addition to your time in the house is to schedule in a meeting with your team in our Board Room prior to commencing your cooking session – please let me know if you would like to add this in.

Frequently asked questions

Dinner in a Dash

Is there a minimum age requirement?
The minimum age for participation in our ‘Dinner in a Dash’ program is 18 years.
We have a maximum capacity of 10 – if you have more in your group please reach out to us to enquire about how we can accommodate larger groups.
It’s always a big hit with families if one of their favourite movie characters is in the kitchen cooking! Please feel free to choose your own theme for your session if you would like to dress up.

Enquire About Participating in Dinner in a Dash or any of our programs here…

We would love to hear from you if you would like your organisation to become a valued Corporate Partner with Ronald McDonald House Central West.

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