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>> Welcome back to Houston newsmakers on a true story of a
mother and son working together
on heartwarming project
this is adult swim on his mom
Sylvia working out details of
a big project at what is known
Houston is docking boys been
commissioned to paint a big
near old projects this one
devoted to the
Ronald McDonald care mobile and
Healthcare within reach
campaign. It’s a big mural
because the big and important
campaign nothing like seeing
the finished product they look
at those just knowing what went
into it the hope that it will
tracked a lot of attention
analysis here this morning.
Along with Tanya gee who is the
executive director of the
Ronald
Ronald McDonald House charities of
Houston Galveston good morning
to you both good morning, I’m
going to talk with Tanya you in
a second, but that is
a big your top problems it take
for you to do that my 4 days a
case about 4 days it was
raining,
raining, so was.
so was. >> Count we have to wait to the
weather calm down and go back
out there but.
>> But foreign a problem if
you’ve been doing it and what
goes into making that kind of
knew what happened.
I mean.
I mean. >> The design for me is kind of
like that rough part that the
painting is is the
fun part. So one time out their
paintings is it’s awesome been
doing it a long time I can
County you know, yeah, it’s
beautiful, it looks great in
tiny, I know it’s
got to.
got to. >> Be very good for people to
see that because it makes him
think about your organization
for people who
don’t know what’s the
difference between Ronald
McDonald House and Ronald
McDonald charities, bottom
of that.
of that. >> So in the Houston community
Ramadan Wall Street as we tell
people that see in charities is
for community. All of our
programs just like the caramel
bill that Alex painted for us
it’s out in the community
providing services to children
and families right where they
are and where their needs are.
>> And my is not there a
tremendous need for that now
looking at some of the
statistics this to we did it
within reach campaign is a
big reason for We see build the
health will build traveling
around and talk about the need
the uninsured people and kids
specifically who are in
this community who need this
kind of care and you provided
and they may not get it if it
was not for your program that’s
right camera.
right camera. >> Texas leads the nation in
uninsured children with 835,000
as of 2018. We found out in
December that in
Harris County around not for
been not the rest Justin Harris
County 200,000 children are
uninsured, they have
no access to resources for
medical care so we are working
to saw that last year we served
10,000 children bringing free
dental and medical care right
into their communities whether
it’s a a neighborhood McDonald’s who graciously make
available space for the
chemicals to park to community
centers partners with
schools, we’re out there trying
to find the areas where the
children need it most it
is a.
is a. >> Great cause in Dallas and
know that when you do these
kinds of things
do you. What is it more
important for you or is it
important for you to know the
connection between that new
you’re doing and the great good
that the organization’s going
to the after show once I heard
the story I was like.
>> I mean I’m in this do this
you know how to make it
happen so. Yeah, it was very
important for I’m an artist art
they were the kids
daily so the connection was it
was very strong in the eye can
imagine these kids not being
able to get a medical services
or medical attention so yeah, I
said yes right away to me
about the.
about the. >> Program has been around for
a long time were talking before
we start taping people might
not know how long that mobile
the health mobiles at the right
when
when my say.
my say. >> A run of his own care mobile
medical clinic is what I say is
we have to have them. Yes, we
have 2 of them so that they
look like this where it is
right here. Hunter a look just
like this find them in your
They’re just 40 people said the
shrinks ISO how many of them
are there is there too in the
Houston community 5th the
worldwide with the Ronald
McDonald House charities
partner.
partner. >> And how long ago and it
started because of someone just
realize that there were people
who needed
who needed to get.
to get. >> The medical care they may
not be able to exactly it was
we have had the medical clinic
on the road for 15 years and
has a charity we’ve been for
30 years providing and
supporting programs that
benefit the health and
well-being
well-being of children.
of children. >> This whole process and in
the time that you’ve been with
the organization what is
gratifying to you when you
see this mobile going and you
see the clear that the mobile
clinic go into a community and
you see the people coming out
with a sense of some sort of
satisfaction, they least of had
care that they would not have
otherwise had.
otherwise had. >> So if I can take my men
share a Young man Carlos we met
last year. His family brought
him to a chemical he was 17.
Brought him to one of the care
of those because he needed a
vision exam he just needed to
get his eyes checked he losing
sight kind of in
one eye and the team on the
caramel bill figured out that
he had something much more
serious going on got him
referred into care treatment
and he had a
brain tumor that I can happy to
report has been
successfully treated and he
will live a long and wonderful
life and his
the progression has been
stopped so his vision is binse
saved where it is
so it’s moments like that.
Yeah, the
Yeah, the big big.
big big. >> Moments it so that was what
do you hope that your mural
will do and and maybe
attracting attention and maybe
maybe having more stories like
that going for.
>> I mean I just hope people
look into it you know they
can drive pine and look at it
and go on is that maybe do some
research I get involved
as well.
as well. >> What would you want how can
people get in touch with you
about the services
you offer.
you offer. >> So we want people to go by
and see the mural we want
people to engage in the hashtag
Healthcare within reach
campaign. Google it on social
media and learn about us come
to our website to find services
so if your family or know a
family in need have them come
to our website to get the
schedule so they can find the
care mobile. And if
you are blessed to have
opportunity that you’re not in
need. Challenge your friends on
social media to find the cable
bill and make a donation.
>> So where is the mural I
mean it it is on mckenney in
between Saint Charles and live
oak so east of downtown.
>> Go buy take a look at that I
make sure to put that
information you just talked
about think on our website our
newsmakers page on click 2
Houston
Houston dot com. Congratulations thank
great work. Thank you to a guy