Home For Dinner
A team building activity to connect in an authentic way while making a difference to the lives of WA families with ill or injured children
Each year on average, we will provide 50,000 home cooked meals for WA families staying across Ronald McDonald House at QEII, Ronald McDonald House on Park and Ronald McDonald House in PCH. So, join us for a very special giving experience to share with your colleagues and friends.
The Home For Dinner experience allows corporate and community teams to cook a meal for families who rely on Ronald McDonald House Charities WA.
Your team will work under the supervision of our catering supervisor in our commercial kitchen. After a long day by of hospital appointments, cooking a meal may be the last thing on a parent or carer’s mind. By preparing a homemade dinner, you can help make things a little easier at a time when they need it most.
What does it cost?
- Corporate Groups: $1,500 (ex GST)
- Community Groups: $1,000 (ex GST)
Can we “dress up”?
It’s always a big hit with families if one of their favourite movie characters serve them dinner! If you feel like taking full advantage of the experience, please feel free to choose your own theme to ‘dress up’ in.
Book a Home For Dinner session for your team
How Your Home For Dinner Experience Will Work
Home For Dinner sessions start at 3:00pm
- Arrive: Arrive at Ronald McDonald House Nedlands by 3pm on the date of your booking
- House Tour: Enjoy a tour of our Nedlands House, where you’ll get an understanding of the programs and services available to families through Ronald McDonald House Charities WA
- Kitchen Induction: our MinRes in-house chefs will take you through an induction for the commercial kitchen and run through the dinner menu you’ll be preparing
- Chop Chop: you’ll be slicing, dicing, mixing and cooking
- Dinner Service: Help serve your home cooked meals to the families in the dining room. We have two dining sessions, with dinner service beginning at 5:30pm
- Enjoy your meal: you’ll sit down to enjoy your meal at 6:30pm. You’ll have the chance to chat to the families who you’ve cooked for
- Clean Up: you’ll help clean up the commercial kitchen, ready for the next day’s meals
Sessions finish at 8:00pm.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
- Is there a minimum age requirement? The minimum age for participation in the Home for Dinner program is 16 years.
- Is there a maximum group size? We have a maximum capacity of 10 team members in our commercial kitchen.
Any additional team members can get involved by decorating the dining room to a theme or setting up activities for families staying with us to enjoy over dinner.
Our Other Cooking Programs
Lovin From The Oven
Bake a difference in the lives of WA families staying with us, by preparing home-baked treats for them.
Lovin From The Oven sessions start at 9:30am.
The Big Breakfast
Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day, and when you’re caring for a sick or injured child, it’s the fuel you need to kick-start a morning filled with medical appointments.
Plan your menu and BYO ingredients then utilise the Ronald McDonald House kitchen to provide breakfast to the families who stay with us at Ronald McDonald House Nedlands and Perth Children’s Hospital.
The Big Breakfast sessions start at 7:30am.
Testimonials
“We hope that by providing a home-cooked meal it offers families comfort, stability and a sense of normality in a time of uncertainty.
At MinRes, we know the importance of a good meal because we’ve seen firsthand how it impacts the wellbeing of our own employees. Just as we prioritise the health and wellbeing of our workforce, we want to extend that care to families going through a difficult time. By taking one daily task off their plate, we hope to make a hard time a little bit easier.”
– MinRes Executive General Manager People Facilities and Logistics, Bethanie Ibrahim
Acknowledgement of Country
Ronald McDonald House Charities WA acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia. We recognise their enduring and continuing connection to the sky, lands, waters, and culture of this land.