No visitors allowed at Ronald McDonald House

The House is still in need of donations.

Coronavirus as restaurants and gyms are now closed, so are a lot of other organizations.

Kimt news three's madelyne watkins joins us live this morning to explain what one nonáprofit is doing to keep sick children safe from coávid 19.

Madelyne./// brooke and tyler.

Ronald mcdonald house isn't allowing any visitors inside right now á that's including volunteers and donors.

The communication s director, jacob dreyer, tells me one third of staff is working off site to keep the least amount of people in the house as they can.

The ronald mcdonald house serves children with compromised immune systems. but dreyer says luckily, things going on in the outside world aren't effecting them as much because they're safe in the house.

That's because staff is making sure the cleanliness of the house, safety and overall wellbeing of the children and parents is their number on priority.

Dreyer says it's really hard on staff and the families right now not being able to do their normal fun services.

But he says the families have been very understanding that staff is doing everything they can to protect their outside visitors, that includes a lot of our house activities, so we're talking paw pals where the pet therapy dogs come in, we're talking about house dinner groups where large groups would come in and serve meals to families.

So that has been tough because those are just really neat things that are unique to a place like the ronald mcdonald house."

Dreyer says the best way you can help during this time if you would like is by providing financial donations to the house.

Live in rochester.

Madelyne watkins kimt thank you madelyne.

And we'll have more on ways you can donate to the ronald mcdonald house coming up in about 20 minutes.