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Our HouseThe New Orleans Ronald McDonald House opened December 1983, just nine years after the first House opened. The New Orleans House was the 53rd Ronald McDonald House in the country. The New Orleans House is a beautiful, homey, 15-bedroom house with a huge kitchen and dining room, two laundry areas, a toy room, two dens and an outside patio area– plenty of space for guests to make themselves at home and visit with each other. We have a full-time executive director Lynn H. Giuffria, administrative assistant Corey Staehle, administrative manager Mischa Naquin, housekeeper Verna Alvarez, resident manager and evening manager Lyndon Moody, a volunteer coordinator Jan Pisciotta and two part time drivers. Even with the staff, the House relies heavily on volunteer time and support. In June 1996, the New Orleans Ronald McDonald House merged with the foundation Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities (as did other Ronald McDonald Houses nationwide) to become Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater New Orleans. Now the organization is able to reach out and meet more needs in the community, while continuing to support the House as its cornerstone program. Beneficiaries of Ronald McDonald House Charities are other non-profits, which have demonstrated their ability to respond to the specific needs of children and their families in a definitive, hands-on way that yields measurable results. The staff of the Ronald McDonald House of New Orleans is a warm and loving staff. When they arrive for work, the families are foremost on everyone's mind, to help make everyone who stays at the house as comfortable as possible. We have a happy House that brings smiles to the faces of the children as well as the families who bring the staff the reward for working in such a wonderful environment. That's why the Ronald McDonald House is called their "home away from home".
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