25 Days Of Holiday Volunteering — Day 13: Meals For Hospitalized Kids

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — 'Tis the season for giving back to your community. There are a number of ways that you and your family can help out through the holidays and help others.

Every day through Christmas, Patch will be highlighting a way you can provide compassion and resources to those in need.

Volunteer New York! makes it easy to find ways to help — through donations, supporting nonprofits and even volunteering from home.

Today’s opportunity is for the Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley Cook Meals for Hospitalized Children. The Ronald McDonald House provides a temporary home-away-from-home for families with critically ill or traumatically injured children. The organization is looking for volunteers with cooking experience to help prepare meals that will be distributed to local hospitals to serve the families of hospitalized children.

Volunteer cooks will follow a custom-created menu in the Ronald McDonald House kitchen, and all ingredients supplies and instructions will be provided by the organization upon the start of each shift.

For more information, including what will be required, and to express interest, go here.

Check out all the volunteer opportunities around the Hudson Valley by visiting the Holiday Volunteering web page.