Roethlisberger Shows Family Around Pittsburgh Construction Site
POSTED: 1:01 pm EDT May 5,
2009
UPDATED: 6:57 pm EDT May 19,
2009
PITTSBURGH -- Construction of Pittsburgh's new Ronald McDonald House is coming along, and Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger served as a special tour guide Tuesday.
Ben Roethlisberger at the new Ronald McDonald House in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.
Roethlisberger traded his football helmet for a hard hat as he showed a local family around the construction site on 44th Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood.Video: Watch Ari Hait's ReportThe old facility is in Shadyside, but the new one is next to the new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and is more than twice as large.It provides a home for families who have children as long-term patients at the hospital.
Ben Roethlisberger at the new Ronald McDonald House in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.
"It's going to be a great facility, because what they do for these kids and the families is so awesome, and to be now so close to the children's hospital, it just really is an amazing thing," Roethlisberger said.The new building is scheduled to open in August.Roethlisberger is an honorary chairman of Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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