and susan october is real a exciting time for ronald mcdonald house. >> it is, philadelphia ronald mcdonaldhouse, celebrating our 43rd birthday, officially on october 15th. and we're the first ronald mcdonald house in the world. and we're still proud and excited. over 360 world-wide now. and it started right here in philadelphia. so, in every october, we have our show your stripes campaign a way for everyone to celebrate the birth place and what the philadelphia ronald mcdonald house does and our mission to support as many families as we can. >> little earlier we were modeling our socks here in the studio, our typed socks. there are many different ways it get involved. so explain few of them? >> sure, for the show your stripes campaign, you can purchase a striped item, whether t-shirt, scarf, hat, pair of socks or a sock monkey >> okay? >> we also have some partners that have some red and white type theme food. we have de bruno's that has a specialty sandwich this week, proceeds of which come to us. we have federal donut, has red and white stripe donut. >> this week that you can purchase. w

360 ronald mcdonald houses worldwide. onald house here at stanford just expanded, and we're really proud to serve 123 families every night. it's about having meals together, so we provide food. we have an on-site classroom with a unified school district teacher so children can keep going with their education. so they can feel that sense of normalcy even when they're in a time of crisis. >> coming out here, i had no idea what the ronald mcdonald house was. when rebekah explained it to me, that we could all be together and be where lily was gonna get the best care, at lucile packard and... it sounded to good to be true, to be honest. it was a home away from home, and this journey wouldn't have been possible and isn't possible without ronald mcdonald house, and we're so grateful for it and everything that they do and everything that they've -- to keep families together, basically, while they're going through times like this. it's a rare thing, so we're very, very thankful and appreciative. >> daddy. >> [ laughing ] whoa! >> l

is show your stripes day, campaign as part of the birthday celebration for the very first ronald mcdonald househt here in center city. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do shows us why such a special day for the philadelphia police department >> reporter: for just one day each year philadelphia police department is red, white, blue , all over, to celebrate show your stripes day. >> i'm ready for work. >> reporter: officers and recruits are raising awareness and funds for ronald mcdonald house. >> show your stripes. >> reporter: this house was founded in philadelphia 43 years ago. >> it is really our mission to make sure families have everything that they need so that their children can be the focus. >> it is a holiday. >> reporter: officer ross tally head the campaign. for her the causes deeply personal. >> i have a daughter with special need and they really took care of me when she was in her younger years way bring was a police officer. i'm hoping if i ever had the opportunity to give back that i would give back. >> reporter: her car bursting with red, white striped items to sell, over three y

day to raise awareness and money for the philadelphia ronald mcdonald house. se is home away from home for families of sick children. officers and our crews from the philadelphia police department are, showing their support. >> i believe, you know, we will be out in the community, helping the community so i figure might as well start right now. >> we can win doing this just to make them happy. >> over the past three years police department has raised $75,000 for ronald mcdonald house of philadelphia it opens 43 years ago, and it is very first one in the world. if you want to show your support buy the striped items from the ronald mcdonald house web site we have ailing at cbs philly.com. >> we all have done done sod kind of red and white stripe as well, such a great cause. >> i am them under my boots right now. >> i need that had little scarves. it got chilly. >> perfect weather for a striped scarves or knee high socks. you are not needing them but you may sweat in them this weekend. we have another warm up on the way but this one is short lived this will only l

the first ronald mcdonald house in the world. even the philly fanatic was there. look at that puppy. the ronald mcdonald house supports families with seriously ill children. doing great stuff there. >>> eagles' fans are riding high tonight. you can still feel the excitement after last night's win against the panthers. we'll explain the mixed reaction, though, from fans. >>> and warmer weather is ahead. but behind that, there's another cooldown. we'll discuss the timing of all of this for your weekend, straight ahead. >>> i'm erin coleman, the harvey weinstein scandal has put the topic of sexual harassment back in the spotlight. coming up sunday morning we'll look at what local laws are in place to protect victims. >> women simply are saying we're done with this. we've had enough of it. and we're not going to put up with it. >> many districts are looking into whether to let teens snooze a little longer by pushing back high school start times. we'll hear about one local school that's already made the switch. >>> coming up sunday morning at 11: 11:30. on nbc 10. stepp

people in west philadelphia showing their stripes today to celebrate ronald mcdonald house. ks, hats, ties and scarves as the philadelphia ronald mcdonald house turns 43 years old. the chestnut street location is doubling its capacity with a new tower that will have 88 new rooms. the ronald mcdonald house supports families of seriously ill children. the philadelphia police academy instructor says they were there for her family when her daughter was sick. >> this was always one of my favorite, favorite charities because i've always been able to see exactly what they do, and they definitely put their money where their mouth is. >> there are over 300 ronald mcdonald house locations in the world and if you didn't know, the philadelphia location was the very first. >> how about that? >> yeah. great great people over there. >>> well, puerto ricans believe it or not still picking up the pieces after two hurricanes left a trail of devastation. >> our bill anderson went along with the rescue mission spending the day with doctors and companies doing whatever they can to help for goodne

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also this: >> lewis is a teenager and spent most of his life at ronald mcdonald house in camden, i'mta oh the bigger challenging is family is facing. >>> another award taken from disgrace, movie mowing up harvey weinstein big time movie director decide to give away money he makes from old movies he made with the weinstein company. we will be right >>> president trump met with the governor of puerto rico at the white house today, one month us, just one month after the island was devastated by hurricane maria. >> when asked by reporters how he would grade the government 's response to that disaster president trump rated it a 10. on the island relief crews are working around the clock to deliver aid, officials and service members loaded food, water on to trucks bound for people in need outside of san juan. meantime much of the island is still without power. the arrival of the new generators is expect to help power, 300,000 homes while repair work is being performed on transmission lines. >> the response is there, we do a lot more? of course, we do. i think everybody over here recognizes

most importantly he talks about his connection with the ronald motorcycle donald house of philadelphia. >> well, i got involved with ronald mcdonaldtoast, and jimmy murray, through a player had a caught their was ill with leukemia, started a thing called eagles fight leukemia raised money, and my wife volunteer therefore seven years while i was coaching there. so she was deeply involved. that will moved us more deeply involved with the ronald mcdonald house at that time. so that goes all the way back to 1976. >> vermeil remains heavily involved today, as they expands with a brand new builds that will give families of sick children a place to stay while they undergo treatment. vermeil says watching the children fight on a daily basis is an inspiration. >> people ask me many times: what inspires you? well, when you go there and sit next to a little three year old little girl, fighting leukemia, or some other rare disease that only children's hospital can help with, and the par rent there with her, having the parent there are probably more valuable than some of the medications they take. >> vermeil is also involved with the philadelp

. >> tomorrow we will feature another community partner ronald mcdonald house charities, see how you can help this organization that keeps the families of sick children close as they travel out of town for hospital treatment. we're coming right back. >> coming up on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 what's this caterpillar have to do with forecasting winter weather matt peterson has the answer, plus some other interesting forecasting folklore, including why today's weather may and important clue, you don't want to miss this today at 5:00. >> today on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 dog owners know how important it is to get their pup out for a walk each day. not always easy. now simple solution, tonight's "3 on your side" consumer reporter, how you can find a dog walk near matter every minute, tune in tonight at 11:00. >> a final check on the forecast with katie? >> definitely looking very significant. billion being of the rain starting to push into specifically new jersey but still going to find the issues on the roadways, quickly take a look at the traffic. there you go. southerly wind flow, i

. >> the ronald mcdonald house, those types of support organizations, they do critical work for the familyre. especially for families with more than one kid. they don't want the other kids to feel left out. important work. i'm glad you were there, eun. i'm glad such organizations like that are doing important work. outside it is a quiet start to your wednesday. hump day, yes, indeed. a little on the cool side this morning. but the real story over the last four weeks has been warm and dry in the last four weeks combined we've only had .04 of an inch of rain. that's three inches behind the average in the last four in the last four weeks we've had 16 days 80 or higher and 3 days in the 90s. nearly 10 degrees warmer than average for the last four weeks in a row. 4 things to know for the four cast. blue skies shining on me, you, everybody today. big warmup coming. dry weather lasts into the weekend, the first half of the weekend, and the tropics are not done yet. there may be a tropical system in the gulf of mexico as we get towards the second half of the weekend. that moisture may bring us our

. >> reporter: little erin is discharged after 435 days staying close by at philadelphia's ronald mcdonald houseth girls will be able to come home before the holidays. >>> coming up, halloween treats for your whole family. don't go anywhere. "good morning america," we'll be right back. [ applause ] >>> "gma's" food boost brought to you by li ♪ ♪ halloween treats. i want you to meet a very special person. this is daneshia lynch, she is a caterer and she was here a little while back. she was in the audience and she was very thoughtful and she made some treats for the crew that they devoured right after the show. we loved it so much, we decided to have her back as we count down to halloween. so she's a little nervous because she was just like you in the audience and i followed her on instagram and i love what you're doing here. these are some really fun things. >> thank you. >> we got some little helpers too. tell us what we'll do here. >> what we have here is our creepy crawling worms. all right. so the first thing we'll do is instant pudding in a pouch. >> that's easy. >> yeah. >> so put that in.

. >> reporter: little erin is discharged after 435 days staying close by philadelphia's ronald mcdonald houseus they hope both girls will be able to come home before the holidays. coming up, halloween treats for your whole family. don't go anywhere. "good morning america," we'll be right back. [ applause ] >>> "gma's" food boost brought to you by lifewa honey, what are you doing? watching a cow...? what's it doing? impressions start your day with the new hash brown scramble bowl from chick-fil-a. a bridge shut down over politics. their biggest triumph was a traffic jam. chris christie and kim guadagno's failures shortchanged our future. after 8 years- incomes are down, costs are up and our economy is crawling. we are better than this. i'm phil murphy together we'll build a stronger, fairer economy that works for every new jersey family. christie and guadagno left new jersey stuck. i'm serious about moving new jersey forward. ♪ >>> we are back now with halloween treats. i want you to meet a very special person. this is daneshia lynch, she is a caterer and she was here a little while back. she