Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times

[1] The charity drew financial and organizational support from numerous celebrities, with Dustin Hoffman and Michael Jackson playing prominent roles in its early growth.

[2] Construction began in June 1979, and by March 1980, about two thirds of the necessary funds had been raised, with the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team joining the effort.

[4] In February 1984, a fundraising drive for Camp Good Times was supported by Michael Jackson, Richard Chamberlain, O. J. Simpson, David Soul, Neil Diamond, and Dustin Hoffman.

Between the two episodes, Brian Lane Green, Robin Riker, Giovanni Ribisi, Joshua John Miller, and Barry Williams guest starred either as children at the camp or their parents.

[15] The following year, Edminston started the competing Happy Trails Camp, also in California, to enable disabled children to work with and ride horses.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan visiting Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times in 1987.