Ronald McDonald Houses Support Families Worldwide

Ronald McDonald Houses and related programs support families while children receive medical care, offering lodging, meals, practical help and a sense of community. In Delaware and South Jersey, families describe returning to the houses during their children’s ongoing, complex treatment and say staff, volunteers and other families help them feel included and supported. In Chattanooga, the house has served about 20,000 families since 1990, providing eligible families with free accommodation, meals, laundry and other essentials near the children’s hospital. In Idaho, a community blanket drive has supplied nearly 1,500 blankets to the Boise house, where each new or returning family receives one. Ronald McDonald House Philippines, marking 30 years, has expanded from early-learning centers into vaccination support and a hospital Family Room that has welcomed thousands of families.