Caring for families especially in the most challenging moments.
When a child is in the hospital, family stays. And we stay with them. Together, as a family
Together as a family
When a child is in hospital, families don’t just visit, they stay. Because families are the strength, safety and love that supports a child through every challenge. Ronald McDonald House helps families stay together, providing essential services that strengthen families and promote healing when their child is hospitalized.
More than a place to stay, Ronald McDonald House Family Room surrounds families with the care, support and resources they need.
All families who walk through our doors are navigating one of – if not the – hardest times in their lives, most often when their child has been diagnosed with a serious chronic condition such as cancer, a complex heart condition, or one requiring specialized NICU or PICU care.
Caregivers come to us already carrying financial stress, housing challenges, food insecurity, high levels of anxiety and some times depression. And when their child is diagnosed, those pressures compound.
Our Ronald McDonald Family Room programs are directly inside the hospital and adjacent to neonatal or pediatric wards. They provide home-like, quiet spaces where families can rest and recharge during the long days of testing or treatment.
During the first 18 months of operation, our social impact at "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital