The Power of Compassion Meet the Founder of Ronald McDonald House

Audrey Evans, noticed there were insufficient accommodations for families who had to travel to Philadelphia for their children's healthcare needs. They enlisted ... “But if I wasn't sick, all of this might not have happened.” The Ronald McDonald House was founded as a result of one young girl's fight against leukemia that ... Our History. Dr. Audrey Evans, a pediatric oncologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the 1970s, saw families spend night after night sleeping in ... The New Orleans Ronald McDonald House opened December 10, 1983 with the help of the New Orleans Saints. It was the 53rd Ronald McDonald House to open in the ... RMHC Founding Mission Partner since 1974 ... From the moment we opened our first Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia, PA, the entire McDonald's system (owner/ ... David, Gray and Day Zimlich met with a man who had a similar dream, Jack Smith, owner/operator of numerous McDonald's restaurants in Mobile. In a board room at ... In 1984, Ronald McDonald House Charities was officially established in memory of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, a strong advocate for children. That first Ronald McDonald House opened in Philadelphia in 1974. Today there are more than 300 houses in 30 countries around the world. "Labor of Love: Give ... Keeping families close. Since 1990, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Rochester, NY has provided food, lodging, and transportation for families with sick ... The doors of RMHC Detroit opened in November of 1979, adjacent to the DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan, becoming the 11th Ronald McDonald House location to ...