Visionary in Children's Healthcare The Founder of Ronald McDonald House

RMHC Richmond ... Later that year, they received approval to open Richmond's very own Ronald McDonald House. The current site was purchased in September 1978 by ... Fast forward 43 years and we now have more than 366 Ronald McDonald Houses© that serve more than 7200 families a night around the world. We provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. 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 ... When a child is in the hospital, family needs to be close. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio provides a home away from home. 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 ... The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities® of the Bluegrass (RMHC) is to create and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of ... Our History ... In 1974, the Ronald McDonald House was founded with a simple but meaningful goal: to create a home away from home for families traveling to ... The Very First Ronald McDonald House. It all began in Philadelphia in 1974 when three-year-old Kim Hill, daughter of Philadelphia Eagles football player Fred ... RMHC of the Ohio Valley was born in 1988, with many founding families still deeply committed to the mission. McDonald's remains our founding and forever ...