Ronald McDonald House Charities
| Formation | October 15, 1974 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Type | Health care, charity, social welfare |
| Headquarters | Oak Brook, IL, United States |
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Official language
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English |
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Key people
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Sheila Musolino (President and CEO) Steven Ramirez (Chairman of the Board) |
| Website | rmhc.org |
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is an independent nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children.
Gerald Newman, Chief Accounting Officer for McDonald's Corporation, was "one of the founders of Ronald McDonald Children's Charities and was president of R.M.H.C."
RMHC has a global network of Chapters in 63 countries and regions under three core programs, Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile.
There are currently 365 Ronald McDonald's Houses in 42 countries and regions. Ronald McDonald Houses act as a place to stay for families with hospitalized children under 21 years of age (or 18, depending on the House), who are being treated at nearby hospitals and medical facilities. Ronald McDonald's Houses provide over 7,200 bedrooms to families around the world each night, with an estimated value of $700 million in lieu of hotel costs.
There are currently 214 Ronald McDonald's Family Rooms in 24 countries and regions. These Rooms accommodate over 3,000 families each day who live in the community and don't need or do not meet the prescribed criteria to stay at a Ronald McDonald House. They provide a safe place for family members to rest, wash clothes, take a shower, or nap near the vicinity of their child.
There are currently 50 Ronald McDonald's Care Mobiles in 9 countries and regions. Ronald McDonald Care Mobiles are mobile clinics that offer health care for children in their own neighborhoods at no cost to the families. The program serves more than 100,000 children a year, and saves families in the U.S. $10 million in medical and dental costs each year.
The Ronald McDonald's Learning Program (Australia only) was formed in 1997 to help children who had suffered minor illness and returned to school. The stated mission of the program is to provide "educational support" to these children who have fallen behind in their education. The Ronald McDonald Learning Program is the only program of its kind in Australia. The program now works with over 1000 students each week. The program was first piloted in 1997 by Tracey Webster.
The Ronald McDonald's Learning Program supplies students with:
In 1981, the first Ronald McDonald's House outside the United States opened, in Toronto, Ontario. In 1991, the 150th Ronald McDonald's House opened, in Paris, France now closed. On July 25, 2005, the 250th opened, in Caracas, Venezuela currently closed. The first in-hospital Ronald McDonald House in APMEA (Asia Pacific Middle East and Africa) opened at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand, on June 7, 2011. Currently there are 324 Ronald McDonald's Houses in 17 countries.
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