RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS
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Mission Statement
To provide a home-away-from-home to families of seriously ill children and support to organizations that serve the needs of children.
About This Cause
Many families travel far from home to get treatment for their seriously ill or injured children. Often, it can be a long time to be away from home or to divide a family. And, for children facing a serious medical crisis, nothing seems scarier than not having their mom and dad close by for love and support. There are two Ronald McDonald Houses in St. Louis that provide a home-away-from-home for families so they can stay close to their hospitalized child at little or no cost. Our Houses are built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on healing their child – not where they can afford to stay, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head at night to rest. We allow families to face the weight of illness together and to focus on the health of their child rather than grocery shopping, cleaning, or cooking meals. RMHC St. Louis requests a nominal fee for a family’s stay at the House, but no family is turned away or denied a future stay because of their ability to pay. When families walk into one of our Ronald McDonald Family Rooms, we want them to feel the comfort and care of our home-away-from-home. Often steps away from a pediatric intensive care unit or neonatal intensive care unit, Ronald McDonald Family Rooms offer places of refuge to families whose children have been hospitalized because of illness or injury. The four St. Louis area Ronald McDonald Family Rooms are located inside of Mercy Children’s Hospital (2), St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Each year, more than 49,000 local and out-of-town visitors find comfort and care in our Ronald McDonald Family Rooms.