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Causes: Community Health Systems, Education, Health, Primary & Elementary Schools, Secondary & High Schools
Mission: The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities of greater houston/galveston, inc. Is to create, find and support programs that directly benefit children primarily in the areas of health and education.
Programs: Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater houston/galveston, inc. (rmhcghg) awards grants and scholarships in the areas of children's healthcare and children's education. Our core programs include: ronald mcdonald care mobile, scholarships for graduating high school seniors and ronald mcdonald c. H. E. E. R. ! Room. We also support ronald mcdonald house of houston and ronald mcdonald house of galveston. Ronald mcdonald care mobile is a two-room mobile medical unit that provides quality healthcare completely free of charge in the most medically under-served areas of our community. Operated by texas children's hospital, ronald mcdonald care mobile has a full-time doctor and nurse available throughout the week. In august 2012, a second mobile unit began operations. In this three-room mobile unit, operated by university of texas health school of dentistry, future dentists and dental hygienists gain educational experience through providing much needed dental care to under-served children throughout houston. Rmhcghg awarded 85 scholarships to local graduating high school seniors totaling $170,000. Ronald mcdonald c. H. E. E. R! (children's health education enrichment resource) room, provides a fun, colorful, welcoming environment and an educational place for children to wait while their mothers receive prenatal care at utmb regional maternal and child health program clinics. The non-clinical staff keeps children occupied with age-appropriate mini-lessons in health and wellness allowing mothers to turn their attention to the healthcare providers giving them critical information about their own health and the health of their unborn baby. Rmhcghg provides grants to ronald mcdonald house of houston and ronald mcdonald house of galveston. These houses offer a home away from home providing care, compassion and hope to families with seriously ill children undergoing treatment in area medical institutions. Rmhcghg did not make any grants to organizations outside of their program entities in 2017.