Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Of Western Washington & Alaska

Programs: Ronald mcdonald house charities of western washington & alaska owns and operates the seattle ronald mcdonald house. With 80 rooms, the seattle house provides supportive, temporary lodging to families of seriously ill children who must leave their own community to have their children treated at seattle children's hospital. In 2017, 429 families stayed at the seattle house. The seattle ronald mcdonald house is a comfortable and nurturing environment. Families have their own individual rooms and bathrooms and share the rest of the house - a fully equipped kitchen and dining area, a stocked pantry, computer lab, laundry facilities, a movie theater and play areas. Children's hospital is just a block away. Families who stay at ronald mcdonald house are far from home and worried about their children. Most are also struggling financially. By providing a supportive place to stay, rmhc helps keep families together during a very difficult time in their lives. The seattle ronald mcdonald house could not run without committed volunteers. In 2017, volunteers committed over 43,150 hours of time - the equivalent of twenty one full-time staff members. Volunteer jobs include front desk shifts, cooking dinner for families, driving our van, week-end house management, cleaning, running the family resource center and many other ways to help. Volunteer applications are available on our website.

ronald mcdonald house charities of western washington & alaska also operates a house in anchorage, alaska, in partnership with the alaska native medical center. The 34-room house is within the patient housing building and serves expectant mothers with high risk pregnancies as well as families of pediatric patients at the alaska native medical center. In 2017, the first year of operation for the house at alaska native medical center, 1,200 families were served.