Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Upper Midwest

Programs: Lodging: the ronald mcdonald house - oak street provides a supportive home-away-from-home for families who live more than 60 miles away from the twin cities and whose children are being treated for cancer and other life-threatening illness. In 2017, this program supported 228 families. 41% of the families reside out-of-state and 59% are from greater mn. The average length of stay for families of bone marrow transplants was 126 nights while the average stay for other families was 65 nights. The program provided a total of 14,835 nights of lodging. Family services: a variety of supportive family services are provided for families supported through this program. A licensed alternative k-12 school is available for siblings and children who are patients while staying at the ronald mcdonald house. Other services provided are after school programs, a summer program and various evening activities 5 nights a week. The program covers the cost of accommodating 48 families who live at the house each day. No family is ever turned away for inability to make a financial contribution. Rmh bills certain states and counties for children's special health care services funds. During 2017, rmh received $116,340 from these house reimbursements.

lodging: the ronald mcdonald house - chicago avenue provides an in-hospital community of support for families with a child in one of the intensive care units at children's minnesota, minneapolis. In 2017, this program supported 1,752 families and had a total of 65,948 visits. This program has no geographic requirement. 72% of families lived within 60 miles of the twin cities. The program provided a total of 4,853 nights of lodging. In addition to providing free hospitality to all visitors, the program covers the cost of accommodating the 15 families who stay at the house each night. No family is ever turned away for inability to make a financial contribution.

lodging: the ronald mcdonald family room: this program is located within gillette children's specialty healthcare, st. Paul and has no geographic requirement. It provides lodging and support for any eligible family with an in-patient child. For families in need of overnight lodging, the ronald mcdonald family room offers four private rooms, each with its own bathroom. In 2017, 1,554 families were served. There were 35,539 visits and 1,440 nights of lodging provided. 59% of families staying lived within 60 miles. In addition to providing free hospitality to all visitors, the program covers the cost of accommodating the four families who stay at the family room each night. No family is ever turned away for inability to make a financial contribution. Lodging: the ronald mcdonald family room: this program is located within children's minnesota's - st. Paul and has no geographic requirement. It provides lodging and support for any eligible family with an in-patient child. For families in need of overnight lodging, the ronald mcdonald family room offers four private rooms, each with its own bathroom. In 2017, 1,895 families were served and there were 29,599 visits and 1,417 nights of lodging provided. 78% of families staying lived within 60 miles. In addition to providing free hospitality to all visitors, the program covers the cost of accommodating the four families who stay at the family room each night. No family is ever turned away for inability to make a financial contribution.

many people volunteer time and services to help support rmh. The cooks for kids program provides evening meals for families at all four lodging facilities. 1501 groups and 1020 individual volunteers worked as house volunteers, friends of families, ambassadors and in development projects to provide vital support for the rmh mission for a total of 62,008 hours at a value of $1,637,011.