Around the House

We are deeply grateful to the wonderful friends and supporters of San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House. This report provides an update on how our caring community is keeping families close–even during these pandemic times–for the love, hope and healing that comes in being together. RMHC San Diego 2021-21 Impact ReportDownload

Have a Car You Don’t Need? Donate It to Create Care for Families! Did you know that, on average, every vehicle donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities provides enough funding for a family to stay at a Ronald McDonald House for one whole week? That’s one week where mom and dad can be right across the street from their hospitalized child. Think of the impact your vehicle donation can make! Visit …

This year’s Giving Tuesday was an outstanding success, raising a total of $93,498 for family care. We are grateful to our Board of Trustees for their leadership and generosity in providing matching gifts. With the match and generous donations, we surpassed our $80,000 goal. Little Things Families are so thankful for the lodging, meals, and other services they experience at San Diego’s Ronald McDon …

Our 30th Annual Golf Invitational was a day of camaraderie and fundraising to help families with hospitalized children. Sponsors, participants and generous matching donors helped raise $392,828.94, ensuring parents will be near their child when it matters most.   We are deeply grateful for all who made the event such an overwhelming success.

Red Shoe Day 2021 What an amazing show of support: this year’s Red Shoe Day fundraising brought in $166,082 to care for families at San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House! We are deeply grateful to the dedicated volunteers, donors, and sponsors who made the 12th Annual Red Shoe Day an incredible success. Fingers crossed it was our last year of being “virtual.” We look forward to seeing you in person ne …

Highlights of 40 Years Together It’s amazing what caring San Diegans have created to help keep families together with their hospitalized children! From our founding in 1980 to today, take a look at some highlights from the past 40 years of caring, volunteering, and giving to keep families close.  Here’s to the next 40 years! Timeline Click above for expanded timeline view

San Diego Woman’s Club members in front of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego North House. President Sandy Luebben is at right. The Feeling of Family When Sandy Luebben first visited our Ronald McDonald House in 2015, she was struck by the feeling of family. She saw families gathered together for meals, and parents and children relaxing on comfy sofas after time at the hospital. Sand …

Dear Friends, Tonight, like every other night of the year, our “home away from home” will be at capacity with more than 50 families staying the night with us so they may be close to their critically ill child next door. Your San Diego Ronald McDonald House will be here to serve these families, though today’s uncertainties add new challenges almost every day. While we’ve closed day-use of our House …

K.C. Thompson of Hughes and Pizzuto, APC, Chairs the Board of Trustees and the Planned Giving Committee for RMHC-San Diego. A Comforting Refuge for Famlies Families today can come to San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House for a safe and peaceful refuge. It’s a welcoming place where they can take care of themselves and stay strong for their hospitalized child. But what about tomorrow’s families? What wi …

Donors Create a Lighter and Brighter Refuge for Families It was a long summer of being closed for renovation, but our kitchens and main gathering areas are open again and better than ever! This October, we celebrated the Grand Reopening of our Joseph Clayes III Great Room and the completion of our More Than a Meal campaign to fund renovations and strengthen our meal program for the thousands of fa …