Around the House

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 …

GOLFING WITH RONALD VIDEO Our friend Ronald McDonald brings good cheer wherever he goes. He shared golf tricks and tips at the 28th Annual Golf Invitational and awards dinner on October 28 at the Grand Del Mar, as seen in our highlight video above. Generous sponsors and golfers raised over $250,000 to benefit families with children in medical crisis. Our thanks to all participants and sponsors, an …

Ten-year-old Vista resident Mason Harvey likes Legos, reptiles and remote control cars. He also likes finding ways to help people in need. With guidance from his parents, Mason has organized five collection drives to gather items for charities; in particular, food and toiletries for Ronald McDonald House families. After each drive, Mason has set up a “Good Karma” stand in his driveway with homemad …

A Message from Ronald McDonald House Trustee and Wells Fargo Market Executive Steve Bernstein Gandhi’s words on service ring true: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” As San Diego’s market executive for Wells Fargo Commercial Banking, one of the most important parts of my job is to empower my team to provide industry-leading service and support to our cust …

Give for More Than a Meal and Clayes Match Providing San Diegans the opportunity to double their impact, the Joseph Clayes III Charitable Trust is establishing a $500,000 matching gift and endowment to fuel Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego’s ‘More Than A Meal’ Campaign to transform its kitchens and dining room in order to better serve the families of hospitalized children. Community do …

Day of Joy/Día de Alegría launched in 2013 with a dream to build a bridge between leading Latinas in the San Diego community and the Hispanic families served by San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House. This exclusive event relies on the generosity and leadership of Ambassador Hosts to invite ladies from both sides of the border to join together in raising vital funds in support of families caring for a …