Maria Alfaro-Krick has a big heart for children. An elementary school teacher by profession, she’s helped hundreds of children learn and grow. She’s also deeply appreciative of the joys and challenges faced by their families along the way. Seeing the Need for Family Support One Thanksgiving holiday when San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House was asking […]

What a difference you make! Donors and volunteers have a tremendous impact in helping families here at San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House. Read on for stories from our families, like Alondra and her baby, Victoria, after her heart transplant, plus features on the many wonderful ways our community gives back to support families with critically […]

Register Today! We look forward to another incredible day of volunteerism and giving on May 24, 2023. Stay tuned for registration details coming soon! Thanks for a Great 2022 Red Shoe Day! Thank you to all our Red Shoe Day volunteers who helped raise over $258,000 in our return to an in-person Red Shoe Day […]

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.

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 […]

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! […]

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 […]