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.
Virtual Red Shoe Day 2021: A Real Success for Family Care!
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 […]
40 Years of Keeping Families Close
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! […]
A message from Chuck Day, President & CEO
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 […]
A Grand Reopening for the Next Decade of Care
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 […]
Ronald McDonald Joins in Teeing Up for Families
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. […]
Starting Young: Volunteer Mason Harvey
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 […]
Finding the “Why” in Community Giving
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 […]
Joseph Clayes III Charitable Trust Matches Gifts to More than a Meal Campaign
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 […]
Day of Joy/Día de Alegría Celebration Supports Families
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 […]