"She practiced what was called 'total care,'" said Katie Fitzgerald, global president and CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities. "She'd noticed in her practice that families had nowhere to sleep ...

Yet, they still turn away up to 1,000 families per year. “When the Ronald McDonald House is full, families sometimes sleep in their car. Families sometimes reschedule medical care. Sometimes ...

The Ronald McDonald hospitality cart has been launched at OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois to provide comfort, snacks, and supplies to families receiving inpatient care, ...

"Ronald McDonald House Charities in general across the nation was born because of that exact situation. They saw people sleeping in cars, eating out of vending machines. And it was mostly because, ...

Instead, she said, some families will sleep in a chair by their children in the hospital, or even delay medical care until there’s room at the Ronald McDonald House. Others simply have to leave ...

“No family pays anything to stay at Ronald McDonald house,” Greenberg said, “and we don’t just provide a place for you to sleep, we provide food and snacks and laundry and showers and ...