Since opening the doors to our Ronald McDonald House in Newcastle in 1991, we’ve supported hundreds-of-thousands of families with ill and injured children, offering a place where they can stay together when they’ve needed to travel for medical treatment.
We’ve continued to expand our Programs, operating another Ronald McDonald House in Tamworth; a Ronald McDonald House Family Room and Ronald McDonald House Family Hub in John Hunter Children’s Hospital; Ronald McDonald House Family Room in Gosford Hospital; and Ronald McDonald House Family Retreat in Forster.
Our Ronald McDonald House Learning Program also supports sick kids and their siblings, equipping them with the tools to catch-up on any education they have missed due to illness.
In 1981 children’s charities were forever changed in Australia when the first Ronald McDonald House opened it’s doors in Camperdown NSW. Since then, the Charity has grown to 19 Ronald McDonald Houses across the country; 19 Family Rooms; five Family Retreats and one Care Mobiles, as well as our Hospital Cart and National Learning Programs.
Thanks to the generosity of the community, our vital partners, incredible staff and tireless volunteers, today Ronald McDonald House Australia supports more than 64,000 families each year.
Our first Ronald McDonald House opened in Philadelphia, PA, USA, in 1974, after recognizing the need for parents to stay close to their hospitalized child. As we opened more House Programs around the world, it became clear that caring for the family of a sick child was as important as caring for the child.
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