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It's hard enough for a family to cope when a child is seriously ill or injured. When parents and children must travel far from home, the disruption of family life only adds to the stress.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City alleviates some of the stress by providing a home-like setting for families who have children receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment for critical illness or injury. Three Houses are located within walking distance of Children's Mercy. Each House provides indoor and outdoor spaces for families to relax and socialize while remaining close to their child's bedside.

Families receive their own guestroom, which can sleep up to six people, with attached private bath. Amenities include 24-hour access to a fully-stocked kitchen and pantry, laundry rooms, hygiene products, a medical room as well as supportive services by caring staff and volunteers. At Ronald McDonald House, families can be together and keep the routines of normal life, away from hospital lobbies and hotel rooms.

Families who have never stayed at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City must be referred by a Social Worker. For more information, contact (816) 234-3670.

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It's hard enough for a family to cope when a child is seriously ill or injured. When parents and children must travel far from home, the disruption of family life only adds to the stress.

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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City

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RMHC-KC keeps sick children close to their families and the care they need. With 87 rooms, families find a place of respite in a home-like environment

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The Ronald McDonald house is an organization that helps families with children that have illnesses. It provides housing and supports the families affected.

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Our topic is to help Ronald McDonald House pay their bills with a soda tab collection. Their Mission is "To reduce the burden of childhood illness on children and their families."

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In Philadelphia, 1974, Fred Hill came up with the idea for it while his 3 year old daughter Kim was fighting leukemia. He was living in the lobby of the hospital where she was staying, sleeping on makeshift beds out of lobby benches and almost all of his meals came from vending machines. He noticed that they weren't the only parents going through this, and that many people were doing the same. Hotel rooms weren't an option for most families because they added cost to the medical bills. He began to raise funds to build an affordable place where families could stay in the hospital, but got their own "hotel" rooms too. They weren't raising enough, so he contacted McDonald's for advertisement. They agreed, giving the Ronald McDonald House its name. In fact, Regional Manager Ed Rensi liked this idea so much that he created the St.Patrick's Day Shamrock Shake campaign. All funds from them would go to Fred. Fred would use them to buy an old house very close to the hospital. By 1979, 10 more houses opened. By 1984, local communities founded another 60 houses. 53 more opened by 1989. Today, more than 377 Ronald McDonald House are in 45 countries and regions across the globe, giving comfort to more than 10 million families worldwide.

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McDonalds donates $1,000,000 a year to Ronald McDonald House

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There are more than 324 RMHC in 32 different countries.

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Ronald McDonald Houses serve more than 8,000 families each day around the world

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On average, 85 families stay at the House each month.

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Ronald McDonald House saves their patients over $311 million a year in hotel costs

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4,500 stays provided by the RMHC in 2021.

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269 families that stayed in the House in 2021

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Coca Cola-donates about $500,000 a year to them

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Nearly 37% of children at Ronald McDonald House do not have health insurance

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You can help The Ronald McDonald house by collecting pop tabs and donating them. It was also possible to help cook a meal previously before Covid but now you can just send a meal. Donating money is another great way to help RMDH, as well as any organization.

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Families who stay there save over $3.1 million dollars in meal costs

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Ronald McDonald Houses are for families of children under the age of 18 (or 21 in some cases)

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Isla and I want to take action by setting out jars and boxes around the school for people to help. We set them in the cafeteria, teachers lounge, office, and any busy hallway where people could also help. We could talk about it on the announcements to make people aware, and make posters. I really think this could work and I would love to take action in a creative way that is interactive with other people.

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It costs $50-$100 per room per night to house a family but most houses ask for donations of $25 or less

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Over 5.7 million families and children were served by Ronald McDonald House Charities in 2014.

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McDonalds is the largest corporate donor to the Ronald McDonald House Charity

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Patrick's Day Green Milkshake promotion, with the funds going toward purchasing a house near the hospital where families could stay. Thus, the first Ronald McDonald House was established in Philadelphia in 1974

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We collected soda tabs and made meals. The meal prep was a last minute thing Isla and I did because we were worried that the soda tabs weren't enough. The collection of soda tabs were a great way to get the school involved, but (with only a week to collect) we were concerned that we wouldn't collect enough to help. We have collected a ton thankfully, but the meal prep was something extra special for us to do alone.

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© RMHC The following trademarks used herein are owned by McDonald's Corporation and its affiliates; McDonald's, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Ronald McDonald House Charities Logo, RMHC, Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room, Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, and Keeping families close.

RMHC is recognized as a public charity under Internal Revenue Code section 509(a) and has 501(c)(3) status. Donations to RMHC are deductible. Donors should consult their tax advisor for questions regarding deductibility. The RMHC EIN is 36-2934689. A copy of the RMHC determination letter is available upon request.

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Ronald McDonald House Charities: a nonprofit family & children's charity dedicated to supporting families with sick children in their time of need.