We provide the comforts of home and care to families of seriously ill children.
We provide a home-away-from-home for families of seriously ill children in the St. Louis area with our 2 Ronald McDonald Houses and our 4 Ronald McDonald Family rooms located inside 3 pediatric hospitals.
Family Stories
Ashlee and Kyle found a home-away-from-home at Ronald McDonald House
In November 2023, at 25 weeks pregnant, Ashlee Pickett and her husband Kyle learned that their twin daughters were considered Monoamniotic twins, known as Mono Mono, during a routine check-up.…
Our Ronald McDonald House kept the Duncan Family close to their twin daughters
When Julie Duncan learned she would be having twins, she didn’t know much about the Ronald McDonald House. She had seen the donation boxes inside McDonald’s restaurants, but she never…
Life changed in an instant for the Duncan family
It was April 20, 2014 when Jessica and Trent Duncan’s lives changed in the blink of an eye. They were driving to Easter dinner about 30 minutes outside their hometown…
The Worthen Family called RMHC St. Louis “home” while their son Jase spent the first year of his life in the hospital
On December 5, 2017, Jase Worthen was born nearly three months early. For the whole year that followed, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital was…
Emerson’s grandma reflects on the family’s experience at the Ronald McDonald House
From the very beginning, Mary Snider has always been a part of her grandson Emerson Vincelette’s life. When her daughter Elizabeth passed, she was granted guardianship of her grandson. “He…
When new parents traveled to St. Louis to adopt their son, RMHC St. Louis provided a home-away-from-home.
Brooks was born on October 14, 2023, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital at 10:43 AM and immediately transferred to the NICU. His parents, Mucki and Jacob, patiently awaited his arrival…
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“My stay at the Ronald McDonald House was wonderful. I was so grateful to have a place to stay during my daughter’s two-month stay at Children’s Hospital.”
– A mother who stayed at our Ronald McDonald House