Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House Doubles Lodging Capacity for Families of Hospitalize... (e by sleeping on cots at the hospital or...)

Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House Doubles Lodging Capacity for Families of Hospitalized Children

Date:4/9/2008

e by sleeping on cots at the hospital or incurring the additional expense of finding a nearby hotel. Additionally, Ronald McDonald Houses provide families with the added comfort of being surrounded by those who understand and can relate to the ordeal of having an ill child.

"We live 180 miles away from here ... I don't know where I would go if the Ronald McDonald House did not exist," said Rebecca Martinez, a Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House resident. "If I need to shower or just take a break the House is here. It helps a lot that I can be close to my daughter."

The Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House was built in 1980 and was the third Ronald McDonald House chartered in the world. Since its inception, the House has served more than 20,000 families from more than 40 countries.

Funds to maintain and operate the non-profit Ronald McDonald House are raised through the efforts of the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House board of trustees. The House has received significant support from the national and Southern California chapters of Ronald McDonald House Charities, the McDonald's(R) Operators' Association of Southern California, McDonald's Corporation, as well as various local corporations, foundations, small businesses and individuals.

The Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House is a program of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California. Now celebrating 30 years of helping children and families in need, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California is committed to improving the health and well-being of children throughout the Southland. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California also operates Ronald McDonald Houses in Loma Linda, Orange, Pasadena, and plans are underway for a fifth House in Long Beach.

The Charity also operates Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a Community Grants Board and four scholarship programs. Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times provides free sleep-away camp experiences for kids with c
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