Keeping families close.

Welcome to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City, where we keep families close to their sick children while they get the care and supportive services they need.

On any given night, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City (RMHC-KC) serves 94 families. Since 1981, our Ronald McDonald Houses and Ronald McDonald Family Room provided comfort and care to more than 107,000 families.

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Keeping families close.

Welcome to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City! We keep families close to their sick children while they get the care and supportive services they need.

On any given night, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City (RMHC-KC) serves 91 families. In 2019, our Houses and Family Room provided comfort and care to more than 8,200 families as well as opened our doors to support over 40,000 visits from family and friends of in-patients at Children’s Mercy.

Ronald McDonald House Charities gives a family with a sick child what they need most — each other.

Help change a child’s life today.

Sharing your time, talent and financial support provides hope for families facing a medical crisis. Please help us keep families close during their time of need.

What We Do

Keeping families with sick children close to each other and the care and resources they need.

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Latest News

  • Erica and Dayton Ward were on their honeymoon in Branson, Missouri, when Erica started bleeding. Erica was just 22 weeks along, and they headed to the ER in Branson. That’s… Read more about Jade’s Story...

  • You may have noticed, we’ve been in the news lately about plans to expand. It’s true: we urgently need to expand. Why? Because we’re turning away families. Too many of them. We were too full to serve nearly 700 families last year. We’ve expanded before; we know what it takes: A lot of hard work, and a lot of support. This time? It’s more complicated, and we need all hands on deck—so I’m offering an inside look at what’s happening behind the headlines, and what it will take to go from “hopes to expand in Kansas City” to “expands in Kansas City!” Read more about Tami’s Blog: The April 8 KCMO Vote: Behind the Headlines...

  • Noah Schendel was born June 7, 2024 at Children’s Mercy downtown. His mother, Kate, started care at the Children’s Mercy Fetal Health Center that February after they discovered at his… Read more about The Schendel Family...