[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" color="#da1a00"][vc_column_text] Click here to shop our Charlie Hustle Back-to-Back Champs tee! [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal" color="#da1a00"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The Wells Family [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Veronica Wells was having focal seizures at 2...
Macie’s story
Macie's Heart Journey In 2019, Mom Michelle, Dad Andrew, and sister Avery Kieffer stayed at the Ronald McDonald House while little Macie was inpatient at Children's Mercy. She had been diagnosed...
Far from Home
John and Alicia had come a very long way to give birth to their son, Benjamin. They live in a small village outside of Kenya, with their 1-year-old daughter. When...
Baby Theo Goes Home
The Adventures of Baby Theo “We didn’t have a car seat, a crib or anything … we didn’t make it to a baby shower because he was 25 weeks gestation when...
Persevering Through Pain
Melanna Eagan was diagnosed with a very rare musculoskeletal disease when she was 15 – but it took nearly a year to get there. It was a very scary time...
Lydia’s Heart
This volunteer appreciation month, we want to share an extraordinary story about a family leaving a legacy to honor their sweet baby girl. Lydia Mahan was born September 20, 2022, in...
Reichel twins
Brenden and Braxton Reichel were born in July of 2021. Braxton had complications after birth - so serious he was treated in the neonatal intensive care unit. Since the family is...
Tami’s Blog: The Two Staff Members We Never Knew We Needed
Since we first started serving families in 1981, we’ve done everything we can to provide the comforts of home—showers, hot meals, a place to sleep. Eventually, we realized there was still...
Kennamarie’s Story
Jessica Helm and her husband went to a routine doctor appointment in January 2011, and the medical staff said they couldn't find a stomach in their baby. The baby was...
Tami’s Blog: More of What Matters Most
Last month we announced that we are going to expand and transform the current Ronald McDonald Family Room inside Children’s Mercy Kansas City and turn it into a Ronald McDonald...