After years of careful planning and preparation, the community responded and in less than two years of fundraising through private gifts and grants, $6 million was raised to bring Ronald McDonald House to Long Beach.
The Long Beach House joined more than 300 other Ronald McDonald Houses in 58 countries and regions around the world. Locally, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California operates Houses in Bakersfield, Loma Linda, Los Angeles, Orange, and Pasadena. The chapter also operates Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a free, medically-supervised, year-round sleep away camp for children with cancer and their siblings, as well as two Ronald McDonald Family Rooms at CHOC in Orange and CHOC at Mission in Mission Viejo, which serve as an oasis for families inside of hospitals.
Research shows that a family's presence in the hospital helps children heal. Staying close by allows parents to better communicate with their child's medical team and improves adherence to complicated treatment plans. These are only some of the reasons that make Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California an important organization.
The Long Beach Ronald McDonald House is a program of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California.