Welcome to the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House

Through these programs, House strives to:

Provide families of sick children with safe, welcoming lodging minutes away from their hospitalized child.
Insure that children have the support of their family members during their difficult medical treatment.
Provide families with stress-reduction activities to help them avoid sibling and parental isolation, and loss of financial security.

The Ronald McDonald House spends approximately $125 per night to shelter a family. Guests pay a nominal nightly fee of $25. The Ronald McDonald House Charities Policy is that families are never turned away due to an inability to pay. Significantly, an average of 60% of our families in Los Angeles cannot afford to pay the nominal $25 fee per day, but we work hard to accommodate their financial needs.

In 2001, the House hosted 919 families for 11,444 nights at an occupancy rate of 98%. These families came to us from the local southern California community (45%), the rest of the state (19%), nationally (18%), and overseas (18%) Current demographics include 41% Caucasian, 40% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Black and 3% other.

The House strives to create a welcoming home environment for the children and parents who visit. Seventy-five rooms, accommodating the same number of families, provide both short-term and long-term housing needs. We understand that the needs of our families go beyond simply finding a place to stay during their child’s illness. Programs have been designed to focus the attention of children and their parents away from hospital procedures through a wide array of activities.

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View some of Our Programs