#NationalThankYouMonth
Our mission is simple: provide critically ill children with communities of support, access to medical care and the healing power of family and home. Our objectives are clear: ease the emotional and financial burden families endure. Join us as we expand the capacity our housing, meal, and family support services. Because every family deserves somewhere to turn.
Together, we can give families with a sick child what they need most—each other.
Born and raised in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, Katty Coulson grew up in a family that emphasized the importance of giving. While her mother never worked formally, she always found ways to serve and care for... Read more about Why We Serve – A Lifetime of Giving Back...
Kelley Meade, MD, brings a philosophy of “servant leadership” to the RMHC Bay Area board of directors. She says that leadership doesn’t just mean “… only focusing on what I’m in charge of, and then also giving back on Saturdays. Read more about Why We Serve – A Pediatrician’s View...
CEO Laura Boudreau, MSW, MPH was interviewed on her experience leading through crisis as a social worker. Read this Q&A to learn more about Laura and how she navigated 2020 to bring RMHC Bay Area to the other side better than ever. Read more about World Social Work Day 2021 – Q&A With CEO Laura Boudreau, MSW, MPH...
Dr. Susan Hintz has always dreamed big. “It never occurred to me as a child that I wouldn’t be able to do what I wanted to do because I had both parents saying that it was a possibility,” she recalls. Read more about A Neonatologist’s Perspective on Women’s History Month...
March is Social Work Month. It’s hard to believe that, in just a few weeks, I will celebrate one year as CEO of this amazing organization. As a social worker myself, today feels like the perfect time to pause and reflect on all that we have struggled through... Read more about Reflecting on One Year of Leading Through Crisis...
It was never a question of whether RMHC Bay Area board member Anthony Ewell would spend his career feeding people and giving back to his East Bay community. As next-generation McDonald's owner, he's building on his family's history of supporting families with critically ill children. Read more about Why We Serve – Black History Month 2021...
Keeping families with sick children together and near the care they need with the comfort of home.
Annually, 8,000+ caregivers and children benefit from overnight accommodations inside or nearby our partner hospitals. Our San Francisco and Stanford Houses serve 134 families each night while corporate partnerships allow us to offer medical stays in San Francisco, Oakland, and across the Bay Area.
Request a family stay >With the help of volunteers, we provide meals, in-hospital housing and respite, sibling activities, day-use access, and patient bedside visits to bring comfort and care to families, just steps away from their sick child.
Get involved >Our Ronald McDonald programs operate inside and nearby our partner hospitals to offer wraparound services, including daily meals, 24/7 therapeutic support, such as child enrichment and sibling care, family activities and recreation, and more.
Volunteer to help families >RMHC Bay Area partners with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and John Muir Community Health Alliance to provide free oral health care services to our region’s most vulnerable children.
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