Causes: Health, Patient & Family Support

Mission: Ronald mcdonald house charities (rmhc) mission is to keep families with sick children together and near the care and resources they need. Rmhc of marshfield is dedicated to easing the burden of families whose lives have been disrupted as a result of their childrens illness or injury. Rmhc of marshfield operates a house providing temporary lodging to families of seriously ill children while those children are patients at marshfield clinic and/or marshfield childrens hospital.

Programs: Ronald mcdonald house charities'(rmhc) mission is to keep families with sick children together and near the care an resources they need. Rmhc of marshfield is dedicated to easing the burden of families whose lives have been disrupted as a result of their children's illness or injury. Rmhc of marshfield operates a house providing temporary lodging to families of seriously ill children while those children are patients at marshfield clinic and/or marshfield children's hospital. The cornerstone program of rmhc is the ronald mcdonald house. Ronald mcdonald house is a "home away from home" for families of seriously ill or injured children. There is no cost to stay at ronald mcdonald house. Rmhc of marshfield operates "free to families". At no time during a family's stay are they asked to pay, although donation are accepted. The house provided a "home away from home" for 242 new families and 37 returning families for a total of 279 families in 2017.These families used the house for a total of 376 visits with an average length stay of 8 nights. The house is staffed 24/7/365 by fully trained and paid staff. House volunteers assist these day, evening, and weekend managers care for the house and house families by assisting with meals, office assistance, light housekeeping, and other maintenance. Donations are critical to the contiuation of the charity. In-kind donations, such as paper products, food, cleaning and laundry supplies are used by the families while they are a guest.