12 days of Christmas, 365 days of Care

How you can make the House a home this Christmas

What makes the House a Home? Home is where the heart is. It’s so much more than the four walls and roof over our head. Being forced to move your family far from home, work, school and your entire support network due to a child’s illness is extraordinarily tough.

Ronald McDonald House is a unique place where families can feel comfortable, loved and protected while they are away from home.

61 families and their sick kids will spend this Christmas at Ronald McDonald House Nedlands

Neen Family Photo in The House at Christmas

What stands out most is the amazing support your gifts made possible at Ronald McDonald House. You helped us gather strength and courage to face what was to come next.

The care we received was everything we needed – from healthy meals to a
comfortable bed, and fantastic Christmas celebrations that took our minds off things.

Every conversation with staff, volunteers and other families at Ronald McDonald House was supportive… which is what we needed most – Neen, Ellie’s mum

Only with your help, can we make the House their home.

The 12 Days of Christmas at the House

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Thanks to you, our life changing services are free for all families living more than 100km from Perth CBD.

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Your gift can help families with sick kids access a free, comfortable home-away- from-home, to stay together. It’s the greatest gift!

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Your gift will provide a filling breakfast and nutritious evening meal every single day.

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Someone there for families 24/7 – our Family Support Team is available to manage a sick child’s diary for hospital appointments and travel.

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You will be helping to bridge the gap by providing one-on-one tutoring or access to our onsite Learning Centre for sick kids and their siblings.

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You can help us recruit and train a dedicated and caring volunteer team to keep the House running smoothly.

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Restoring routines – thanks to you, our families will have a fully equipped kitchen and laundry service, so life feels a little more normal.

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Your gift helps provide isolation rooms to protect the lives of sick kids who are immunocompromised due to treatment.

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Your gift will help family members stay active through access to a Teen Den, outdoor play area and gym.

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At the toughest times, you provide critical wellbeing support for families.

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Your amazing donation will ensure exhausted families can experience fun, distraction and relaxation in our dedicated Family Rooms in Perth Children’s Hospital.

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61 families will be staying at the House this Christmas. With your help, every family can feel the joy and peace that Christmas brings.

Please help keep our families together at Christmas and every day of the year.

I’m so excited to let you know Ellie is doing well. We are back home together, and I know our Christmas morning this year will be extra joyful.

But I’ll also be thinking of the families with sick kids who have no choice about where they’ll wake up on Christmas Day. These families deserve all the love, comfort, security in the world.

Please donate this Christmas to help make Ronald McDonald House a home for families like ours who need it now – Neen, Ellie’s mum

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Our Impact, thanks to donors like you

1,704

Families supported at Ronald McDonald House Programs in Nedlands, Perth Children's Hospital and alternative accommodations

18,972

Nights of supported accommodation for patients and their families

26,217

Visits to Ronald McDonald Family Rooms across WA

3,923

Hours of tutoring provided to young patients and their siblings

29,111

Hours of volunteer service provided

472

Nights of respite provided at Family Retreats in Busselton and Bunbury

We couldn’t provide support to WA families without you.

Show your support for WA families doing it tough over Christmas with a sick or injured child with a donation.

Acknowledgement of Country

Ronald McDonald House Charities WA proudly cares for families on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land, the Noongar People and the Traditional Custodians, the Whadjuk People. We pay respects to the Elders past and present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia.