Our impact

Ronald McDonald House SWO provides a safe, caring space where family stays stronger together.

Thanks to our donors, our mission protects and uplifts families with ill and injured children, helping to ensure their best health outcomes.

Thank you for giving families the gift of time.

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Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario saves families $5.9 million annually in out-of-pocket expenses like lodging, food, and other essentials.

*RBC economic impact study 2024

Our mission

We provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Our vision

A world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children.

Our vision

A world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children.

Every cent, counted. Every gift, felt.

Your generosity ensures we can welcome and support as many families as possible when they need us most. When you give, a parent sleeps within minutes of their child's hospital room. A grandmother does not have to choose between being present and paying rent. A sibling gets to hug their brother good night. A family facing the most frightening experience of their lives remembers - because of you - that they are not facing it alone.

A door we had to close. A future we are building.

Over the past two years, we have turned away 800 families. Not because we wanted to. Not because we lacked compassion. But because we lacked the rooms. Families who drove hours int he dark, who received a frightening diagnosis on Tuesday and by Wednesday, heard a phrase that no family in crisis should ever have to hear: We can't help you. The generosity of our community today means we won't have to turn families away tomorrow. Together, we are building a future where every family has what they need to stay strong, hopeful and together through their darkest moments.

Every cent, counted. Every gift, felt.

Your generosity ensures we can welcome and support as many families as possible when they need us most.

When you give, a parent sleeps within minutes of their child’s hospital room. A grandmother does not have to choose between being present and paying rent. A sibling gets to hug their brother good night. A family facing the most frightening experience of their lives remembers – because of you – that they are not facing it alone.

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A door we had to close. A future we are building.

Over the past two years, we have turned away 800 families. Not because we wanted to. Not because we lacked compassion. But because we lacked the rooms. Families who drove hours int he dark, who received a frightening diagnosis on Tuesday and by Wednesday, heard a phrase that no family in crisis should ever have to hear: We can’t help you. The generosity of our community today means we won’t have to turn families away tomorrow. Together, we are building a future where every family has what they need to stay strong, hopeful and together through their darkest moments.

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