Family origins
Since the House opened in 1994, over 35,000 families from all over the country, and occasionally the Pacific, have called Ronald McDonald House Auckland their ‘home away from home’.
Last year, January to December 2008, we sheltered and supported:
- 9,366 resident family members of desperately sick children.
- 850 of these were outpatients receiving chemotherapy, radiation or waiting for or recovering from transplants.
- A total of 20,331 room nights (a 20% increase from 2007).
This equated to a whopping 71,000 beds made!
Here’s a breakdown of where our families came from (and why) in 2008:
This graph is also available as a PDF download.
The RMH Auckland Trust funds and governs Ronald McDonald House Auckland (48 rooms), the Ronald McDonald House Family Room (13 short stay critical care rooms) in Starship Hospital and RMHA St Martins (16 offsite apartments). It is a registered community charitable trust comprised of the following partners: Auckland District Health Board, Child Cancer Foundation, Heart Children, The Rotary Club of Downtown Auckland, Ronald McDonald House Charities and 2 community representatives. The House, Family Room and St Martins provide a ‘home away from home’ for over 3,000 families of children with life-threatening illnesses each year. The Trust through its staff and partnerships actively fundraises throughout New Zealand to achieve the $3,000,000 p.a. it needs to run the facilities and support its families. Charity Registration number: CC23591