The mission of Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.
2024: Serving More Families Than Ever Before
Building a 110-Room Ronald McDonald House
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities celebrates 45 years of keeping families close by breaking ground on a new House for the next generation of children and families on the Arthur M. Blank Hospital campus.
2018: Celebrating 10th Anniversary of the House near Egleston
3,207 Families Served Per Year
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities surpasses 50,000 total families served and marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Ronald McDonald House on Gatewood Road.
2017: Growing Again to Help More Families
3,090 Families Served Per Year
The Ronald McDonald Family Room opens at Children’s at Scottish Rite to serve families with children being treated at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorder Center.
Chief Happiness Officer Arrives
Certified therapy dog, Betty Lou, Chief Happiness Officer, joins the Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities staff to spread love and happiness to families, volunteers and staff.
2016: Adding New Program to Support Atlanta Families
2,490 Families Served Per Year
The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, a 40-foot long, 8-foot wide, medical clinic is launched to bring asthma care and education to children at schools in the Atlanta Public Schools System where the need is the greatest.
2015: Growing to Help Families
1,270 Families Served Per Year
The original Ronald McDonald House on Peachtree Dunwoody Road is replaced with an $18.5 million 31-bedroom LEED Silver certified facility, featuring an ADA accessible three-story tree house.
2008: Growing to Help Families
1,241 Families Served Per Year
The original Houston Mill House is replaced by a $15.7 million LEED certified 50-bedroom facility on Gatewood Road, featuring a transplant wing to serve children who have received heart, liver, kidney as well as bone marrow transplants.
1994: Expanding Our Reach
858 Families Served Per Year
A second 11-bedroom Ronald McDonald House opens on Peachtree Dunwoody Road.
1979: Opening Our Doors
352 Families Served Per Year
The first Atlanta Ronald McDonald House opens on Houston Mill Road as the fourth House in the world originally with eight bedrooms. As demand grew, this House eventually expanded to 16 bedrooms.
