McGala Nets over $300,000
For the fourth straight year, McGala, the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville's biggest fundraiser, netted over $300,000!  We cannot thank enough ...
(April 21, 2008)

Major Donor Luncheon Hosted by Outback
The Advisory Board of the Ronald McDonald House has hosted special events for more than ten years now. For the past four years there was no fundraising ...
(February 15, 2008)

Discovery Circle Valentine's Party
Again this year, the Discovery Circle brought cookies to decorate, doilies and glitter for card making and special Valentine Bingo for an evening ...
(February 13, 2008)

ABC Presents RMH With $10,000 Check
On January 25, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. proudly presented the Ronald McDonald House with the proceeds of their 1st Annual Pull for the ...
(January 25, 2008)

RMH Celebrates 19th Anniversary & World Children's Day
The Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville celebrated its 19th Anniversary on November 16, 2007.  Families staying at the House joined staff, volunteers ...
(November 16, 2007)

Select Comfort Donates 18 New Beds
The Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville received 18 new beds from Select Comfort Thursday.  The donation outfitted all nine bedrooms on the first ...
(October 25, 2007)

ABC Pulls for the Kids
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. held a skeet shoot to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville Thursday.  The event, titled "Pull ...
(October 25, 2007)

Jaguar Rookies Visit RMH
Families staying at the Ronald McDonald House got a real treat recently when they were visited by the Jacksonville Jaguar rookies.  Children, parents ...
(October 2, 2007)

Firehouse Subs Donates External Defibrillator
The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation along with area Firehouse Subs restaurants donated an automated external defibrillator to the Ronald McDonald ...
(September 28, 2007)

Discovery Circle Adds New Friends At Tuesday Tasting
The Discovery Circle hosted a "Tuesday Tasting" on August 7, 2007 at Urban Flats in Ponte Vedra Beach.  The group invited friends to join ...
(August 8, 2007)

Tyler Delivers Tabs & More
Tyler Jump wanted to collect one million pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House - And he's surpassed his goal by another 1/2 million!  The 11-year-old began ...
(August 7, 2007)

Date set for 2007 First Coast Car Council Car Show
After raising over $17,000 for the Ronald McDonald House in 2006, First Coast Car Council members are already getting ready for the 2007 show. The 21st ...
(June 21, 2007)

Include RMH in your future plans
The Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville’s Board and staff have the challenge of raising $1.18 million in 2007 for the annual budget. We have strong ...
(May 23, 2007)

RMH Volunteer a regular at McDonald's
Doris Stevens is a regular at RMH every Monday and Wednesday mornings. She’s in the kitchen before 8:30 greeting the families and staff, offering coffee ...
(May 23, 2007)

Nascar favorite visits the Ronald McDonald House
Nascar legend Bobby Hamilton Jr. and his McDonald's racing team stopped by the Ronald McDonald House on their way to the Daytona 500. After taking a tour ...
(February 14, 2007)

Children's Artwork from Around the World at the Ronald McDonald House
In observance of World Children's Day, third grade students from Pine Forest Elementary came to the Ronald McDonald House to share their most recent art ...
(November 29, 2006)

Helping Out During the Holidays
The Holidays are a great time to help the Ronald McDonald House. Whether you like to bake cookies for the families, or help take down decorations ...
(November 29, 2006)

Major Gift Opportunities
Year end 2006 may be an excellent time to consider making a gift to the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville. In August, President Bush signed a new ...
(November 8, 2006)

Pig Pickin' Raises Friends and Funds
The 5th Annual Pig Pickin' presented by the PGA Tour was a great success for the Ronald McDonald House raising over $18,000. Over 250 BBQ enthusiasts ...
(October 16, 2006)

Car Council Show Rolls on the River
The twentieth annual First Coast Car Council Car Truck and Motorcycle Show took over the Jacksonville Landing September 30th for a beautiful day of music, ...
(October 2, 2006)

Record Runners at the Children's Way 5K
September 16th was a beautiful day for the 900 runners showed up for the Children’s Way 5K Walk/Run through San Marco. This year the one mile fun run ...
(October 1, 2006)

One Mile Run a Feat for RMH Teen
Lexi was 11 when she fell backwards through a sliding glass door and had to be airlifted to the hospital to save her life. The sciatic nerve, blood vessels ...
(October 1, 2006)

Bowling Tournament Attracts Local Celebrities
See another Joe Z Story on Jaguars.com See more photos here. Because of its popularity last year, Jacksonville Jaguars long snapper Joe Zelenka hosted ...
(June 15, 2006)

The Ronald McDonald House is the Cat's Pajamas!
The Ronald McDonald House full time therapy dog, Anita, is about to have some company. An eight foot long feline, PJ, has made a temporary stop ...
(June 12, 2006)

Ronald McDonald House families need to phone home – even to the Middle East and Central America!
For the Times Union Story click here On June 2, 2006 David Strickland, President of EverBank of Florida presented Ronald McDonald House of ...
(June 2, 2006)

McGala 2006 A Winner
The first Saturday in May everyone was talking about the twenty horses and the odds and the jockeys.  Ladies looked lovely in spring fashions and ...
(May 8, 2006)

Celebrating National Volunteer Month at RMH
Sand pails, flip flops, beach blankets, balmy weather, Jimmy Buffet tunes, Hawaiian shirts, hamburgers on the grill, and good friends... Sounds like ...
(March 28, 2006)

Ronald McDonald House Goes to the Dogs
Anita, the full time therapy dog at the Ronald McDonald House, welcomed our first canine houseguest recently. Adler, also a yellow lab and fully trained ...
(March 24, 2006)

Sharing Birthday Joy with RMH Families
No one ever knows when tragedy will strike close to home, but for a family from Massachusetts it struck when they would have least expected. The family ...
(February 23, 2006)

PGA Brings More than Good Food to RMH
The PGA Tour staff showed up recently to cook dinner for the families of the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville. They came to participate – with golf ...
(December 5, 2005)

Joe Z Celebrity Bowling Classic raises $30,000
On October 24th Jacksonville Jaguars long snapper Joe Zelenka hosted The Joe Z. Celebrity Bowling Classic which raised over $30,000 for the Ronald ...
(October 31, 2005)

Pig Pickin' Raises Friends and Funds
The 4th annual Pig Pickin was a great success and raised more than $10,000 for the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville. Over 250 BBQ enthusiasts of ...
(October 24, 2005)

Important Year End Tax Benefit News
YEAR END GIVING In order for the Ronald McDonald House to operate and care for over  1,000 families in 2005, we strongly rely upon the generous support ...
(October 14, 2005)

McGala 2006 Plans Underway
Ronald McDonald House Board member and McGala 2006 Chair Sue Myers told an enthusiastic team of volunteers this week that the goal for the 2006 McGala ...
(October 14, 2005)

Joe Z Celebrity Bowling Classic
JOE ZELENKA TO HOST CELEBRITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT October 24, 2005 Jacksonville Jaguars’ long snapper Joe Zelenka will host The Joe Z. Celebrity Bowling ...
(October 1, 2005)

2005 Children's Way 5K Run/Walk & Family Day
MEDIA ALERT Grand Prix 5K and Free Family Festival ~Great photo opportunities~ WHO: Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville WHAT: Fifth Annual Children’s ...
(September 17, 2005)

Charity Navigator 4 Star Rating
Charity Navigator, a nationally recognized charity evaluator, has given the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville its highest 4 star rating for sound ...
(September 1, 2005)

Jaguar Rookies Visit RMH
Coach Paul Boudreau and long Snapper Joe Zelenka joined fifteen of the Jaguar rookies for a visit to the Ronald McDonald House today.  Director ...
(July 13, 2005)

McGala 2005 Is A Winner
May 7, 2005 at Sawgrass Marriott brought the theme of Fast Horses, Big Hats and High Hopes to nearly 600 sponsors and patrons for a great night of ...
(May 7, 2005)

Rotaract Gala Nets $25,000 for RMH
Congratulations to the members of the Rotaract Club of Florida’s First Coast for the tremendous success of their annual Black Tie and Blue Jeans Gala. ...
(May 2, 2005)

Teen Volunteer Turns Trash to Treasure
The 2005 Ronald McDonald House volunteer program is going strong. Volunteers range in ages from 16-94 and help with everything from making beds or ...
(May 1, 2005)

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION CELEBRATES THE HEART OF RMH
Spring flowers and sunshine greeted over 125 volunteers at this year's garden party honoring the 16,500+ hours these special people gave to the Ronald ...
(March 29, 2005)

Volunteer Honored
Each year the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville honors a volunteer who exemplifies the spirit of volunteering, going above what's expected, caring ...
(March 29, 2005)

Dillard's Opening Helps RMH
March 17th at Dillard's brought GREEN to RMH and Wolfson Children's Hospital The excitement at Jacksonville's new St. Johns Town Center shopping center ...
(March 17, 2005)

This & That Car Show
Jim This created a car show in the Orange Park parking lot of his hair salon, This and That, as a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville, ...
(March 13, 2005)

Pop Tabs Collection from Stockton Elementary
Tyler Jump, a fourth grader at John N.C. Stockton Elementary School in Ortega Forest, took the Student Council project of collecting soda can pop tabs ...
(February 16, 2005)

Rotary Gingerbread House Extravaganza 2nd Annual Event Brings Dough to RMH
A check for $25,000 was given to Board Vice President Tom Beames and Executive Director Joy Hardaker by Gary Wilkinson, Rotary Club of South Jacksonville's ...
(February 15, 2005)

Ronald McDonald House Families Enjoyed Super Bowl Festivities
The first Ronald McDonald House opened thirty years ago in Philadelphia with the help of the Philadelphia Eagles. In 2005, Eagles players stopped by to ...
(February 3, 2005)

“SUPER STAKES” raised $12,500 for RMH
Jacksonville's twenty charity Super Stakes fundraiser netted over $140,000 for the community organizations involved, with $12,500 for the Ronald ...
(January 5, 2005)

McGala Excitement Mounts with Fashion Show
November 5, 2004 brought over 100 fashion conscious attendees to a special luncheon and fashion show at the San Jose Country Club. The Shop at Linda Cunningham ...
(November 8, 2004)

Hurricanes Interrupt Program
We've had questions about the impact of recent storms on the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville.  There is an excellent hurricane plan in place, ...
(October 6, 2004)

3rd Floor Opening
After two full years in the “new” location, we are seeing more and more validation for the large house on the campus of Nemours Children’s Clinic and ...
(June 24, 2004)

McGala 2004 Cruise to Alaska
McGala 2004 Cruise to Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun Presented by BlueCross/BlueShield of Florida February 28, 2004 – Captained by Janis Coovert, Tara ...
(February 28, 2004)

Ginderbread House Extravaganza
Who: The Rotary Club of South Jacksonville presents its First Annual Gingerbread House Extravaganza When: Nov. 29th through Dec. 20th, Tuesdays-Sundays. ...
(November 29, 2003)

3rd Annual Children’s Way - 5K Run/Walk & Family Festival
Who: The Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville What: Third Annual Children’s Way 5K Run/Walk & Family Day When: Saturday, October 18, 2003 8:30 ...
(October 18, 2003)

Ronald McDonald House’s Newest Volunteer – The Four-Legged Variety!
The Jacksonville Ronald McDonald House has been fortunate to have visits from the Wolfson Children’s Hospital Pet Therapy volunteers on a monthly basis, ...
(October 6, 2003)

17th Annual First Coast Car Council Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show
What: 17th Annual Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show & Poker Run hosted by the First Coast Car Council to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville. Popular ...
(September 13, 2003)

McGala 2003 - A Night of A Thousand Stars
Who: The Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville What: McGala 2003 A Night of A Thousand Stars! When: Saturday, March 8, 2003 6:00 pm - midnight Where: ...
(March 8, 2003)

SE Regional RMHC Conference
What: Ronald McDonald House Charities Southeast Regional Conference When: November 7-9, 2002 Who: The Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville in collaboration ...
(November 7, 2002)

Cooking Dinners for 10 years
What: A Group of Citi Employees Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary cooking monthly dinners for children & families at the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville. ...
(September 20, 2002)

Over 16,500 Hours of Volunteer Service in 2001
Who: Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville What: 8th Annual Volunteer Recognition Event: Heroes Forever in our HeartsOver 200 volunteers are expected ...
(March 26, 2002)