RMHC Madison Blog

Red Shoes Stepping Out to Provide Hope

The Hancocks Family’s journey to find medical answers for their daughter has meant traveling more than 100,000 miles over the past 13 years. Since Lucy’s diagnosis with Parry Romberg Syndrome (PRS) at birth, Jodie and Nick have searched the globe….

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Reflections on 18 years at the Ronald McDonald House

It seems weird that the past two nights are the last nights that Laban and I will stay at the Ronald McDonald House in Madison. Laban was about two and a half years old when we first came to the…

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Running for a Cause

Life often brings people together for good causes. As a nursing student, Jasmin Redders volunteered with RMHC-Upper Midwest in Minneapolis, MN in the evenings, making dinners for families and helping with weekly bingo night. She moved to Madison after graduation…

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Inspirational nine-year-old holds supply drive for those in need

In January 2022, Phoenix, an inspirational nine-year-old and humanitarian heard about the tornado that hit Kentucky. After learning about all the loss that both children and adults had suddenly experienced and talking with her mom about how a community must…

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Solidifying our Foundation

In January, we introduced the 2022 Strategic Plan – ‘Solidifying Our Foundation’ in which we aim to make investments into our operations at the Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald Family Room to better support the increasing number of families…

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Rock Valley Golf Classic: A Stateline Tradition Hits an Extraordinary Milestone

During the spring of 1995, the Ronald McDonald House in Madison was just two years old yet had become a critical respite for families from the Janesville, Beloit, and Rockford areas. David Cullen, of JP Cullen construction company, was a…

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Welcoming Elizabeth as our summer intern

Hello, my name is Elizabeth Hopton, and I am excited to be joining the team as the new Marketing and Communications Summer Intern for this wonderful organization! I grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and I just finished my sophomore year…

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Celebrating Volunteers & 29 years!

Before a shovel hit the ground nearly three decades ago, a compassionate crew of volunteers imagined what RMHC-Madison could be for families facing a child’s medical crises far from home.  The organization was built on the idea that nothing else…

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Partnering to feed families

With the shared goal of helping those in need, RMHC–Madison and Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin have been working hand in hand to provide food for our families. In the first two months of this new partnership, 1,331 meals…

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Healing with siblings by their side

The Ronald McDonald House was founded on the belief that families are stronger and can better cope with a child’s illness when they are together. In April, the Ronald McDonald House in Madison welcomed back siblings after temporarily allowing only…

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