For more than four decades, Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis has provided a home-away-from-home for thousands of local and out of town families of seriously ill children. The two local Ronald McDonald Houses are built on the idea that nothing else should matter when a family needs to travel for their child’s treatment. RMHC St. Louis asks for a nominal nightly fee, however families are never turned away if they can’t pay. Over 70% of families stay at RMHC St. Louis at no cost. A family’s sole focus should be healing their child – not where they can afford to stay, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head at night to rest.