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We welcome families and provide them with a home away from home at a difficult time. Here’s what you can expect at our house.

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Keeping our families close to their sick
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Family Stories

Jessica Robb
Jessica has had many different medical journeys throughout her life and one of these special journeys brought us to find a 'home away...
Justin Robar
Ronald McDonald House has been a “home-away-from-home” for Roxanne Adams and her son Justin for the past 18 years. When Roxanne...
Evan Power
On February 19, 2015, Annie and Trevor Power from Moncton, New Brunswick, welcomed a new baby boy to their family. Evan arrived early,...
Brooklyn Gillis
Brooklyn Gillis entered the world weighing just 1 lb. and 15 oz. Her early arrival was a surprise to new parents, Vanessa Gaudet...
Sadie Crilley
The Crilley family’s journey began on July 27, 2016. Twelve-year-old Sadie remembers that day clearly. After experiencing headaches...
Abigail Prinsloo
On June 18, 2016, Natalie and Quintin Prinsloo welcomed their 11th child Abigail to the world. Before Natalie had given...
Chloe Mullin
At one o’clock in the morning on October 29, 2015, Jennifer Mullin woke up to severe back pain. Just over 26 weeks pregnant with twins,...
Cassidy Patterson
Cassidy and Cailey Patterson, from Seeley’s Cove, New Brunswick, have been coming to Ronald McDonald House for as long as they can...
Becca Schofield
Butterscotch. That was the name sixteen year old Becca Schofield from Riverview, New Brunswick decided to give her brain tumour....
Zoe LeBlanc
Sophie LeBlanc from Dieppe, New Brunswick gave birth to her daughter Zoe prematurely at 31 weeks. ...
Ella Powell
Mallory Powell from Charlottetown, PEI first stayed at Ronald McDonald House after she gave birth to her baby girl Ella at 24 weeks....
Darla Langille-Schumann
When Darla Langille-Schumann from Amherst, Nova Scotia was born she was diagnosed with a cleft lip and palette and a hole in her heart....
Michael Rumsby
When Michael Rumsby from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 13, his mom Michelle knew that she...
Kaylee MacIntyre
Tricia and Barry MacIntyre from Little Brasd’or, Cape Breton and parents to six year old Kaylee remember the day when their life changed....
Jason Thorpe
Jason Thorpe of Quispamsis, New Brunswick, was 9 years old when he first stepped foot
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Why it All Matters

Ronald McDonald House Charities® Atlantic offers family-centered programs that promote healing and togetherness including Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald Family Rooms.

What’s New

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Cooking from Coast to Coast
April 12, 2018
From her family’s kitchen in Vancouver to Chopped Canada Teen in Toronto to Ronald McDonald House in Halifax, 18-year-old Justine Balin has taken...
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Rise and Shine Saint John!
April 9, 2018
We’re excited to share that the second annual Ronald McDonald House PJ Walk for Kids is coming to Saint John! Did you know that more than...
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A New Home at the IWK
April 6, 2018
On December 11, 2017, our Ronald McDonald Family Room® in Halifax officially opened the doors to its new home at the IWK Health Centre!...
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Be a Birthday Hero
November 20, 2017
Imagine if your birthday could make a difference in the lives of families with sick children.  It can! Heidi decided to turn her 10th...
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Family Fun
November 7, 2017
Caroline Guinard bought her first Rubik's Cube in middle school when she randomly picked one up at a science museum gift shop. After watching...
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Hole in One
November 6, 2017
For one lucky golfer, our 20th Ronald McDonald House Golf Classic turned out to be the best one yet. Barry Gaul from Scotiabank, a...
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A Beautiful Partnership
May 8, 2017
In 2016, Ronald McDonald Houses across the country entered a beautiful partnership with Chatters Salons. Chatters chose Ronald McDonald House...
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Celebrating Our Volunteers
May 5, 2017

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#BeccaToldMeTo
February 6, 2017
It is impossible not to be inspired by Becca Schofield. This past December, at the age of seventeen, her doctors told her that the brain cancer...
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The Importance of Family
February 5, 2017
Ashley McKim has been a volunteer at the Ronald McDonald Family Room in Moncton since the very beginning. “I remember when I was told about...
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