Agency Report

Lydia Kirkland

Mission Statement

The mission of the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New

Jersey (RMHSNJ) provides a home-away-from-home to families
of seriously ill and injured children who are being treated at
nearby hospitals and operates Family Rooms within pediatric units
of hospitals across Southern New Jersey.

Demographics

Parents travel great distances to get the best possible care for
their sick child:

from 14 New Jersey counties 47%, from other states 44% and
from other countries 9%.

The childrens diagnoses include: Fetal Surgery & NICU 28%,

PICU/Pediatrics 65%, Pediatric Oncology 4% and Pediatric
Trauma 3%.

The children are patients at these hospitals: Cooper University

Hospital 11%, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia 52%, Shriners
Hospital for Children 37%, Wills Eye Hospital 15% and Others
8%.

A familys longest stay was 239 nights. 524 families stayed in

our home-away-from-home. We were unable to accommodate
an additional 261 families who had to be referred to hotels.

Procedures &Policies

Structure

Governance

A 25 member volunteer Board of Trustees governs Ronald

McDonald House of SNJ and is responsible for policy making,
governance, and financial oversight.

Funding

Corporate Support

Direct Mail

Special events

Foundation grants

Individual donors

Relationships with
other agencies

Strengths

Relationships

Ability to Expand

Volunteers

Trends

Challenges

Funding

Keeping up with the expansion of other

services

Balance

Planned giving

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