Mission:
To provide a "Home Away From Home" for families of children traveling to Grand Rapids for their child's medical or mental health treatment.
Opened:
March 23, 2026
Facility:
- 19,000 square foot farm style home
- 17 bedrooms with private bath
- Community style kitchen, dining room, playroom, recreation room with TV and pool tables
- Large laundry room, great room and sun room
- Five beautiful park-like acres with a playhouse, playground equipment, grill and outdoor furniture
Complimentary Services:
- Secured building with staff on-site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week/365 days a year
- Private room with bath and Tempur-Pedic bed, phone, TV, linens, and toiletries
- Shuttle Service wherever needed (9 a.m. – 9 p.m.)
- Meals
- Free laundry facility (including supplies)
- Activities (including the West Michigan Therapy Dogs)
- Cable
- Free parking
- Chaplain services
- Free Admission to local attractions (John Ball Zoo, Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Children’s Museum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Gymco, Kroc Center and David D. Hunting YMCA)
- Full Kitchen access
- Semi-private refrigerator/freezer space
- Communal refrigerator, freezer, and pantry stocked with food and supplies
- Breast pump
- Free WIFI and/or computer access
2016 Numbers
Medical Visits by Guests
| Location: |
|
Number of Visits: |
|
Percentage: |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Guest Visits by Hospital: |
|
320 |
|
100% |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Spectrum Health Medical Center |
|
259 |
|
80.93% |
| Conductive Learning Center |
|
27 |
|
8.44% |
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital |
|
14 |
|
4.37% |
| Fores View Hospital |
|
10 |
|
3.13% |
| Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services |
|
10 |
|
3.13% |
|
Other
Hope Network
Metropolitan Health
Mercy Health Saint Mary's
Wedgwood Christian Services
|
|
0 |
|
0% |
Patient Diagnosis:
| Diagnosis: |
|
Number of Diagnosis: |
|
Percentage: |
| Neonatal/NICU |
|
149 |
|
46.54% |
| Outpatient/Doctor's Appointment |
|
42 |
|
13.13%
|
| Pediatric/PICU |
|
34 |
|
10.63%
|
| Rehabilitation |
|
32 |
|
10.00% |
| Psychiatric |
|
19 |
|
5.94% |
| Surgery |
|
17 |
|
5.31% |
| Intensive Feeding Program |
|
14 |
|
4.38% |
| Hematology/Oncology |
|
10 |
|
3.13% |
Other
Endocrine/Diabetes
Heart Center
Intensive Feeding Program
Neurology
Radiology
Sleep Lab |
|
3 |
|
.94% |
|
|
|
|
|
Top 5 Referral Counties ( # of Guest Visits)
| County: |
|
|
Number of Referrals: |
| Muskegon |
|
|
36 |
| Non-Michigan |
|
|
33 |
| Grand Traverse |
|
|
18 |
| Ottawa |
|
|
16 |
| Wexford |
|
|
15
|
| |
|
|
|
| Counties Served: |
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
|
Funding:
Ronald McDonald House of Western Michigan is independently funded and operated. The local House is responsible for its own $758,660 budget.
Housing Numbers:
| Total Number of Families Served: |
|
286 families |
| Total Number of Families Visits (Including returning families): |
|
320 visits |
| Total Number of Nights of Lodging Provided: |
|
5,299 |
| Occupancy Rate: |
|
91% |
| Average Length of Stay: |
|
18 days |
| |
|
|
Guest Services Numbers:
| Number of Community-Prepared Meals/ Donated: |
|
232 meals |
| Number of miles traveled by Ronald Mcdonald House Shuttle: |
|
15,120 miles |
|
|
|
|
Number of Hotel Referrals:
Families Served
|
|
52 |
| Nights of Lodging Provided |
|
130 |
Volunteer Facts:
| Volunteer Service Hours: |
|
5,120 hours |
| Number of Volunteers (scheduled 6 hours a month) |
|
67 |
| Number of Group Volunteers: |
|
465 |
| Number of Meals and Cookie Volunteers: |
|
1,407 |