Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Richard Pass, CEO

Organization Contact Information

The Children's Family House Society of British Columbia d.b.a Ronald McDonald House Charities British Columbia & Yukon

Description of Activities

Since 1983, The Children's Family House Society of British Columbia, doing business as Ronald McDonald House Charities of British Columbia and Yukon (RMH BC&Y) has succeeded in providing a comforting home and circle of support to over 25,000 families as their seriously ill child faces a medical crisis. Our families travel hundreds or thousands of kilometers to ensure their sick child has access to necessary and often urgent, life-saving pediatric care only available in Vancouver at BC Children's and BC Women's Hospitals. Today, RMH BC & Y is at a tipping point where the need to serve more families is higher than the space and resources we have to offer them. The situation is resulting in us turning away over 500 families each year who urgently need our support. Despite our expansion in 2014 from a 13-bedroom home to a brand new 73-bedroom facility, 575 steps away from BC Children's and BC Women's Hospital, care teams at the hospital campus routinely have to advise families that RMH BC & Y is full. With few alternatives available, these stressed-out families are plunged into finding a home away from home close to their sick child in a large city they don't know well. Recent provincial projections show we're going to need more spaces in the next few years to even come close to meeting the need. We are looking for community leaders to help support our dream of building a new House adjacent to our current House, to serve more families. In order to do that, we need to fundraise $96M with the goal of breaking ground in early 2026 and welcoming more families by the spring of 2028. together, let us help our families solve the challenge of accommodation close to the hospital where their sick child is being treated.

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

The following people or organizations contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity:

• Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada
  • 1 McDonald's Place
    Toronto, ON  M3C 3L4
    Canada
• Ronald McDonald House Charities Global
  • 110 N. Carpenter Street
    Chicago, IL  60607-2101
    United States of America

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Requested Government Funding

Coalition Members Information

The Children's Family House Society of British Columbia d.b.a Ronald McDonald House Charities British Columbia & Yukon is not a coalition member.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

• Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada
  • 1 McDonald's Place
    Toronto, ON  M3C 3L4
    Canada
• Ronald McDonald House Charities Global
  • 110 N. Carpenter Street
    Chicago, IL  60607-2101
    United States of America

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of The Children's Family House Society of British Columbia d.b.a Ronald McDonald House Charities British Columbia & Yukon are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.