Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas
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​Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas was officially designated a chapter on November 25, 1981.  The original eight bedroom House opened as Parents and Friends of Children in 1979. Two years later the local McDonald's co-op stepped in to help create RMHC Arkansas.  

Our Ronald McDonald House was the 27th House, now totaling more than 380 Houses worldwide.  The chapter started through the hard work of many dedicated volunteers and board members, spearheaded by Sam Perroni.  Originally from Chicago, Sam remembers riding two hours by train with his mom to go visit his sick brother in the hospital each day.  It was mentally and physically exhausting for his family and he always wished there had been more resources to help his mom during that time.  Years later he met a doctor from Arkansas Children's Hospital who expressed the need for housing for families in a similar situation.  He stepped up to the challenge to recruit board members, raise money, and start a chapter in Little Rock. 

After two expansions and outgrowing the first House the current House, built in 2016, now has 32 bedrooms providing a place to call home to more than 1,200 families each year.  In 2009, the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile began providing free dental care to children in impoverished areas in central Arkansas.  In 2020 the first Ronald McDonald Family Room in central Arkansas opened at UAMS on the NICU floor. It provides four overnight rooms and a home-like setting for families just steps away from their sick baby. Our combined programs now serve more than 3,400 families a year. Thank you to all who have supported these programs for the past four decades and for ensuring families have what they need to take care of their children.  Here's to the next 40!

We will celebrate this momentous occasion with a blowout birthday bash at the 2022 Chocolate Fantasy Ball.  Click Here for event information. 

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Ronald McDonald House Programs Through the Years
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Ronald McDonald House from 1993-2016
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Farm Bureau Women's Committee Donation in 2008
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Playroom in Old House
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Children staying at the House in 2007
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Care Mobile in 2009
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Ronald McDonald with Princess Iyana in 2008
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas
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1501 W. 10th Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
info@rmhcarkansas.org

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Effective November 1979, the IRS issued a determination letter recognizing RMHC Arkansas as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 50l(c)(3). Donors can deduct contributions made to this nonprofit as provided in IRC Section 170. RMHC Arkansas is also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts under IRC Sections 2055, 2106, and 2522.​

​© RMHC - The following trademarks used herein are owned by McDonald's Corporation and its affiliates; McDonald's, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Ronald McDonald House Charities Logo, RMHC, Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room, Keeping Families Close, and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile.
  • DONATE
    • Donate Crypto
    • Annual Partners
    • Heart Wall
    • Corporate Donations
    • Planned Giving
    • Donate at McDonald's Restaurants >
      • Round Up for RMHC
      • McDonald's Donation Box
    • Other Ways to Give
    • Where Hope Has A Home: A project to build RMH Shreveport-Bossier
  • ABOUT US
    • About Us and Our Mission
    • Our History
    • News >
      • Newsroom
      • Newsletter Sign-up
      • 2021 Gratitude Report
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Meet Mac, Director of Smiles!
    • Village of Donors Wall
    • Important Documents >
      • Financial Information
      • IRS Tax Exempt Letter
  • What We Do
    • Ronald McDonald House of Arkansas
    • Ronald McDonald Family Room at UAMS
    • Ronald McDonald Care Mobile
    • How to Stay Here
    • Our Families
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Join Red Shoe Crew
    • Collect Pop Tabs >
      • Pop Tab Pandemonium
    • Red Apron
    • Well-Being Salon
    • Giving Tree
    • Wish List
    • Host a Fundraiser
    • Vehicle Donations
    • Community Auctions
    • Share Your Story
  • Events
    • 2023 Event Calendar
    • A Night in Vegas
    • Blue Jeans & Bubbles
    • Chocolate Fantasy Ball
    • Golf Scramble
    • Shamrock Shuffle 5k