Make an Impact
Red Shoe Day is San Diego’s
largest community fundraiser
Every year, hundreds of volunteers hit the streets to collect donations in big red shoes.
All online donations and funds collected on street corners unlock an equal amount for the Imagine the Moment Campaign, thanks to the Fowler Family Challenge. Each gift keeps families close to their hospitalized children.
A Home Away From Home for the Meredith Family
Launched in 2022, Imagine the Moment: The Campaign for San Diego’s Ronald McDonald House is expanding our ability to care for more families—more deeply—by keeping them close, supported, and together during a child’s medical crisis. With the 28-room expansion complete, the Fowler Family Challenge is now accelerating progress through program innovation and strengthening long-term impact through endowment growth.
Get Involved
Serve a Meal
Give the gift of healthy, fresh, homemade meals to families yearning for a taste of comfort. Get started here.
Volunteer
Your skills and time make a great impact on the lives of families who come to the House. Discover individual and group opportunities here.
Donate
Families are nourished and taken care of here thanks to generous support from people like you. There are so many ways to give.
Mission
Founded in 1980, Ronald McDonald House San Diego provides a “home away from home” for families with children being treated for serious, often life-threatening conditions at local hospitals.
Impact
Here’s what Ronald McDonald House San Diego supporters made possible in 2025.
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By giving me a ‘home away from home’, Ronald McDonald House supporters made it possible for Gigi to be alive and here today.
– ELIANI LAWRENCE
FEATURED STORY
A Home Away from
Home for 711 Days
At 20 weeks pregnant, Eliani Lawrence learned her baby’s heart
wasn’t developing properly. So when doctors advised that she
deliver in San Diego, where specialists could provide the best care,
baby Gigi’s miraculous medical journey began….
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