On any given night, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City serves 67 families. Last year, the RMHCKC Houses and Family Room provided lodging to more than 5,000 families and supported nearly 46,000 visits from family and friends of in-patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Volunteers sign up to cook for families, often in groups of friends, families, co-workers or church members. Donations of time, food and energy are essential to the Charities’ mission to provide a caring, uplifting environment for the families.