Keeping Families Close
DonateThis March, Make It Monthly!
This March, we invite you to Make it Monthly and help create a consistent and stable financial future for these families from your community. We call our monthly donors ‘House Warmers’, and they truly are the lifeline of everything we do here at RMH BC.
Learn MoreMoments That Count
40 years of RMH BC means 40 years of unique stories from the people who come to the House or Family Room to stay, volunteer, or support. We want to hear your stories and favourite memories from over the last four decades!
Share your story by April 14 and RBC Insurance will donate $5 for every submission (up to $250,000) in support of families with sick children from your community.
How your donation dollars help
In one year we help up to
2000 Families
Eliminating driving distance to hospital
5-10 Hours
Where our families come from
26%
British Columbia Interior
22%
Vancouver Island
24%
Northern British Columbia
Why Do families need your help?
When a child is seriously ill, the specialization required for their major medical procedure may only be available far from home. Treatment for illnesses such as leukemia, brain tumours or cystic fibrosis requires lengthy out-of-town hospitalization.
RMH BC & Yukon provides accommodation for these families, so they can be close to their seriously ill children undergoing treatment. The House is a place of comfort, healing, and a home away from home for kids and families from all across BC and Yukon—like Prince George, Kamloops, Whitehorse and Victoria. But the cost to accommodate over 2000 families per year is expensive and isn’t possible without the generosity of people like you.
Stepping Up with the Kerr Family
When 17-year-old Jocelyn was diagnosed with cancer, she and her family found a community at RMH BC. Now, she is #SteppingUp for families like hers.
Read the Story
Meet the Stephens Family
When baby Thatcher was flown to Vancouver for cancer treatment, RMH BC helped his family stay together just steps away from the hospital.
Read the Story
Meet the Bonner Family
When baby Elliot needed brain surgery at only 31 days old, RMH BC helped to take care of his parents, so they could take care of him.
Read the Story
Donate
Give today to help keep families close when it matters most. Your donations provide more than just a place to stay – you provide precious family moments and a community of support.
Donate NowWhat stops families from being together?
What stops families from being together?
When the unthinkable happens and a family is uprooted for their child’s critical medical treatment, there are many barriers they must overcome to stay together. Hotel stays are expensive, siblings need to be cared for, and staying in the hospital long term is unsustainable. That’s where the House comes in—providing accommodation, comfort, compassion, and a sense of community to these families in need.
But caring for so many families is expensive and isn’t possible without the generosity of people just like you.