Home for Dinner is an excellent way to offer Ronald McDonald House Manitoba families the gift of togetherness while they enjoy a home-cooked meal. Whether a one-time event or monthly, we invite you to come to our Ronald McDonald House and share your culinary skills.

We have two convenient options for Home for Dinner volunteers to support our meal programming:

Option 1

You and your group can contribute $500 for Ronald McDonald House Manitoba to plan and purchase the menu items for a meal for families. On your scheduled day, you and your group will arrive at Ronald McDonald House at 4 p.m. for a tour. After that, you'll head to the kitchen to work with an Ronald McDonald House Manitoba staff member to prepare and serve the meal. Our family services staff will clean up and box up leftover food so families can help themselves when convenient. A group photo is taken of you and your team, and the experience wraps up at around 6:30 p.m.–7 p.m.

Please bring a cheque for the $500 amount the day of their scheduled dinner or donate the amount online. To make an online donation in support of Home for Dinner, type “Home for Dinner donation from (insert company/group name or main contact's name).” in the Notes Field on our Donate Online page. This will be on the same page where you enter your credit card information.

Option 2

Get together with friends, family, or coworkers to plan, purchase menu items, and prepare a comforting dinner for Ronald McDonald House Manitoba families. We provide the kitchen, you provide the food and culinary skills. On your scheduled day, you and your group will arrive at Ronald McDonald House at 4 p.m. for a tour. After that, you'll head to the kitchen to work with an Ronald McDonald House Manitoba staff member to prepare and serve the meal. After your station is cleaned up and leftover food is packed away at around 6:30 p.m.–7 p.m., group photos are taken and the experience wraps up.

Home for Dinner volunteers must adhere to the following:

• Group size limit is a maximum of eight (8) Home for Dinner volunteers
• Home for Dinner volunteers must be 18 years of age or older (participants 13 years of age or older are permitted as a group member if accompanied and supervised by parent or caregiver at a maximum ratio of one (1) underage volunteer for every three (3) adults)
• Must be in good health to attend and will sign a health declaration prior to their Home for Dinner date
• Aprons and hairnets must be worn when handling food items. Gloves are available but optional to wear.
• Each Home for Dinner volunteer must review Home for Dinner Guidelines and Food & Safety Handling Guidelines

Groups can be booked on any day of the week. Please see our Home for Dinner 2025 calendar to view available dates.

If you would like to sign up, please download and fill out our Home for Dinner Group Contact Form and email it to info@rmhmanitoba.org.

Fund a Meal for our Families

An alternate way to support families is through a catered meal at either the Ronald McDonald House or the Ronald McDonald Family Room located within HSC Children's Hospital, Yellow Deer Zone, Level 3 (CE-3 - 840 Sherbrook Street).

If you would like to fund a meal, would like more information about these programs, or have questions, please email info@rmhmanitoba.org or call 204-774-4777 ext. 136.