Ronald McDonald House Charities - Manitoba

RMHC Manitoba

Wish List

Help RMHC Manitoba families feel at home!

Follow this page to see what is needed most at Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald Family Room. 

At this time, we are not accepting donations of stuffed animals.

One of the best ways to support our families is through the donation of a gift card.

Gift Cards (increments of $25):

  • Walmart
  • Costco
  • Grocery stores (preferably with delivery service)
  • Michaels
  • Gas gift cards
  • Dollar stores
  • Staples
  • Grand & Toy
  • Store gift cards appreciated as holiday and birthday gifts for children over age 12 ($15-$25 value)

Highest general needs for House and Family Room can be found on our Amazon Wish List.

Highest Needs to support Family Meal program:

  • Frozen lasagna and other large sized frozen meals
  • Frozen chicken breasts
  • Frozen chicken fingers or chicken nuggets
  • Frozen pre-made hamburger patties
  • Frozen battered fish fillets
  • Frozen meatballs
  • Frozen chicken wings
  • Frozen vegetables
  • Frozen blueberries

Pantry:

  • Fresh fruit and vegetables
  • Canned fruit and vegetables
  • Individual snack items: cookies, fruit cups, pudding cups, jello cups, granola bars, trail mix, chips, chocolate bars
  • Variety of salad dressing
  • Dijon Mustard
  • Mayonnaise
  • Chocolate Chips
  • Baking Chips
  • Cocoa
  • Baking Powder
  • Baking Soda
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Raisins/Craisins
  • Rolled Oats
  • Coconut
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Sliced Almonds
  • Liquid Honey
  • Brown Sugar
  • White Sugar
  • Icing Sugar
  • Ready to spread frosting
  • Muffin cups/liners
  • Cake mixes
  • Muffin mixes
  • Butter or Margarine squares for baking
  • Marshmallows
  • Maple Syrup
  • Eggo Waffles
  • Vinegar
  • Canola or vegetable oil
  • Cheddar Cheese blocks
  • Cheese Sticks
  • Cans of diced tomatoes
  • Canned beans
  • Kraft dinner
  • Instant Noodle packages
  • Cup of Soup
  • KD Cups
  • Cream of Chicken soup cans
  • Adult and children's cereals
  • Flavored instant oatmeal packets
  • Parchment paper
  • Ziplock sandwich and snack bag sizes
  • Ziplock large freezer bags
  • Plastic wrap
  • Aluminum foil
  • Tortilla wraps: 6 inch and large size
  • Taco kits
  • Pasta sauces
  • Aluminum foil pans: loaf size and 9 x 13

Supplies:

  • Fabric dryer sheets
  • Sanitizing Wipes
  • Personal sized hand sanitizers

Welcome Bag Items (Individual Sizes):

  • Crossword and Sudoku puzzle books
  • Notepads or journals

Administrative Needs:

  • Printer paper, letter size
  • File folders, letter size

*Please note, we follow hospital policy when accepting donations. Items must be brand new, in the box, and never used. We do not accept food items within two weeks of expiration or items that have already expired.

To donate items for our Family Room and House programs, please contact info@rmhmanitoba.org.

Become a Meal Sponsor for Families

Other than monetary donations, you can also support meal programming for families by sponsoring/catering a meal. Meal programs remain a very important support for families during this difficult time, and provides nutrition and strength during these challenging times. Your donation of $75 to $100 will be used to help fund a meal on your behalf. This is especially needed on Saturdays and Sundays.

By sponsoring/catering a meal for families, you help:

  • Families be stronger for each other by offering them nutritious meals
  • RMHC Manitoba staff by providing ready-to-serve meals for families
  • Save RMHC Manitoba current resources being used for meal programming
  • Support local restaurants
  • Create a refreshing variety of meal options for families

Please call 204-774-4777 to make your donation in support of meal programming for RMHC Manitoba families or make an online donation and indicate in the comments field that you would like to have your donation support meal programming. RMHC Manitoba will prepare or order a meal for families staying with us on your behalf.

We thank our kind and generous donors for their continued support of the RMHC Manitoba mission and keeping families together where and when it’s needed most.

Fundraising Wish List

RMHC Manitoba is able to provide these comforts and valuable services through the kindness and generosity of our donors, partners, and fundraising events.

If you would like to know more about how you can help support our mission, please email info@rmhmanitoba.org or call 204-774-4777.

RMHC Manitoba serves families on Treaty 1 and Treaty 5 lands, located on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.