Wish List

Cincinnati’s Ronald McDonald House provides a supportive “home away from home” for families and their children who are receiving life–saving treatment at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Keeping our House stocked with the basic necessities of a home requires a lot of donated food and supplies. Our House recently underwent a 30-room expansion project. When the new wing opened in April 2009, our House went from 48 rooms to a total of 78 rooms. This means that 78 families every day (±1,600 families each year) are able to call Cincinnati’s Ronald McDonald House their “home.” Any group or individual may collect these items to donate to the House.

Kitchen Items

13, 30 or 39 gallon tall kitchen trash bags
Aluminum foil
Cutlery (knives, forks, spoons)
Food storage containers
Take-out style foam containers
Paper plates
Ziploc freezer bags
Ziploc sandwich bags
Ziploc snack bags

General House Items

44-cent stamps
Batteries
Gas cards
Gift cards
NEW family-friendly DVDs or VHS tapes
New or gently used Wii and Playstation II games
Phone cards
Tickets to special events

Special Items

Juvenile cotton fabrics used to make quilts
Low loft batting for quilts (eg. Low loft Mountain mist or soft’n Natural) 44" X 44" square per quilt
Yarn and knitting needles of any size
Frozen hamburgers
Frozen hot dogs
Lunch meat (for freezing)

Cleaning Supplies

Disinfecting wipes (Lysol/Clorox)
Hand sanitizers
Toilet bowl cleaner
Bleach
Brooms
Cleaning gloves (vinyl)
Clear (empty) spray bottles
Disinfectant sprays (Lysol/Clorox)
Hand soap for sinks
Mr. Clean Magic Erasers
Windex
Clear storage bins (all sizes)

For the Pantry

Baby Food
Bottled juice
Boxed complete meals
Canned fruit
Canned one-dish meals
Cereal - big boxes or single servings
Cooking oil (vegetable)
Crackers
Flour
Fresh fruit/vegetables
Healthy snacks
Hot chocolate packets
Microwavable soups/meals
Popcorn
Ramen noodles
Rice
Salt
Salty Snacks
Single serving fruit cups
Sugar
Single serving Jell-O / pudding
Single serve chip/snacks
Spices
Tomato sauce
Tuna
White rice
Whole kernel corn

For Our Families

Hand sanitizer (travel size & normal size)
Journals for families to write in
Pens (any make)
Night lights
Small blanket or quilt
Toiletries (full or sample/travel size)
Toiletries (travel size)
Toothpaste
Arts and craft supplies (eg. Glue, scissors)
Umbrellas

Bigger Items



Items that we need most

Canned fruit
Canned one-dish meals
Cooking oil
Crackers
Fresh fruit/vegetables
Microwavable soups/meals
Ramen noodles
Single serving Jell-O / pudding
Spices
Tuna

Ultimate Registry



Bed Bath and Beyond
You can also visit our on-going registry at Bed Bath and Beyond (local stores or on-line) to see a list of things we need for our new expansion.

Our registry is listed under
First Name: Ronald Cincinnati
Last Name: McDonald
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati | 350 Erkenbrecher Avenue | Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 | 513.636.7642