Our Families Tessa's Story
Three-year-old Tessa loves dancing, the color pink, and telling jokes. She’s the youngest of three children, and compared to her older siblings, she was an easy infant. “We called her...
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Our Families Anna's Story
One day in the fall of 2017, twelve-year-old Anna was picked up a few hours early from school in her hometown of Silverdale, Washington. With her father, Augustine, she went...
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Alex and his family lived at the Seattle House for most of 2017 while he battled leukemia. In this video, his family talks about their experience at the Seattle Ronald...
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Our Families Constance's Story
Three-year-old Constance has been battling kidney disease since she was born. She’s endured multiple surgeries, seizures, hernias, headaches, high blood pressure, and daily dialysis treatments. But somehow, she doesn’t let...
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Our Families Vail's Story
Earlier this year, ten-year-old Vail started to have headaches: terrible, debilitating episodes that often caused him to throw up or dry heave. His parents, Charlotte and Pete, took him to...
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Watch Ireland’s family speak about their journey to the Seattle House and the welcoming community they found there. Video Transcript: Tori Wylam, Ireland’s mother: My name is Tori Wylam and...
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Our Families Curtis's Story
When 2017 began, Curtis was just starting his senior year of high school. He spent his spare time skateboarding and hiking the forests around Sequim, his hometown. He had a...
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Volunteer Spotlight Gwen Malone
Gwen Malone started volunteering at the Seattle House in 2004, and for the next ten years, her main job was keeping the medical supply cabinets stocked and organized. But it...
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Our Families Alex's Story
It was a Friday evening in January, the end of a long work week, and Alex’s family was sitting down to dinner at their home in Olympia. They’re a family...
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Volunteer Spotlight Seattle ASG
Every month, a half dozen or so members of the Seattle Chapter of the American Sewing Guild set up shop in the basement of the Ronald McDonald House in Seattle....
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