The Ronald McDonald House program has provided a "home away from home" for nearly 4 million family members since its beginning in 1974.  Today, more than 220 McDonald Houses in more than 20 countries offer more than 5,000 rooms each night to families needing comfort and care while there child is in the hospital.

The Crisis Center
of Tampa Bay Inc., located in Tampa, Florida, U.S.A., is a private nonprofit organization that provides services for the local region. Services and programs include crisis and suicide intervention and community resource referral, daily reassurance phone calls to the homebound elderly or disabled, short term economic assistance with case management, protective travel assistance, medical and/or mental health patient transportation, sexual abuse counseling for children and adults, forensic medical exams for sexual assault survivors, continuing education events, and volunteer opportunities.