Ronald McDonald House provides a home away from home for families with children receiving treatment at hospitals and medical facilities in Orlando.  Each year, about 1,800 families stay with them to be close to their critically ill children.  Before the Ronald McDonald Houses, parents were sleeping in their cars or in chairs in the waiting room, eating out of vending machines, or bearing the expense of impersonal hotel rooms.  There are currently two Ronald McDonald Houses in Orlando-- one on the campus of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and one on the campus of Florida Hospital for Children. And a third one being built at Nemours. These three homes will provide a home away from home for up to 74 families every single day.