Affiliate groups provide a way for you to meet like-minded individuals who share your desire to make a difference in your community.

Friends Chapters
To support the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland, members of local communities have joined together to form Friends Chapters. The purpose of these chapters is to increase the visibility and awareness of the Ronald McDonald House, raise funds, promote volunteer opportunities, and to provide networking opportunities for their members.

Active Friends Chapters are:

• Lake County Friends host a Fore! the House night golf event at Lost Nation Golf Course in Willoughby.
• Portage County Friends creates awareness through an active speaker’s bureau and involvement in the Garrettsville Summerfest. They also focus their efforts on collecting pull tabs.
• Westside Friends host a Fore! the House night golf event at Springvale Golf Course in North Olmsted.

Young Professionals Group
This group provides an opportunity for young professionals (ages 21 through 40) to get involved in their community. The purpose of the Young Professionals Group is to assist in furthering the House’s mission to help families in crisis and to provide networking and social opportunities for its members. The group hosts an annual Celebrities in the House! fundraising event at the House of Blues to benefit the Ronald McDonald House.

Ronald McDonald House Business Forum
The Small/Medium Business Group is now the Business Forum. This new program has three objectives:

• To provide valuable networking opportunities for members.
  
• To increase knowledge on current topics to business owner.
  
• To raise the awareness of the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland to small and medium size businesses in Northeast Ohio.