Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States provides families with family-centered care, a critically important part of caring for and supporting children with serious medical conditions being treated at Freeman Health System and Mercy Hospital Joplin. It has a budget of $647,288.00, a volunteer base of 100-120 annually, and serves a 75-mile radius that includes the four-state area of Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas, Northwest Arkansas, and Northeast Oklahoma.