Ryan House Stories

We recently hosted Thunderbirds Charities for a backyard cookout in celebration of their generous grant, which funded our Service Capacity Expansion Project, featuring our newly completed climate-controlled storage facility.  This state-of-the-art climate-controlled storage facility enables us to increase our capacity to serve more children with life-limiting conditions by freeing up our eighth bedroom for respite stays rather than using it to store our extra beds. The adorable exterior ice cream truck design (featured in the photo above) was specially designed for...

Arizona Cardinals Running Back David Johnson, and his wife Meghan, founders of The Johnson Family’s Mission 31 Foundation, stopped by recently, creating quite a media frenzy along the way, to donate one of David’s Lockers to Ryan House. This one-of-a-kind, truly amazing mobile locker contains noise canceling headphones, Apple iPads, Nintendo Switches and video games for our kids and families to use during their stays. The goal of the David’s Locker program is to provide students and chronically ill children and...

The Swanson family’s Ryan House journey is one big circle. A circle of life, to be exact, that began nearly 10 years ago.  We recently had a chance to catch up with Ryan House Mom, Lisa Swanson, to learn more. We invite you to read her story below to learn one simple way that you can make a big difference in our families’ lives.  Nearly 10 years ago, my husband Jim and I attended an open house at Ryan House...

The 2019 Run for Ryan House is brimming with new features this year including the addition of a 10K for true running enthusiasts and a live performance from The School of Rock Sugar Skulls, the best and brightest teen musicians in the Valley! Comprised of 22 students, ages 12-18, their music feature a musical blend of Classic Rock, 80's and current chart toppers. The Sugar Skulls have opened for Joan Jett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Warrant, Grand Funk Railroad and more! Get...

Our volunteers are a huge part of what makes Ryan House so special. We love you guys! That’s why we were especially thrilled when we were selected to participate in a program through ASU’s Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation to help us learn new strategies to improve our volunteer program at the house. One part of this opportunity was to host a volunteer think tank to gather helpful info. We asked for input from staff, clinical volunteers, and...