McDonald’s restaurants across Canada will host McHappy Day 2021 on Wednesday.
Since its founding in 1977, McHappy Day, along with the everyday support of Canadians at McDonald’s, has helped Ronald McDonald House Charities support more than 425,000 families across Canada, giving them a place to stay together when they have to travel for their sick child’s treatment.
As local McDonald's owner, Mihir Patel explains, McDonald's restaurants across Canada will donate a portion of every dollar spent to Ronald McDonald House Charities:
"Every dollar that you spend at the restaurant, 10 percent of that will go to RMHC, and that money will be used towards Ronald McDonald Houses that we have across Canada, which will help a lot of families who are not able to afford the work and who are staying away from their kids are in the hospital."
Patel added that Dauphin's McDonald's is planning to give back to the community:
"As a part of the RMHC, 50 percent of the collection will go to the fundraising event locally in Dauphin to build a toddler park in Meadowlark Park and the other 50 percent will go to the Ronald McDonald House that we have in Winnipeg."
He also noted that when you visit McDonald's, round up to the nearest dollar to help support sick kids and their families.
McDonald’s Canada has contributed nearly $66 million to Ronald McDonald Houses and local Canadian children’s charities.
