McHappy Day is set to return to Moree on Saturday, November 17 and Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is calling on local community groups to show their support by forming a ‘Bucket Brigade’ to help the charity make McHappy Day the biggest and best year yet.
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By getting a Bucket Brigade together, Moree locals who volunteer their time will be helping the charity to raise vital funds for RMHC to help support seriously ill children and their families.
As the largest fundraiser for RMHC Australia nationally, McHappy Day is crucial in raising funds for the charity, which helps keep families together while their seriously ill child undergoes treatment.
Since it first started in Australia in 1991, McHappy Day has raised more than $42 million for RMHC nationally, $4 million of which was raised in 2017.
Barbara Ryan, CEO of RMHC says, “Every week, more and more families come to Ronald McDonald House Charities in need of support and accommodation, which is why McHappy Day is so important for raising vital funds for RMHC.
“The Bucket Brigades are a simple and easy way for the Moree community to truly help RMHC make a difference for families in their time of need.”
Community legends from across the country will also join hands with RMHC to help raise awareness for McHappy Day. Here’s how you can join them and help make a big difference:
- Buying a Big Mac from a Macca’s in Moree - $2 from every Big Mac sold on McHappy Day will go directly to Ronald McDonald House Charities, and for the first time Big Macs will be available all day following the launch of McDonald’s all day menu
- Looking the part and picking-up a pair of $5 McHappy Day socks or $2, $5, $10 or $50 Helping Hands
- Making a gold coin donation with one of our Bucket Brigades that will be out in full force on McHappy Day
- Do your bit over the next 12 months with 10c from every 600mL Cool Ridge Water going to RMHC
Last year, McHappy Day helped in NSW with:
- Providing almost 70,000 nights of accommodation or “bed nights” for over 2,200 families
- Nearly 15,000 families visited our Family Rooms, and over 150 were able to use our Family Retreats
- More than 1,300 students were able to be included in the learning program nationally on any given week.
- Donations fund programs including Ronald McDonald Houses, Ronald McDonald Family Rooms, Ronald McDonald Learning Program, and the Ronald McDonald Family Retreats.
Generous donations already made have helped fund the successful openings of two new Ronald McDonald Houses at Westmead and Perth, as well as the opening of four new Ronald McDonald Family Rooms in Wagga Wagga, Townsville, Newcastle and Perth.
For more information https://www.rmhc.org.au/mchappyday.
