Idaho McDonald's customers can now 'round up' donations for Ronald McDonald House

BOISE, Idaho (CBS 2) — McDonald's customers in Idaho can now "round up" their purchases for donations to the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC).

McDonald's announced Tuesday an easier way for customers to donate to RMHC. Instead of dropping change into those little boxes, you can choose to just round up your order price to the next whole dollar!

RMHC helps families with ill or injured children stay together with home-cooked meals, private bedrooms, fully equipped kitchens and laundry facilities near to the medical care they need at leading hospitals.

To highlight how each donation benefits RMHC families, McDonald’s unveiled a new “Menu of Moments” today. Priceless moments are made possible with the help of McDonald’s customers when they choose to Round-Up for RMHC and keep families together when they need each other most. Even the smallest of donations can make such a big difference to families, spending time together in a ‘home-away-from-home’.

Imagine:

• Ninety-two cents: can help allow a parent to read a bedtime story to their sick child
• Forty-two cents: can help provide 10-minutes for a family to sing together
• Twenty-one cents: can help ensure five minutes of laughter with the entire family

For families with children receiving medical treatment, it’s those moments, those minutes, those nights with each other that give them the strength and support they need.