All around the world, McDonald's embraces and puts into practice Ray Kroc's philosophy of always giving back to the communities in which we operate. In memory of Ray Kroc, Ronald

McDonald House Charities was founded in 1984 to provide comfort and care to children and families.

The Year in Review (FY2007/2008)

The Ronald McDonald Children’s Charity (RMCC) was incepted in Singapore in 1989. Since then, RMCC has helped more than 800 children with medical, rehabilitative and surgical treatments totalling over S$4 million. Through these years, the five most common requests for funding have been for medicines and drugs, nutritional supplements, handicap aids, leukemia treatment and surgery.treatment and surgery.

RMCC’s first beneficiary

20 years ago, a beautiful baby girl was brought to this world. However, what was meant to be a moment of joy soon became her parents’ most anxious and helpless moments. Jane Lee, RMCC’s first beneficiary, was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease soon after she was born. The numerous surgeries and post operative care Jane had to go through during the initial years of her childhood exhausted her parents’ savings. Despite this, they were determined to do whatever they could to help Jane lead a normal life, like other children. Just when they were at their most helpless moments, help arrived through the RMCC, which helped to fund Jane’s medical follow-up at the Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital in Australia.

Today, Jane is a happy, healthy young adult pursuing her dreams to be a nurse

Did you know ? 5 cents from every Happy Meal™ sold goes to the RMCC. Since 1989, McDonald’s Singapore has been contributing 5-cents from every Happy Meal it sells to the RMCC.

RMCC can help

If you are a parent of a child in need (under 12 years old), you could apply for help, especially if you have exhausted all means of financial support. Similarly, if you know of any child who is in need of medical and financial assistance, please call the RMCC hotline at (65)6394 1644.