Week 3 EOC: Making Money for Good

"GIVE A HAND,FOR HOME'S"

McDonald's has been encouraging it's customer's to donate to their charity for almost 40 years. I chose this charity because a lot of people see McDonald's as a corporation that doesn't give back to it's customer's. But their charity help's people with a very tough decision, especially as a parent. They provide a home for families that have a child in a hospital far away from their own home. It allows a parent to relax during a hard period in their life. McDonald's number one goal is to keep parents close to their child while their child is ill or injured. "The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children." When I was in the U.S Army every year they made us look over hundreds of charities and chose as many as we wanted to donate to, at first I was surprised that they forced us to donate but it all made sense when I truly thought of why we donated. We are soldiers and our mission was to always put civilians lives' above our own. Even though a lot of fresh soldiers didn't think it was fair, they were missing the point of serving their country. I seen a lot of children who needed treatment but they could only be treated in certain parts of the country. And thanks to donors like McDonald's people are allowed to take some stress off their minds and focus on the reason they are there.  "At Ronald McDonald House Charities, we owe our continued success to the tireless work of volunteers and the countless contributions from our donors. Because of you, we’ve been helping improve the lives of children and their families for 38 years." When you really add up all the costs to take care of someone who is sick it is a huge amount of money for the treatment alone, but then you add the cost's to live in that location it almost seems impossible to be able to pay that off. Myself as a parent I know in my heart that if my child was to ever be so sick to wind up in a hospital far away from home, I would give anything to be there to help my child through their struggle. Even if it caused me to be homeless, and broken in society, but with places that donate to charities like this one it would give me a chance to stay stable and not worry about that kind of issue. "Many families travel far from home to get treatment for their seriously ill or injured children. Often, it can be a long time to be away from home, or to divide a family. And, for children facing a serious medical crisis, nothing seems scarier than not having their mom and dad close by for love and support."http://rmhc.org/