McHappy Day is today and local McDonald’s restaurants are hoping for a big turnout in support of the Ottawa Ronald McDonald House.
Tim Carter of Carter Foods Ltd., which operates McDonald’s restaurants in Perth, Kemptville, Smiths Falls and Carleton Place, says it is their biggest fundraising day of the year.
Carter says the Ottawa house has now expanded from 16 bedrooms to 38 after years of work and $26.4 million in fundraising.
On McHappy Day, 10 per cent of proceeds will go to Ronald McDonald House. Carter says local restaurants hope to donate more than $100,000.
Carter says the house gives families a home away from home while a child receives care at CHEO.
