Hearts for the House: Kids Helping Kids

Schools throughout the Southern Appalachian region along with McDonald’s restaurants participate in the “Hearts for the House” project to benefit the Southern Appalachian Ronald McDonald House Charities, Inc. every year during February. “Hearts for the House” raises money to help provide a temporary “home-away-from-home” for children and families of seriously ill children from your community.

Families have access to:

• Private bedroom with bath
• Kitchen, laundry, TV/play rooms

Families are asked to:

• Contribute $10/night
• However, no one is turned away because of the inability to contribute

Families come from more than 40 counties throughout the Southern Appalachian region.

ABOUT THE “Hearts for the House” PROJECT:

• Red paper hearts will be sold for $1.00 from Feb. 3 – Feb. 15, 2008 in schools who agree to participate
• Money is collected each day by the teacher and a red heart is given to the student
• Red paper hearts will be sold at McDonald’s restaurants located throughout NE Tennessee and SW Virginia at the drive-thru windows and the inside counters of the store and placed on windows in the restaurant

PRIZES:

• Winning class in each school receives a McDonald’s “Happy Meal” coupon for each student
• Classrooms averaging $5 per student receive a McDonald’s Dessert coupon for each student
• School District: (Based on county or city)
  • Student selling the most hearts in the school district will receive $75.00
  • Student selling the 2nd highest number of hearts in the school district will receive $50.00
  • Student selling the 3rd highest number of hearts in the school district will receive $25.00