Ronald McDonald House Charities: Pop Tab Wars

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Ronald McDonaldHouse Charities Pop Tab Wars
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My sub staff put on the Pop Tab Wars. It runs
similarly to Penny Wars, only each floor gets
their own container and they collect as many pop
tabs as possible. My Assistant hall director
managed a bulletin board that tracked the success
of each of the floors. The winning floor gets an
ice cream social. The Pop Tab Wars went for 2
weeks. Each of the sub staff member had a job
collecting the pop tabs, weighing the pop tabs,
doing the graph, etc. When the program ends, a
visit for hall residents to a local Ronald
McDonald House is facilitated where residents
volunteer some of their time. The attached
bulletin board is used as a advertisement for the
program.Submitted by VaNessa Thompson, Resident
Mentor, Michigan State University
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What is Ronald McDonald House?

• Provides a comfortable home away from home for
  families of seriously ill children who are
  receiving treatment at nearby hospitals
• Provides a social network of families who are
  going through similar situations
• The families in return can donate 5-20 per day
  if possible. If that isnt possible, their
  stay is free.

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The First Ronald McDonald House

• The first House opened in Philadelphia in 1974
  when 3-year-old Kim Hill, the daughter of
  Philadelphia Eagles football player Fred Hill was
  being treated for leukemia at St. Christopher's
  Hospital For Children.

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Ronald McDonald House Facts

• Since 1974, the program has helped more than 10
  million families
• There are more than 245 Ronald McDonald Houses in
  26 countries
• More than 6,000 bedrooms worldwide are available
  for families every night
• Have 30,000 volunteers who donate 1 million hours
  of their time each year

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Pop Tab Collection Program

• The Minneapolis/St. Paul Ronald McDonald House
  Community established the Ronald McDonald House
  Pop Tab Collection program in 1987
• To date, the Pop Tab Collection Program has
  generated over 700,000

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Why Pop Tabs?

• Pop tabs can help with the operating costs for
  the families
• Pop tabs are made with a different type of
  aluminum and can be recycled easier than pop cans
• Anyone can get pop tabs! Pop tabs are found on
  pop and energy drink cans, vegetable soup cans,
  special diet food cans JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE!!!

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Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan(Customize
with your own information)

• Address
• 121 S. Holmes StreetLansing, Michigan 48912
• Phone
• 517-485-9303
• Website
• www.rmhmm.org
• National Website
• http//www.rmhc.com

Have a ball making someones day!
Donate some time!
Bring some friends!
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Akers Pop Tab WarsMarch 19 April 1 (Customize
with your own information)

• Each floor will have their own jug.
• West side at the west desk and East side at the
  east desk
• Every 2 days, the jugs will be weighed.
• The results will be on the next to 144 W. Akers
• Winners will be announced by April 2nd ?

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You can cut these facts out

• 1 inch 1 pop tab
• 1 pound 1,267 pop tabs
• 1 foot 12 pop tabs

• 1 km 40,000 pop tabs
• 1 meter 40 pop tabs
• 1 mile 63,360 pop tabs

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• 12,800 tabs 10 pounds 4.50
• 1,280,000 tabs 1,000 pounds 450.00

• 1, 280 tabs 1 pound .45
• 128,000 tabs 100 pounds 45.00

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