Oxford McDonald’s Round-Up Raises Over $27,000 for Ronald McDonald House

McDonald’s restaurants in Oxford raised more than $27,000 in 2025 for Ronald McDonald House West Tennessee and Northeast Arkansas, a community news release reported in The Oxford Eagle. The Oxford donations, collected through the McDonald’s Round-Up program, will help provide about 50 dinners for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Memphis.

Customers in Oxford contributed by rounding up purchases to the nearest dollar at local McDonald’s locations, with crews asking patrons whether they wanted to Round-Up at the point of sale. The Round-Up mechanism is available in the drive-thru, on the app, or at kiosks, and restaurants also accept spare change through RMHC donation boxes and seasonal fundraisers, according to chapter and corporate program descriptions.

Jill Crocker, Executive Director of Ronald McDonald House West Tennessee and Northeast Arkansas, praised the partnership between McDonald’s and the chapter. “Ronald McDonald House West Tennessee and Northeast Arkansas is truly blessed to not only have McDonald’s as its forever partner, but to specifically have restaurants that are committed to our mission of keeping children near the care they need with the families they love,” Crocker said. “The Oxford teams’ efforts and the community’s participation in Round Up for the House are positively impacting lives and helping to keep our doors open to serve families with children who are ill or injured. We are so thankful for their partnership and leadership in raising money and awareness for Ronald McDonald House.”

The Oxford total sits within a broader pattern of McDonald’s-supported giving to Ronald McDonald House Charities. RMHC St. Louis reports St. Louis-area McDonald’s customers donated over $3 million in 2024 through Round-Up, donation boxes, Penny for a Happy Meal and other seasonal fundraisers, a chapter summary shows. Nationally, McDonald’s notes U.S. customers donated more than $50 million in 2023 through Round-Up and Donation Boxes, and those contributions helped RMHC provide more than 500,000 overnight stays to families with hospitalized children.

RMHC and McDonald’s materials highlight how funds are used on the ground. RMHC St. Louis cited renovations to two Ronald McDonald Family Rooms and expansion to a new room, and described Family Rooms as places where families can rest, shower, do laundry, or eat steps away from patient rooms. The charitable partnership is global in scale: RMHC’s network includes hundreds of Houses, Family Rooms and Care Mobile programs across dozens of countries, per corporate summaries.

McDonald’s leadership frames the retailer’s role as long-term. “At McDonald’s, we know the importance of bringing families together. For over 45 years, McDonald’s, our franchisees and our customers have been proud supporters of Ronald McDonald House Charities,” said Chris Kempczniski, McDonald’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “As a founding mission partner of the Charity, McDonald’s remains committed to leveraging the size and scale of our restaurants to promote and raise money to support the growth of the Charity.”

Oxford’s more-than-$27,000 total underscores how small consumer donations add up locally; Round-Up programs operate year-round in most U.S. restaurants, and McDonald’s is also donating one cent per Happy Meal sold at participating U.S. restaurants during Jan. 1, 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026, extending another avenue for continued support of RMHC programs that keep Lafayette County families connected to care in Memphis.