When you’re doing your personal shopping, consider grabbing one or two items from our current Needs List and dropping it off at our House. Donations of Needs List items allow our families to focus on their families rather than shopping.
On Facebook on Wednesdays we share essential needs of the House.
If you would like to support the children and families of Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI, please consider donating items from our Needs List, Amazon Wishlist, Target Community Registry, or Walmart Spark Good Registry.
Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI
850 2nd St. SW
Rochester, MN 55902
The Needs List includes items we currently need to help make our House a welcoming home.
Thank you for thinking of the children and families of Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI! Following a best practice change to ensure the health and well-being of the children, we are no longer able to accept the following items: new or used plush items, such as stuffed animals and Beanie Babies; used toys; used books; open scrapbooking and craft supplies; unused or leftover fabric; furniture; artwork; medical equipment.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thanks again for thinking of us!
Due to the health concerns of the children staying at our House, items donated cannot be homemade and need to be brand new, unexpired and in original packaging. If you are purchasing paper goods, please consider purchasing eco-friendly or biodegradable paper materials.
Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI also has an Amazon List, Target Community Registry, and a Walmart Spark Good Registry. Items can be shipped directly to our House at 850 2nd St. SW, Rochester, MN 55902.
Needs List item donations can be dropped off at the front desk, seven days a week, from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI
850 2nd St. SW
Rochester, MN 55902
Please call 507-282-3955 if you have any questions.
Save up your aluminum pull tabs and donate them to Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI. Pop tab donations add up and generate thousands of dollars for the families we serve each year. Cans can also be donated three times per year at our Cans for Kids event, hosted by McNeilus Companies.
Our Pop Tab Program is a great way for families, schools, organizations, businesses and individuals to support the Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI mission. When pop tabs are donated, volunteers bring them to a local recycling facility and exchange the aluminum for cash. All proceeds directly support Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI.
Feel free to get creative! Pop tabs are often delivered in coffee cans, baggies, decorated shoe boxes, or small pop tab collection houses available (in limited quantities) at our House.
Absolutely! Each year, our Pop Tab Program raises between $10,000-$15,000 for Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI.
When your container is full, drop it off at Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI. Volunteers take the pop tabs to the recycling center where they are weighed and a check is written to the organization based on a per pound price.
Friends and supporters may choose to bring pop tabs to their local recycling center and then pass the funds along to the Ronald McDonald House. Recycling locally helps stretch every donation even farther by saving on gas and postage, reducing volunteer time, and allowing more resources to go directly toward caring for families.
A pop tab is the flip top on aluminum cans. You can collect them from soda cans, sparkling water cans and various other beverage cans. We also take tabs from soup, fruit, vegetable and pet food cans that have tabs.
We collect the tabs instead of whole cans due to space and cleanliness considerations at the House. Three times per year, we do collect whole aluminum cans during Cans for Kids. Visit our Special Events page for our next collection day in partnership with McNeilus Companies.
Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI is a participating Thrivent Choice organization.
Thrivent Choice is a charitable grant program that allows eligible members to recommend where Thrivent Financial distributes part of its charitable outreach grant funds each year.
Gifts of highly appreciated stock can provide you with a great satisfaction of supporting families with seriously ill children while meeting your own financial goals. When gifted directly to Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI, you can avoid capital gains tax on the appreciated portion of the gift while the entire fair market value of the stock gift becomes eligible for a tax deduction. Please consult your financial or investment advisor regarding gifts of stock to Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI.
The most popular and most efficient way to transfer securities to Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI is by electronic transfer.
If your stock is held at a broker, notify the broker that you wish to make a gift of securities to Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI. Your broker will need written authorization from you before they can make the transfer. Be sure to tell them the name of the stock that you want to transfer and the number of shares.
Once you have authorized the transfer, ask your broker to contact a Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI Development Officer or Director at (507) 282-3955. Our office will give your broker complete transfer instructions.
NOTE: Even if you have donated securities in the past, be sure your broker contacts the Development Officer or Director at (507) 282-3955 before the transfer is made. The transfer instructions can change from year to year. A quick phone call from your broker to verify the current instructions will prevent any transfer problems.
If your securities are not held at a broker (see Electronic Transfer if they are), please contact a Ronald McDonald House Southeastern MN and Western WI Development Officer or Director at (507) 282-3955 for instructions on safest methods of transfer for the asset.
