Pop Tabs
Pop Tab Program Details
When can you drop pop tabs off? Pop tabs can be dropped off at the House any day of the week between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
What do we do with the pop tabs? The Ronald McDonald House sells the pop tabs for scrap metal and we earn anywhere from $5,000-$6,000 each year. This popular fundraiser not only brings awareness of the Ronald McDonald House to the community, it also helps pay for nights stays for families with seriously ill children in the hospitals.
Get Your Community Involved
Many schools and youth groups around the Central Iowa area are taking part in the Ronald McDonald House Charities Pop Tab Program. Children are able to learn about recycling, math concepts and civic responsibility by using tabs. To find exercises on these subjects, as well as others, Download the Educator’s Packet
Pull for the Ronald McDonald House
Keep pulling those Pop Tabs to benefit the Des Moines Ronald McDonald House. The proceeds from the pop tab project are used for the operational expenses of the House.
School, Churches, Businesses, and individuals continue to help the “House” by collecting tabs, and taking them to the Ronald McDonald House.
Our heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of donors to this very worthwhile project, benefiting the Des Moines Ronald McDonald House resident families.
Pop Tab Fun Facts
| 1 inch = 1 tab top | 1 foot = 12 tab tops |
| 1 meter = 40 tab tops | 1 lb = 1,267 tab tops |
| 1 km = 40,000 tab tops | 1 mile = 63,360 tab tops |
The tab top was invented by Mr. Ermal Fraze. The ring pull tab was invented in 1962.
Thanks again for your support of the Ronald McDonald House. You are helping us make the House a “Home Away From Home” for the hundreds of families that stay here each year.
Keep pulling for the Ronald McDonald House!
