Chatham-Kent residents ate a lot of Big Macs and other McDonald's menu items on Wednesday in support of local children’s charities.
This year’s McHappy Day raised a total of $40,729 from the McDonald's locations in Chatham and Wallaceburg. That's up more than $7,000 from last year's total of $33,491.84.
The money that was raised will benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Southwestern Ontario.
RMHC supports more than 26,000 Canadian families each year.
Across the country on Wednesday, McHappy Day raised over $7.5 million was raised in support of RMHC and children’s charities.
