McDonald's® Restaurants of the Greater Philadelphia Region Donate $1,000 to Local Libraries through the Ronald McDonald® Summer Library Tour

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's® Restaurants of the Greater Philadelphia Region have announced the return of the Ronald McDonald Summer Library Tour. In an effort to support local libraries and encourage summer reading, McDonald's has dedicated time and resources to giving back to the community. As part of the tour, Ronald McDonald will visit four area libraries to perform his "It's Book Time with Ronald" show and make $1,000 donations to the children's sections of the libraries.

In addition to the tour, more than 160 libraries from across the region are participating in the annual Ronald McDonald Summer Reading Program, which features the distribution of McDonald's bookmarks to children with memberships to each participating library. When a child has read 10 books over the course of the summer, they will be able to take the bookmark to their local McDonald's to redeem it for a free Happy Meal™.

"Helping the young people of our communities is important to all of us, which is why McDonald's encourages children to read and value books," said John Durante, President, McDonald's Restaurants of the Greater Philadelphia Region Owner/Operator Association, "We are thrilled that so many local libraries are collaborating with us and participating in both our Summer Reading Program and Summer Library Tour." The tour will also include special guest readers from the community.

This year's library tour stops include:

• Torresdale Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia – Philadelphia
  August 8, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
• Wilmington Public Library – Wilmington, Del
  August 20, 2014, 10:00 a.m.
• Mullica Hill Library – Mullica Hill, N.J.
  August 22, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
• Upper Merion Township Library – King of Prussia, Pa
  August 26, 2014, 6:30 p.m.          

About McDonald's  
McDonald's USA, LLC, serves a variety of menu options, including wholesome choices, made from quality ingredients to more than 26 million customers every day. Nearly 89 percent of McDonald's 14,000 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by businessmen and women. There are nearly 300 McDonald's restaurants in the Greater Philadelphia Region.  For more information on McDonald's visit www.mcdonalds.com or log on at any of the 11,500 Wi-Fi enabled McDonald's U.S. restaurants. Visit www.mcstate.com for local restaurant, career and program information.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @McDPhilly for the latest news, info, events and promotions, and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mcdonalds.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Tom Cristino
Tierney
215-790-4358
[email protected]

SOURCE McDonald's Restaurants of the Greater Philadelphia Region

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