On May 8/2024, local McDonald’s Canada franchisees and crew across Brantford celebrated McHappy Day, an annual day of community giving in support of Ronald McDonald House Charities and other local children’s charities. This year was an overwhelming success as the community rallied together to support this initiative!

The Arnold Anderson Sport Fund was generously gifted a portion of the proceeds from this years McHappy Day event that will give over 86 local youth the opportunity to play sports this year!

The Arnold Anderson Sport Fund would like to thank the following people for making this event possible and such a tremendous success – Bruce Graham, owner of our local McDonald’s, Lynn Fletcher, all the McDonald’s employees as well as the community for their continued support.

“We are grateful to receive this wonderful gift and we continue to be amazed by the support of our community that allows us to continue assisting those that need a helping hand” said Brent Gordon, President of the Arnold Anderson Sport Fund. “This support will help us provide additional local children who can’t afford sport registrations a chance to play an organized sport!”

The AASF offers eligible, low-income City of Brantford, County of Brant and Six Nations of the Grand River families an opportunity to apply once a year to receive a financial sports grant. Their ‘Sponsor A Child’ program allows them to provide financial assistance to eligible children up to $350.00 per year, to compensate for registration fees. It has been shown that being involved in sports can have a positive effect on a child’s physical, mental, social, and intellectual well-being and by participating in sports, children are able to develop healthy habits and foundational skills that will transfer to their adult lives.

The Arnold Anderson Sport Fund is only able to continue to fulfill sport grants because of the generosity of our Volunteers, Donors, Sponsors, Grants, and Community Partners like McDonald’s.  As a result of their generosity, there will continue to be “Sports for ALL Kids”.