Needs From: United Way of Lancaster County

Aluminum Tab Collection Program

When Everyone “Pulls” Together, You Can Make a Difference!

You can help support the Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Central Pennsylvania (RMHC-CP) by saving the tabs you pull from canned beverages, pet food, soup, vegetable and other aluminum cans. Funds generated help support RMHC-CP programs. 

We recommend washing and reusing plastic containers with large openings for collecting and storing your tabs. Please do not use plastic soda bottles or milk jugs because they’re difficult to empty!

We’d love to give you RMHC-CP tab stickers to put on your container to encourage tab donations – contact Deb at 717.533.4001 x152 for stickers.

Tabs can be dropped off at the following locations:

Members 1st Bank: 1815 Hempstead Road, Lancaster, PA 17601

Ronald McDonald House: 745 West Governor Road, Hershey, PA 17033. Tabs, especially large quantities, can be placed directly in the Tab Hut in our parking lot at any time.

If you bring your collection to the Ronald McDonald House, please stop in at the front desk during office hours of 9:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. daily to receive a thank you note and, if you’d like, a brief tour.  Please call ahead (717) 533-4001 x157 if you have a group who would like to schedule a tour.

For those who live too far from a drop-off site, please contact a local recycling company once you have a large collection to see if they would buy your tabs. Donation checks can be made payable to RMHC of Central PA. You are welcome to mail your tabs to us, but be aware shipping costs are greater than the value of the tabs.

Please visit this website for more details: https://www.rmhc-centralpa.org/recycling-programs/

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 Glossy Magazine Recycling Program

“Toss Your Gloss” By Collecting and Donating Your Old Magazines!

When the containers are full, we call Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc. to pick up the containers.  They process the contents and sell them to a paper mill, which turns the discarded paper into new magazine paper. A portion of the proceeds from each ton of paper collected comes directly to RMHC-CP.  Since this program began in 2004, over $362,000 has been raised by recycling over 13,000 tons of glossy paper.

Boxes or reusable bags make transporting your magazines to the donation drop offs easy!  Please only place your magazines in the bins; NOT plastic or paper bags, boxes, rubber bands or string. Other materials can damage the recycling equipment or contaminate the load and can result in receiving no monies for the collection.

Drop off Locations:

Hershey – Ronald McDonald House – 745 West Governor Road (Route 322) Lancaster – McDonald’s, 1434 Manheim Pike, Rear Lot Lancaster – West Lampeter Township, 852 Village Road, Lampeter, PA (Rear) Lititz – Lancaster County Airport, 520 Airport Rd. (Left side of Winkie’s & The Pilot Shop) Mount Joy – Wissler Motors, 1205 West Main Street (Lot Across the Street from Dealership)

IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE: Containers are marked “MAGAZINES ONLY” so that other non-glossy paper, plastic bags, cardboard and other trash are not deposited.

If you have a very large collection (i.e. trunk or truck load), please make sure there is room in the container before you make the trip.  Magazines cannot be left outside the container or stored on site.

If you bring your collection to the Ronald McDonald House, please stop in at the front desk during office hours of 9:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. daily to receive a thank you note and, if you’d like, a brief tour.

More questions? Call (717) 533-4001 x152 or email dstegall@rmhc-centralpa.org

The RMHC-CP Hospitality Kiosk Center is focused on helping families who have an infant or child on the pediatric floor at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital by providing drinks, snacks, health & beauty aids, crafts, books, and other supplies. The Hospitality Kiosk makes it easy for the families on the pediatric floor to get items that provide nourishment and stress relief while staying close to the patient (their child).

Your role as a Kiosk Volunteer on the pediatric floor is to be the host/hostess of the family-focused lounge. This includes but is not limited to: greeting families with a smile, monitoring the daily operations, and light cleaning to name a few. The Kiosk Volunteer will be helping families, during a difficult and stressful time, feel comfortable in an unfamiliar place. The Kiosk is open for families from 8 to 10 a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. There are other jobs when the kiosk isn't open.