Kids Pulling for Kids

Although Pop Tabs are small and easily discarded, when the entire community bands together to collect them, they really add up!  By collecting the tabs off your beverage cans, soup cans and even pet food cans and donating them to the House, even the youngest child in your family can feel the pride in community service.

What are the Pop Tabs used for?
The Pop Tabs donated to the House are recycled at Rudy's Downtown Recycling.  Funds raised are used to offset Ronald McDonald House expenses such as laundry detergent, toilet paper and other consumables that families need on a daily basis.


Pop Tab Introduction Video

2010 Pop Tab Donors

Bring your Tabs to us or to our recycler:

Ronald McDonald House
1011 Yale Blvd NE
505-842-8960

Rudy’s Downtown Recycling
1224 2nd St. NW
505-247-4576

2011-2012 School Pop Tab Winners Announced

Elementary Level winner goes to the Star Team at Sierra Vista Elementary in Albuquerque who collected 4.09 lbs per student.  They will receive a visit and magic show performance from Ronald McDonald.  The Middle School Level winners are the Future Educators Association at Penasco Middle School who collected 3.38 lbs per student.  They will be recognized on an award plaque displayed at the Ronald McDonald House.  All participating schools will receive a certificate of appreciation.

This year participating schools collected 3,848 lbs of tabs, a 20.3% increase from last year's total collection.  The donated tabs raised $2,501, which will help offset House expenses such as laundry detergent, toilet paper and other consumables the families need on a daily basis.

Top 5 schools after Sierra Vista Elementary and Penasco Middle School are:

Edgewood Christian School, 1.7 lbs per student
Holy Ghost Catholic School, 1.5 lbs per student
Santa Rosa Elementary, 1.19 lbs per student
Mountainair Elementary 0.68 lbs per student
Alcalde Elementary 0.58 lbs per student

Thank you to our 2011-2012 Participating Schools 

A. Montoya Elementary
Acoma Elementary
Agua Fria Elementary (Santa Fe)

Alameda Elementary

Alcalde Elementary

Armijo Elementary

Aspen Elementary (Los Alamos)

Bellhaven Elementary

Bernalillo Middle School

Chamiza Elementary

Cielo Azul Elementary

Cleveland Middle School

Daniel Fernandez Elementary

Desert Ridge Middle School

Eastern Hills Christian Academy

Edgewood Christian School

Edgewood Middle School

Governor Bent Elementary

Griegos Elementary

H.T. Jaramillo Elementary (Belen)

Hodgin Elementary

Holy Ghost Catholic School

Horizon Academy West

Hubert Humphrey Elementary

Indian Hills Elementary (Gallup)

Jimmy Carter Middle School

La Merced Elementary (Belen)

LB Johnson Middle School

La Luz Elementary

Lincoln Middle School

Los Ranchos Elementary

MacArthur Elementary

Maggie Cordova Elementary

Marie Hughes Elementary

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary

Mesa Verde Elementary- (Farmington)

Mesilla Elementary (Las Cruces)

Mountainair Elementary

Mountain View Elementary

Moutain View Middle School

Navajo Elementary

New Mexico International School

Pajarito Elementary

Penasco Middle School - Future Educators Association

Portales Junior High

Puesta del Sol Elementary

Raymond Galbadon Elementary
Red Rock Elementary (Gallup)

Reginald F. Chavez Elementary
Santa Rosa Elementary

SY Jackson Elementary

Shepherd Lutheran School

Shining Stars Preschool

Sierra Middle School

St. Thomas Aquinas School

Star Team @ Sierra Vista Elementary

St. Therese Catholic School

Sundance Elementary

Sweeney Elementary (Santa Fe)

Taylor Middle School
Ventana Ranch Elementary

Vista Grande Elementary

Wilson Middle School