Nov 10, 2006 7:27 pm - Ronald McDonald House was proposed by an advertising agency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for McDonald’s to convey a sense of charity to its customers. Some charity! It is funded by money that McDonald’s customers leave in deposit boxes at the counter, and they still charge rent for the parents of the sick little kids at the hospital! Big fuckin’ deal! At least a hotel would be upfront about wanting rent from the parents of sick little children.