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Do You Collect Pop Tabs?

From the lens Ronald McDonald House: Collect Pop Tabs for a Cause.

Any tips to share? How'd you get involved? Here's your chance to shine!

Just looking for where to take your tabs? Give your local chapter a call to see if they take them.

  • bloomingrose Jun 2, 2012 @ 1:03 am | delete
    I had no idea about this neat cause - I contribute my cans to a friend who recycles them, but we have just been throwing away the tabs. :( I am definitely going to look into changing this around! The Ronald MacDonald house has really helped a friend of mine who has a son with cerebral palsy. Pinned to my board "Doing Good" and Squidoo Angel Blessed!
  • Doug Morse May 29, 2012 @ 10:37 am | delete
    I take mine to america first credit union metro office on 500 south in salt lake
    for the Ronald McDonald house
  • leahjsongs Apr 27, 2012 @ 2:58 pm | delete
    My church and our coffee shop have been supporting RMH with pop tabs collections for a while; now we have about 40 people contributing their tabs each month.
  • Jamie Jun 1, 2012 @ 1:02 am | delete
    Leah I have about 1 gal. of these pop tabs. I will send you them if you want. My email is jmwds6@insightbb.com to get a address or just tell me where to send them to. IE Church or organization. Thanks alot Jamie
  • Carreira Apr 15, 2012 @ 7:04 pm | delete
    My sister makes some pop tab jewelry herself. I must admit I think it looks great even though I'm too much man to use it haha
  • favored1 Apr 15, 2012 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    We did this years and years ago when I coached Little League. I didn't think they still collected them.
  • ljclark Apr 13, 2012 @ 10:34 pm | delete
    Such an easy way to give...and we have tons to give for such a great cause. Thanks for this info!
  • ClassyGals Apr 13, 2012 @ 1:47 pm | delete
    I never even thought of collecting pop tabs before. This is a great fund-raising idea! Blessed**
  • MyraReid Apr 12, 2012 @ 8:40 pm | delete
    Usually, I kept all the can after I've drink and sell it.
  • bunyip Apr 12, 2012 @ 5:15 pm | delete
    Great idea for fundraising. Will find out if they do it here in Australia as well.
  • chesca7 Apr 12, 2012 @ 7:23 am | delete
    I am fond of drinking delicious liquids. So its fun recycling pop tabs as well.
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Apr 11, 2012 @ 9:08 pm | delete
    I don't consume anything that comes with a pop tab. However, I do pick up plenty of trash left behind by others. Much of that trash does have a pop tab. Now I know what to do with those tabs. This is a cause I would feel great about supporting. Thanks for increasing my awareness. I will spread the word and do my part.
  • Lenskeeper Apr 10, 2012 @ 11:57 am | delete
    I have a special container for my pop tabs so that it's easy to just to drop one in as I open a soft drink. Great lens!
  • Jolene_Belmain Apr 10, 2012 @ 11:13 am | delete
    I save my can tabs, but I give them to a friend who collects them for this company who melts them down and makes wheelchairs out of them.

    I have a daughter who was diagnosed with Meningitis when she was only a month old, and had to stay out of province for medical treatment for 2 weeks before returning for 1 more week of treatment in our own town (I was lucky enough to be able to stay in the hospital with my daughter, I slept in a chair beside her crib). Ronald McDonald houses are such a great cause, and help out so much :)
  • MargaretJeffreys Apr 10, 2012 @ 9:56 am | delete
    This is probably a stupid question, but if you are going to sell the tabs for recycling, why not use the whole can?
  • bookwormlaser Apr 10, 2012 @ 9:20 am | delete
    Why not recycle the whole can and give the money to the Ronald McDonald house? It takes about 28 empty cans to equal a pound and somewhere around 1700 can tabs to equal a pound. That is over 1700 cans people could be throwing away, thinking they are doing great things. Please, if you save the can tabs, recycle the can as well. The tabs are very convenient and it is a great program, but please recycle the can as well.
  • aliciascott17 Apr 12, 2012 @ 12:33 am | delete
    I agree. There's a lot of ways on how to recycle the can. It can also help saving the planet, we will reduce the garbage that we throw everyday. It will benefit both the planet and the needy.
  • scarlettohairy Apr 9, 2012 @ 9:03 pm | delete
    I save my pop tabs (but I don't drink much pop these days) and take to add to the collection where I volunteer. Great cause! Now I know how it helps.
  • RachelDillin Apr 9, 2012 @ 3:59 pm | delete
    Thanks for the reminder. We used to collect these all the time.
  • intermarks Apr 9, 2012 @ 6:08 am | delete
    I don't collect pop tabs by my sister is collecting it. She have a full box of pop tabs that she has collected for almost 5 years. I will show her your this lens and I believe she will definitely like it so much.
  • allenwebstarme Apr 9, 2012 @ 1:35 am | delete
    When I was kid, I collect some weird things lot, but never recycle it for reuse. Good lens.
  • HelpMarcProject Apr 8, 2012 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    Very cool topic. I think this could be twisted to fit into a class lesson or maybe a leadership team activity.
  • Misskate00 Apr 8, 2012 @ 10:41 pm | delete
    I have had to stay in the Ronald McDonald house when my daughter was born until she was around 8 weeks old. They are lovely and a great cause! Everyone should help where they can.
  • lasertek Apr 8, 2012 @ 10:16 pm | delete
    This is a great cause. I'll start collecting pop tabs from now on.
  • suzy-t Apr 8, 2012 @ 6:05 pm | delete
    You bet we do !... Glad to help too... We have a big bucket in the garage and we're getting ready to donate them soon. It's such a worthy cause. Blessed...
  • abb1fan Apr 8, 2012 @ 2:33 pm | delete
    I love pop can jewerly.
  • J-Ellen Mar 30, 2012 @ 9:52 am | delete
    I collect the whole can and $ goes for brain injury support group. Just wanted to say also, that Ronald McD. House is an awesome charity. The house was not quite ready when we needed one while infant daughter was in hospital, for couple weeks, but had it been up and running, it would have served us well. Throughout the years, I've found ways to donate toward it--even if only at the drive up window.

    Nice lens.
  • just_Dawn Mar 18, 2012 @ 9:36 pm | delete
    Yes I save them & just last weekend gave a plastic grocery bag full of tabs to a little girl that collects them for the Shriner's Hospital :)
  • chrisssy Feb 29, 2012 @ 7:04 pm | delete
    Great lens. I used to work as a bartender for 7 years at this little bar that seemed like more of a homeless shelter. All in all I loved my regulars and they respected me back. I had this one older man-his name was Gary-who would come in, faithfully, at the exact same time every single day with all kinds of bags filled with thousands of pop tabs (no exaggeration). He dropped them off and I never actually knew what they were for. Over a matter of 2 years, Gary collected 26 million pop tabs, just on his own
  • Cassie Feb 13, 2012 @ 3:39 pm | delete
    My younger sister was ejected from a tumbling Ford Explorer at 70mph. She was airlifted to Little Rock's Children's Hospital that night. It was in the Ronald McDonald House where I lived for the first three days.. Thank you so much!
  • staymor Dec 22, 2011 @ 7:10 pm | delete
    Great cause!
  • Angela_unLocked Dec 16, 2011 @ 1:08 pm | delete
    I save pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House in Columbus, OH. My sister and her family stayed for two months after the birth of their daughter, Daphne. Daphne was born with a congenital heart defect called HLHS. We are very thankful to the RMH. They help keep families close in times of need. Thanks for this great lens!
  • baby-strollers Dec 13, 2011 @ 9:47 pm | delete
    I like it! Such a small thing making a big difference....
  • YolandaLacar Nov 6, 2011 @ 1:16 am | delete
    never knew about this! thanks for sharing!
  • Ruth Ann Tracy Nov 4, 2011 @ 9:53 am | delete
    Are soda can tabs the only ones acceptable? Mighty Dog dog food comes in aluminum cans and I save the tabs along with soda pop tabs. Are they acceptable? I recycle the cans and save the tabs for my granddaughter's school.
  • james Oct 29, 2011 @ 9:37 am | delete
    who in nyc collects pop tabs
  • Formosangirl Oct 17, 2011 @ 9:42 pm | delete
    I didn't even know about the pop tabs. Thanks for sharing.
  • ModernChakra Sep 29, 2011 @ 1:37 pm | delete
    Thanks for putting together a thorough explanation... I have cut down on my pop but I was drinking quite a bit for while and while not the best for my body, I made sure to pull those tabs, as my sister was quite the collector. (I needed to cut back significantly on sugar and caffeine but let me tell you, energy drinks provide an array of pop tab colors, size and shape!! Thanks again. Good info.
  • cffutah Sep 28, 2011 @ 8:19 pm | delete
    I don't but I may need too!
  • sncalo Sep 28, 2011 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    Will start now!
  • TapIn2U Sep 26, 2011 @ 9:59 am | delete
    A lens with a cause. Thanks for the motivation. Will start saving my pop tabs. Fantastic lens! Sundae ;-)
  • lauraklebsch Sep 25, 2011 @ 6:51 pm | delete
    I absolutely love the idea of the Ronald McDonald house. I have a niece that had twins about 6mo ago. One of the babies had cysts on her kidney starting while she was in the womb. They did some test to see if they were growing very fast while she was still unborn and the results came back good. When the babies were born she had gone for another test and then returned to have it drained by syringe and filled with alcohol to dry it up. A couple weeks after that she returned for follow up and learned that the cysts had grown back twice as fast so now they have to go back and stay for 5 days. The caring house has made this all possible for them to go out of town to have these procedures done. It is a blessing to have such an organization as this for those not fortunate enough to get a hotel. Thank you to all who help people like my niece!
  • TheChartographer Sep 24, 2011 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    A little selflessness goes a long way. Never even knew this program existed! I'll be saving mine now.
  • LinkCollection Sep 19, 2011 @ 12:28 am | delete
    we are in Puerto Rico, i would like to know where to bring the tabs i collect? We would like to be part of this great team, thank you
  • cmcyclist Sep 18, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete
    My daughter is always reminding me to snap off the tab on any coke I drink. I comply or will incur her wrath :)
  • tipsanddeals Sep 17, 2011 @ 6:22 pm | delete
    You did a great job letting everyone know about this great cause. My son had collected these for his Boy Scouts project and thats how I know about it. Thanks.
  • darciefrench Sep 2, 2011 @ 8:01 pm | delete
    Blessed by an angel on the labor day weekend bus :)
  • TheGourmetCoffeeGuy Sep 2, 2011 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    Very nice lens for a great cause. Quite inspiring!
  • NidhiRajat Sep 2, 2011 @ 12:40 am | delete
    wow..its amazing!!!!
  • computer_repair Aug 27, 2011 @ 9:01 pm | delete
    If you mix those tabs with Sodium Hydroxide and little water, you get instant hydrogen. Someone make a kit that does this please.
  • terrapin719 Aug 11, 2011 @ 12:06 am | delete
    *~*~*~*sprinkles of SquidAngel dust*~*~*~*
  • MareeT Jul 22, 2011 @ 10:20 pm | delete
    Great lens! Did not know about this.
  • AigulErali Jun 24, 2011 @ 5:18 pm | delete
    Great lens for an important cause. Thumbs up!
  • susan300 May 8, 2011 @ 6:20 am | delete
    Ah ha! I've always wondered why people collect the tabs. Now I know. Thanks! :)
  • story3girl May 5, 2011 @ 6:51 pm | delete
    What a great way to make a difference. Thanks for sharing!
  • meetmarkmakeup Apr 19, 2011 @ 10:25 am | delete
    I wasn't aware of this, thanks for this inspirational lens! *Blessed by a SquidAngel
  • Vicki Apr 15, 2011 @ 10:17 am | delete
    I work as a helper on a bus for special needs children; one young lady who utilizes the RMH collects them. I took a eclipse gum plastic container (so handy, either the whole lip opens, or the small little lid opens) and have started to fill it up. Once it's full I'm giving the whole container to her, then take another container (I go through a lot of gum :/) and start the process all over again. Not only are the pop tabs getting put to use instead of the landfill, but the gum container finds a new use as well. The bus driver collects the cans themselves to sell to a salvage yard.
  • Delila Mar 19, 2011 @ 3:37 pm | delete
    If your school has fudraisers for a charity, this is such a great idea that can multiply more than you could do yourself. Just ask your principle or Student Council and your on your way.
  • jackiebolen Feb 27, 2011 @ 11:22 pm | delete
    Such a good idea to raise money!
  • EileenSmith Feb 8, 2011 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    I do collect soda tabs! I send them through someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone. It's a decent system, really. Really informative lens! I never knew any of the stats surrounding the number of tabs and such... just sort of got into it after friends of mine did.
  • Janiece Jan 13, 2011 @ 3:15 pm | delete
    Blessed by a Squid Angel!
  • blakugan Jan 6, 2011 @ 6:47 pm | delete
    awesome!!
  • Adak Dec 27, 2010 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp
    100 pull tabs have a value of 3 1/2 cents according to this article. Why not just save pennies and you'd have 3x the amount to donate to charity ?
  • Janice Johnson Oct 28, 2010 @ 8:55 am | delete
    Myy offic has ben collectiong tabs for Ronald McDonald House and I have no idea where to take them. Janice Johnson Richmond Virginia
  • Jamie C Feb 15, 2011 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    I am actually a manager at your local Ronald McDonald House. You can bring your pop tops to the house any day of the week from 9am till 9pm. Our house is located at 2330 Monument Avenue and if you would like you can bring some of your coworkers with you and we can show you around the house. If you would like to set up a date you can email us a house@richmondrmhc.org. Thanks, Jamie
  • Sue Woodward Feb 16, 2011 @ 9:53 pm | delete
    I am in Seattle, WA area and would like to know where I can take my 125 lbs of pop tabs. The RMH will not accept them up here. My plan has always been to donate to them or get as much money per lb. to donate. Any ideas out there?
  • John C. Oct 26, 2010 @ 7:12 am | delete
    Why not just let the people who want to make a difference do so. If a kid wants to pull some tabs off a can and donate that then why not. Regardless of the amount of money they would get for a tab. They would be using their time and effort to make a differrence. Its more than just walking in dropping off tabs and then walking out. It does take a lot of time to pull or collect the tabs. Small. Yes! But it still shows that they care and want to do something. This would show them that something small does count and it would lead to more charitable contributions and time later down the road.
    If someone wants to do this then let them. Dont berate or belittle their efforts.
    No one is saying pull the tab and throw the can in the trash. Pull the tab and give it to Ronald McDonald house to raise awareness for their cause and recycle the can!?! Stop being so simple minded and negative.
  • dave Oct 20, 2010 @ 11:28 pm | delete
    This is my pet peeve. DO NOT TAKE THE TIME TO REMOVE THE TAB...THE ENTIRE CAN SHOULD BE SOLD AS SCRAP!!!!!!
    My gosh people, I cannot fathom how this ridiculous exercise has proliferated through our culture.
    Simply put, the tab is aluminum...SO IS THE CAN.
    The can weighs about 15 grams and the tab weighs about 1/3 of a gram. Using the example from above you could take the time to rip off 1267 tabs and get 40 cents OR donate 1267 whole cans and raise $18.
    Please people think for yourselves...this is just selling recycled aluminum...the whole can is aluminum and there is NOTHING special about the tab.
    This may have started years ago when the can was tin, but that was decades ago and people are still wasting time ripping off something worth 0.03 cents and then throwing away the can that is worth 1.4 cents.
    Now that will pay some electric bills folks.
  • Fay Nov 8, 2010 @ 6:53 am | delete
    Problem with saving the entire can, is dealing with all the soda that people let in their soda cans.
    I know this because for the past two years I've been collecting the soda cans from the break room at my job. I had a collection container for the cans, and at least once a week I had a bag of cans to take home & crush. About 6-8 months ago, I gave up crushing them because every time I opened a bag, there was so much soda to deal with. My basement is a dirt floor, but all the soda made a sticky mess.
    Last week my husband and I decided not to collect the soda cans any more and instead, collect the tabs. The reason......... last Thursday I had a bag of cans to take home and forgot I set it by the time clock. Friday when I went into work, all the soda in the bag was leaking out and creating a mess. So, this past Saturday my husband and I took the 15 bags of cans we had in our basement over to the recycling center. Total weight: 36 lbs. minus 3 for the bags, and I got $12. and some odd change. Took all summer til last week to get 36 lbs.
    Now, add in the weight from all the soda left in the cans.
    So, we decided to give it up. The money I'd get I'd save to get a GIANT gift card to give RMH for Christmas. So, once again I have just enough to get another $50. gift card.
  • KathyMcGraw Oct 12, 2010 @ 11:04 am | delete
    Laughing at some of your comments on how this isn't a good ROI for our time...maybe if I was to support my family on this I might want to have a job that paid more per hour or day, but the way this is run, you spend a few hours here and there...add those tabs to others people have collected and then it adds up. Yes, that is the wisdom...millions of people donating a little :) Blessed by an Angel with a social conscious....
  • you have no cents Oct 6, 2010 @ 8:35 pm | delete
    40 cents for 1567 poptops! You people are totally nuts! Why not donate the time your wasting collecting these worthless poptops and do some real good. 40 poptops are worth only 1 cent.
  • Jenn Oct 18, 2010 @ 9:49 am | delete
    Well it is true. This country has gone down the toilet.. Why dont you put yourself in the other families shoes for a moment. How would YOU feel if you had no money to pay for your daughters life saving surgery? Or have the tests done, needed to find out whats wrong with your daughter? Or for the chemo your daughter needs to help with her leukiema? Not everyone has time to set aside 6 hours a week for volunteer work at a soup kitchen. I know I dont. I go to school Full time, i work full time, plus i have kids a full time job in its self. Not to mention I have a daughter who is epileptic(sp) so I've been in those parents shoes.!! Take the extra 5 seconds to pull off the tab, and send it to a Ronald McDonalds house to help those kids. JUST PUT YOURSELF IN THE OTHER PARENTS SHOES FOR 5 MINUTES. I BET YOU WOULD CHANGE YOUR MIND REAL QUICK AND IN A HURRY..!! I save every tab we get, I even collect them from my co workers. Then we cash in our soda cans themselves and donate to the RMCDH..!(Ronald McDonald House)
  • Kristen Aug 17, 2010 @ 1:01 pm | delete
    Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta (in Calgary, AB, Canada) is trying to grow their pull tab program. If you want to donate, here is their website: www.rmhsouthernalberta.org
  • rebecca Jul 18, 2010 @ 12:50 pm | delete
    i have been collecting soda tabs since june 28 and so far i have 62,900 ( 40 pounds!)
  • bob Aug 5, 2010 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    how did you get so many so fast?
  • Bruce Layne Jul 10, 2010 @ 3:31 pm | delete
    Assume five seconds to yank off a pop tab and put it in your collection container. There are 1591 pop tabs per pound, which pays 40 cents for the higher quality pure aluminum in the tab as opposed to the lower quality aluminum alloy in the can itself. Do the math, and you're donating your time to recycle pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House valued at 18.1 CENTS AN HOUR! And that doesn't include the time and GASOLINE to transport the collected pop tabs to the local Ronald McDonald House.

    This is dumber than dirt.

    Is this a Chinese plot to lower the international competitiveness of dumb Americans?

    Ronald needs a PayPal donate button.

    I hate stupidity.
  • SusanVillasLewis Aug 4, 2010 @ 7:35 am | delete
    Yep - it's not the most efficient means of raising money. And many myths abound about it, which is why I did this lens. But, it's a great PR move for the RM House to raise awareness and give a purpose to the tabs, which so many kids collect anyway. And for the kids I know, a great way to get them in the mindset of doing for others. There's more to it than just the value of the tab.
  • Cheryl Aug 5, 2010 @ 4:38 pm | delete
    It is called helping your community. Keeping the tabs out of the landfills for one thing and allowing Ronald McDonald House to continue helping children with medical needs. You don't have to get paid for EVERYTHING you do. You volunteer to do these things for FREE
  • krista Jul 5, 2010 @ 7:58 pm | delete
    some RM houses dont take the tabs so i dont know who to give them to.....i have boxes of tabs sitting around and dont know who to give them to!!
  • anna holcombe Aug 4, 2010 @ 1:14 am | delete
    well if local schools or 4-h offices collect then donate there. if not, then seek somewhere to ship them to. I'm sure they would love to have them, and just think, you could be saving a young child's life just by the little non pricey donation.
  • SusanVillasLewis Aug 4, 2010 @ 7:33 am | delete
    Anna - the money from the tabs goes toward operating expenses, not toward any medical care.
  • SusanVillasLewis Aug 4, 2010 @ 7:33 am | delete
    Krista - you could just take them to donate at the recycle center, then send the money to the RM house. Other than that, options would include crafters or schools who might use them in projects.
  • sw259702 Apr 30, 2010 @ 1:21 pm | delete
    why would they want the tab when they could have the whole can?
  • SusanVillasLewis Apr 30, 2010 @ 5:45 pm | delete
    There are some who say the tab is more pure aluminum because it's not painted, thus worth more. I've found nothing to actually support that claim. My thought is that it's a self-perpetuating cycle. Collecting pop tabs is easy to do, people are already doing it. RMH just gives them something to do with them once they have collected. Taking advantage of the situation rather than trying to change people's behavior.
  • jessica May 6, 2010 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    the tabs are smaller than the whole can
  • rebecca Jul 18, 2010 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    they do collect the can but doing that is more of a hasell
  • sue Apr 26, 2010 @ 6:02 pm | delete
    anybody know where i can drop off pop tabs in the ocala, fl, area?
  • Simmo Apr 22, 2010 @ 9:27 pm | delete
    I've got THOUSANDS of pop tops but don't know where to take them; I am in Northern NSW (Byron Bay)
    Can anyone tell me - Gold Coast maybe ?
  • Sue Woodward Apr 19, 2010 @ 11:59 pm | delete
    I have over 125 pounds of tabs saved up and recycling centers in my area won't except them. I live in Tacoma, WA. I'm on my way to OR next week. Where can I donate these? Any ideas exactly where I can take them?
  • SusanVillasLewis Apr 20, 2010 @ 8:12 am | delete
    Sounds like tab collecting might not be for you. Better to keep the tab on the can and take the whole can to the recycling center. Check the list up the page from the Ronald McDonald house to see if there are any participating houses on your route where you can drop them off.
  • Sherrie Hoopes Apr 24, 2010 @ 6:57 pm | delete
    Would you think about mailing them to a senior in high school that is doing her senior project on the Ronald McDonald House and saving them for that? We would pay for postage.
  • karrah aegerter May 4, 2010 @ 3:12 pm | delete
    Do you still have the tabs, i make clothing and accessories from them and would be interested in purchasing them from you. kcaegerter@hotmail.com
  • Belinda Apr 15, 2010 @ 9:32 pm | delete
    my seven year old son is the one that came to me and asked if we could start saving the pop tabs. it has taking us two summer to get a gallon of tabs saved. when we are camping he would go pick the tabs up off the ground where everyone has taken them off.. it makes me proud of him to do these thing on his own
  • ninap Apr 15, 2010 @ 2:10 pm | delete
    Everytime I go to McDonalds I always drop my change in the donation box- and now I can do more for the cause. I have envited all my present and previous clients in Phoenix, AZ to collect their tops and I will personally pick them up and make sure the donation is passed on.
  • Airinka Apr 12, 2010 @ 5:59 am | delete
    Great lens!
  • zimzim23 Apr 5, 2010 @ 3:13 pm | delete
    Thanks for making this! My finance drinks a ridiculous amount of soda, so I'll make sure to pull the tabs off now!
  • Ben and Jana's Mom Mar 3, 2010 @ 9:43 am | delete
    My son Benjamin is a six year open heart surgery survivor and our elementary school has collected pop tabs for six years. It is amazing how easy it is and what a learning experience it is for all the children.
  • hayleylou Mar 1, 2010 @ 2:15 pm | delete
    It's hard to believe that something so small can have such a huge impact. Inspiring lens, 5 stars
  • BikerBrian Feb 13, 2010 @ 7:54 pm | delete
    I heard about the dialysis thing also, but saving the tabs from a can that is going to the recycle bin anyway,I have friends with sick kids that have used the RMH and it's a terrific cause and the pull tabs don't take up as much space as a can does,So I'll continue to collect the tabs and drop the spare change in the box at Mcdonalds also
    Thanks you to everyone on this post for for clearing it up for me
  • Rana Ratcliff Feb 1, 2010 @ 2:33 pm | delete
    My son is collecting the pop tabs also and has gotten his school to do the same. The only problem im having is finding a Ronald McDonald House in Hattiesburg, MS. Any ideas on how I can find this information out??? Rana
  • SusanVillasLewis Mar 17, 2010 @ 9:34 am | delete
    Up under Pop Tab Donation Resources, I have a link to the list of all participating Ronald McDonald Houses. I'd suggest starting there.
  • rebecca Aug 11, 2010 @ 12:32 pm | delete
    you can always take it to a recycling center and get money from it and give that to RMH
  • Kristen Jan 20, 2010 @ 4:35 pm | delete
    Most Ronald McDonald Houses use the money from pop tabs to support the operational costs of running the House and any programs they provide for families. The money from the tabs doesnt pay for treatments in hospital for the kids though. I have heard of a few other charities who collect to save up for wheelchairs but not consistently like the RMH program.
  • Kim_Ferrell Dec 30, 2009 @ 3:10 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing! People will continue to buy soda, so they might as well donate the tabs to a worthy cause. Well thought out lens!
  • squid_thompson Nov 15, 2009 @ 11:58 am | delete
    Yeah the numbers don't add up for me on this whole pop tab thing. Sooo let's get this straight: 1,267 tabs make 1lb of pure aluminum, which is worth...40 cents. Assume each tab came from a can of Coke that cost 50 cents. That's $633.50 worth of Coke purchased so we can ever-so-generously donate 40 cents to a charity, while the other 63,310 cents are "donated" to an equally worthy cause...a giant multinational beverage corporation. Right. Next time you eat at a McDonald's just drop a dollar in the RMH box and it will spare you from having to drink a few thousand sodas all in the name of a good cause.
  • KimGiancaterino Nov 9, 2009 @ 10:39 pm | delete
    Congratulations on your purple star. Blessed by a Squid Angel.
  • SquidooKimberly Nov 7, 2009 @ 5:32 pm | delete
    What an awesome lens! You'd make such a great Charity Mentor. :)
  • Tipi Nov 3, 2009 @ 2:17 pm | delete
    This is a very good charitable cause lens, where every little bit helps.
    Good on you for creating this great place to visit and learn.
    Blessed this one!
    Susie
  • Tami Oct 6, 2009 @ 2:53 pm | delete
    Just wondering, A gallon of pop tabs does not really give a free treatment on a kidney machine does it? I have been told this and although I believe collecting pop tabs is a great and easy thing to do, and the money can be used for the many expenses the Ronald McDonald has has on a daily basis, I don't really see how a gallon bag of pop tabs could pay for a procedure that has to cost hundreds of dollars. Could someone please enlighten me about this. Thank you
  • Denise Owens Sep 28, 2009 @ 12:38 pm | delete
    Our Student Council in our Elementary School here in Ohio started collecting pop tabs and they see what a difference they can make just something little . I know personally that it has made a difference in my 9 yr old son whom has a friend with cancer and the parents can stay if needed at the RMH. It means so much and it' s only an inch long and weighs almost nothing but weighs a ton to a family with an ill child. Keep up the work and pluck them off .
  • Evelyn_Saenz Sep 28, 2009 @ 8:18 am | delete
    My dad collects pop tabs. They are collected at his church. I never understood what they were used for or how they could help anyone until reading this lens. Thank you.

    Congratulations on the Purple Star Award!
  • Marianne Hattan Jul 24, 2009 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    My dad is in his upper 70's. He has been collecting tabs since the start of the tab collection. Everyone he knows he asks to save the tabs. Last month he collected 20,000 dollars worth of tabs. He is very dedicated and proud to do this for the families in need. I am so proud of him. My dad will go through trash cans and also ask people on the street to give him the tabs. His name is John Kolupar. I am his daughter thanking him for his dedication for a great cause.
    Fondly,
    Marianne Hattan
  • badmsm May 19, 2009 @ 5:36 pm | delete
    My 9 y/o collects pop tops for Ronald McDonald, too. What an easy way to get kids involved in serving others!

    5 stars & a Squid Angel Blessing!
  • getbackup Feb 1, 2009 @ 5:15 pm | delete
    Shoot! I had a kazillion of these & thought it wasn't true (after saving for months) then junked them! Bummer. I'll start saving again. I think the Ronald McDonald houses are great & want to start helping this cause. Great lens!! Thanks!
  • Ramkitten Dec 21, 2008 @ 5:02 pm | delete
    I'd never heard of this before. Yikes, to think of all of the can I've put in the recycling bin, never knowing I could pull the tab off and put it to good use for a good cause. Glad I came across this lens!
  • poutine Aug 9, 2008 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    I collect them for an organization here that sells the aluminium and use the money to buy wheelchairs for people who can't afford them.

    Poutine
  • beachbum_gabby Aug 3, 2008 @ 10:07 pm | delete
    I remember collecting these when I was in HS, it's a good cause for making a wheelchair.
  • Kanga Jul 25, 2008 @ 7:15 pm | delete
    It's amazing how useful those little things can be! I met someone once who was collecting them to help make someone a wheelchair.
  • daoine Jul 6, 2008 @ 7:55 pm | delete
    Good reminder! I remember collecting the pull rings when I was at school, back in the days when they came off completely and were a huge litter problem.

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