Riyadh - December 2023
We take pride in being part of the 'Year of Arabic Poetry' initiative, where we contributed to enhancing and spread the Arabic poetry culture in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture. This was achieved by showcasing a dedicated awareness video on this occasion on screens within our restaurants and our social media platforms. Additionally, we distributed educational drawings at our branches and engaged children in drawing and coloring to celebrate this cultural event. This initiative reflects our commitment to promoting the Arabic poetry culture and community engagement.
Riyadh - 4 September 2022
We prepared entertaining activities for the kids like face drawings and we also offered balloons and toys, as well as free meals for more than 2,000 students during their visit to our restaurants where they got a closer look at how their favorite meals are prepared. The visit also included the appearance of McDonald's characters that are loved by children which in turn filled the kids with joy during their visit.
Riyadh - 22 April 2021
In cooperation with the AREES Charitable Foundation in Riyadh, iftar meals provided by McDonald’s were distributed to the volunteers of the Foundation, who distributed Iftar meals for the fasting person during the month of Ramadan 2022.
Riyadh - 24 February 2022
McDonald's celebrated with 15 children from Sanad Charitable Society on the occasion of World Cancer Day and provided them with Happy meals in addition a free Toys.
Riyadh - 15 June 2021
We are proud of our Arabic language and its calligraphy styles, as they are part of our identity and they tell the story of a long heritage, civilization, and culture. This year we celebrated the Ministry of Culture’s initiative to promote this renewed cultural art.
Riyadh - 25 January 2021
We drew smiles on the faces of 30 orphans with Special Needs at Khtwat Alamal Centre and we celebrated with them by providing them with free Happy Meals and lots of toys.
Riyadh - 28 November 2018
Riyadh - 23 August 2017
Out of our social responsibility to support the neighborhoods in Riyadh, McDonald's shared the joy of Eid with the families and people of Al-Yasmine neighborhood by launching activities and distributing Happy Meals for their children.
Riyadh - 3 June 2017
As McDonald’s KSA is known for its continuous support of charities, they’ve launched this campaign through which they aim on spreading the love of reading to children, by promoting their story books in their branches during the month of Ramadan, where all the proceeds of selling these books would be donated to 3 charities that support children in the Kingdom, which are Voice of Down Syndrome Association, DSCA, and Enayah Charitable Association.للمزيد >>
Arar - 9 November 2016
In collaboration with McDonald’s Saudi Arabia, the neighborhood centers in Arar and Al-AHSA planted 550 seedlings.
Arar - 7 November 2016
McDonald's Saudi Arabia organised a beach-cleaning day in cooperation with municipalities from different regions in Jubail. McDonald’s provided breakfast for participants as well as provided incentive gifts to attendees.
Riyadh - 5 September 2016
We staged a children’s program during the holy month of Ramadan in 2012-15 at the Hokair Amusement Center, Oceanica Center and a number of malls throughout the Kingdom where a storyteller shared morally uplifting tales and stories.
Riyadh - 29 September 2016
McDonald’s Saud Arabia sponsors the international day for First Aid with Saudi Red Crescent , during the event McDonald’s Entertainment team conducted a lot of fun activities for kids and their parents beside providing them with free Meals .
Eastern Province - 23 September 2015
We wholeheartedly celebrate occasions such as the National Day for our beloved Kingdom. We launched the annual ‘I Love My Country’ campaign with the Hokair Group in which children are given the opportunity to express their love for their homeland through drawings, poems and creative writing, with a special ceremony to honor those who produce the best artwork.
Riyadh - 18 June 2015
In the largest Ajyalona initiative to date, we sold educational and awareness-raising children’s books in all our stores, with all proceeds going to charities throughout the Kingdom. The books are sold for the nominal price of SAR10 each, with stories that aim to educate children about the importance of good morals and values as well as supporting charities. These books attracted great interest from our customers, enabling us to donate a total of SAR1.22 million in 2014 alone, and SAR1.455 million in 2015 for 11 charities supported by Ajyalona.
The success of this campaign was very much down to the generosity of our customers throughout our network, and to their sharing of our educational beliefs.
Al Khobar - 7 February 2015
In cooperation with the municipality of Al Khobar, we organized a six-month awareness campaign to clean up the beaches under the slogan ‘Hand in Hand…We Protect Our Shores’, to mark World Environment Day. Awareness brochures were distributed to encourage children to protect the environment, and many special activities organized. As a second stage in the campaign we distributed plastic bags in one of the main streets of Al Khobar under the slogan ‘Hand in Hand…Cleaner Forever’. Bags were also distributed at the drive through sections of McDonald’s branches in Dammam and Al Khobar. Leaflets containing details of a contest for the best sentence or slogan related to the environment were also distributed. Participants had to write a sentence about the environment and put their submissions in boxes at McDonald's restaurants in Dammam and Al Khobar.
Riyadh - 23 January 2015
McDonald's Saudi Arabia participated in the embodiment of the largest wheelchair in the world. With more than 300 participants, the event was a record breaker and authenticated in the Guinness World Book of Records.
Riyadh - 30 April 2014
We also participated in the national campaign for water conservation organized by the Ministry of Water and Electricity. The aim was to encourage the public to consider saving water as a religious, moral and national responsibility.
Al Khobar - 30 April 2013
To mark Tree Day we took part in an extensive awareness campaign in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and other agencies.
Eastern Province , December 3rd, 2012
In cooperation with Fatat Al Khaleej Charity for Women in Al Khobar, McDonald's Saudi Arabia regularly sponsors and participates in the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, through leisure and recreational activities involving McDonald's beloved characters, as well as mascot and face painting. Six-hundred children participated in the festival, while more than 700 took part in the fifth edition of the festival.
Dammam - 6 June 2012
McDonald's Saudi Arabia takes part in World Diabetes Day, organizing awareness campaigns for diabetes prevention and annual events in a number of public hospitals, including Dammam Central Hospital, the National Guard Hospital and King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Hospital in Riyadh.
Riyadh - 2 September 2011
The McDonald's Saudi Arabia team visits patients in hospitals, especially during holidays and national events, providing entertainment on global health awareness days and presenting gifts to inpatients.
Riyadh - 4 August 2010
To support blood banks throughout the Kingdom, McDonald's Saudi Arabia frequently organizes blood donation campaigns, thanks to the support of both employees and notables such as HH Prince Mishaal Bin Khalid Al Saud, President of Riyadh International Catering Corporation (RICC), and VP, Business Support, HH Prince Waleed bin Nasser Al Saud. To date we have organized 32 blood donation campaigns in collaboration with government hospitals in Riyadh, Makkah and Eastern region.
Al Khobar - 11 October 2009
McDonald's Saudi Arabia constantly sponsors vaccination campaigns organized by the Ministry of Health that target private schools and neighborhoods. The aim is to reduce children's fears of vaccinations.
Riyadh - 17 March 2009
As well as hosting people with disabilities and special needs in our restaurants and offering them a happy and congenial atmosphere, we also have a close relationship with Saut: The Voice of Down’s Syndrome Society and Motor Disabilities Association (Harakia), both of whom we keep supporting in organizing activities.
Riyadh - 17 November 2008
To celebrate Children's Day, in collaboration with the Disabled Children's Association we organized a marathon with 25 wheelchair-using children participating in the race. The winners were honored and the association was presented with a check for SAR500,000.
Eastern Province - 2 April 2008
In cooperation with the General Administration of Education in the Eastern region, McDonald's Saudi Arabia hosted a World Autism Awareness Day event in Al Khobar. We also celebrated this day in Riyadh together with the Charitable Society for Autism Families, with a two-day celebration in Granada Mall where McDonald's provided free meals to autistic children, their families and the charity’s team.
Dammam - 5 April 2008
In collaboration with the Charitable Society for the Care of Orphans in the Eastern region (BINAA), McDonald's Saudi Arabia hosted a group of BINAA children on the Al Khobar Corniche, and invited them to one of its restaurants where they enjoyed meals, entertainment and gifts.
Dammam - 13 march 2008
The McDonald's Saudi Arabia’s team also visits schools, participating in entertainment for new students, and various sporting, cultural and educational events. Activities have included a drawing competition in Al-Ahsa for elementary school students as part of the activities of the Al-Ahsa Forum, as well as organizing a painting competition for primary school children in Al-Khobar.
We visited the children with chronic diseases in the National Guard Hospital in collaboration with the Wish It program. Our team helped spread the cheer among the children by conducting fun activities.
In pursuit to support art in the Saudi community and the 2030 Vision by nurturing young talents, McDonald’s KSA launched its newest campaign, the Happy Meal Box Artist, in the western and southern regions. The purpose of this campaign is to inspire and motivate the young artistic children and nurture their talents. Children between the ages of three to ten years old had the opportunity to use McDonald’s white happy meal box as a tool to be creative and express those hidden artistic talents. Three young artists were chosen as the next Happy Meal box designers where they were gifted a premium art set and exposure by printing their artworks on the Happy Meal boxes and distributed in all McDonald’s restaurants.
Hand in hand as the McDonald's team, we shared the goodness by visiting several areas around the Kingdom in order to distribute the Ramadan food supply boxes we prepared. We are always united to try to help as many families as possible in our community.
On the occasion of Eid al-Adha during the back to school period, 250 meals were provided to orphans at the Rufaqaa Association on the 27th of August 2019.
The Initiative of Iftar Saim was a continuation of Ramadan’s Share the Goodness project. McDonald’s team participated in the distribution of Ramadan lanterns throughout the city of Jeddah before Maghrib prayer during the holy month of Ramadan. We are always united to try to help as many families as possible in our community.
In celebration of the children’s return to school, McDonald's participated in the festivities with all the families of the Disabled Children Association in Makkah at their Back to School event on September 4, 2019. In the end, 70 meals were distributed to the attendees.
To mark the start of the new school year, McDonald's began the event by offering 80 free meals on September 12, 2019 to the children of the Autism Centre to celebrate the end of the introductory week for the first graders. McDonald’s also participated in the welcoming segment for the children.
