After her daughter was diagnosed with a tumor five years ago, Diane Kallas-Zuvich knows first hand how important Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is to helping kids and families in need.

That's why she is supporting World Children's Day (WCD) by already sharing 100 "Give A Hand for Ronald McDonald House Charities" online widgets with her family and friends.

RMHC helps more than 10,000 families a day through its 282 Ronald McDonald Houses in 33 countries. RMHC also helps children in need through its Ronald McDonald Family Rooms and Ronald McDonald Care Mobiles.

In addition, the charity funds other children's causes around the world.

World Children's Day at McDonald's is a month-long, worldwide annual fundraising effort to benefit RMHC and other children's charities.

The "Give A Hand for Ronald McDonald House Charities" widget (an online way to share information) on MySpace and other popular social networking sites is part of the comprehensive campaign for people to learn more about RMHC and inspire them to raise awareness and funds for RMHC.

McDonald's franchisees, suppliers, employees and customers, along with RMHC supporters and volunteers, have helped raise more than $124 million for families like the Kallas-Zuvichs in local communities across the globe through the last six World Children's Day efforts.

"World Children's Day is all about leveraging the scope of McDonald's to better the lives of children around the world," said Mary Dillon, chief marketing officer, who is McDonald's global executive sponsor for WCD this year.

“This year, we've made it even more simple and easy for people to join and help children and families. The more people know about RMHC, the more they want to help.”

More about World Children's Day and McDonald's support of RMHC is at http://www.mcdepk.com/wcd2008.