KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs fans helped raise $1 million for charity through flag sales during the Red Friday Kickoff Edition.
The Chiefs on Friday said the donation marks the highest Red Friday donation since the club began selling the flags before the 2014 season. Over the past eight years, the Red Friday sales have raised more than $2.8 million for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City, which provides free housing to families of children receiving medical care.
“Red Friday is the most important day of the year for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City, and this year, more than ever, we really needed Chiefs Kingdom to show up in support of sick kids and their families. And show up they did,” the organization’s CEO, Tami Greenberg, said in a news release. “It's extraordinary that this generous and caring community came together to make such a meaningful donation to RMHC-KC, all through $5 flags."
The Chiefs partnered with McDonald’s to sell the special Super Bowl LIV Champions edition of the flag at all Kansas City and St. Joseph-area locations. The flags also were sold at Kansas City Hy-Vee stores. The minimum donation for a flag was $5.
“Year after year we’ve seen the people of Kansas City, and Chiefs fans throughout the country, step up to show their amazing support for this team through Red Friday, as well as show their appreciation for the work that RMHC-KC does here in our community,” Chiefs President Mark Donovan said in the release. “This was certainly the most unique flag we’ve done in the past seven years as it was our Super Bowl LIV Champions flag, and we hope to #RunItBack, have another champions flag, and raise even more next year.”
The Red Friday Kickoff Edition also stopped in Springfield, with flags sold at 55 McDonald’s locations in the area and the Hy-Vee store in Springfield. Those sales generated nearly $65,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks.
In the Topeka area, flag sales raised nearly $25,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Kansas.
