A Lynnfield businesswoman and franchisee of two Saugus McDonald’s locations, Lindsay Wallin, is looking to help make a difference with a Rally for Ryan fundraiser at the two locations in Saugus, from May 13-17 through the McDonald’s mobile app.
The Rally for Ryan fundraiser will be benefiting Ryan Fariole, a high schooler and resident of Saugus whose mother passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on April 9.
Fariole’s mother took care not only of him, but also was caregiver to his grandmother. After his mother’s passing, he will now be sole caregiver for his grandmother, on top of taking care of schooling responsibilities.
Wallin found about Ryan through a GoFundMe page, “it really struck a chord for me, because I am also a single mom, and the idea of a high school kid, when you really need your mom, to lose her, so suddenly and unexpectedly when she was taking care of both him and his grandmother, it just really hit home for me. And I wanted to do whatever I could to help support him,” Wallin said.
The fundraiser is a first for Wallin, as she said that they mostly put on fundraising events for local schools, and those events only last for around two hours or so.
“This one, I wanted to open it up to something bigger, because I want to sort of go all-out for him. I wanted to give a lot of people the opportunity to participate,” Wallin said of the fundraiser.
“People that normally go every day for their breakfast sandwiches, or a coffee, if they start using the app, it can go towards something bigger,” “their regular everyday purchases can help so much more,” Wallin said.
The fundraiser is being held only at the Saugus McDonald’s locations, located at 738 Broadway on Route One North, and 127 Broadway on Route One South. 20% of the proceeds from mobile orders during the five-day fundraiser will be donated to help Fariole.
