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We're dancing to make a difference for sick kids!
When a child is injured, or diagnosed with a serious illness, it affects the whole family. Lives can be turned upside down, and puts families under enormous pressure. For many families, it can feel like it’s impossible to hold it together.
That’s why we’re joining Ronald McDonald House Charities to Dance for Sick Kids this year.
We’ll be dancing to make a difference every day for 7 days, to raise money that will help families stay in a home-away-from-home, access emotional and financial support, and more. From day one in the hospital and for as long as it takes, your help ensures that families don’t have to navigate the challenges of illness or injury alone.
Please support us by making a tax-deductible donation to our challenge. Your generosity will make sure that Ronald McDonald House Charities can support even more families with a seriously ill or injured child when they need it most.
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to our challenge.
$500
Ali Jundi
$264
Goliath Fire
Great work Kellie. Ben & Sam
$246
Isaiah & Tayla
This should do it ❤️
$111
Sean Lusty
So awesome 🙌
$106
Anonymous
$106
Brian Rien
I’m proud of you babe you are an amazing person doing an amazing thing for people in need Xoxo
$106
Matched By Generous Donors
$106
Kellie Bowden
$101
James And Lisa
$100
Monaro Tyrepower
You go Sis ❤️
$64
Keiren Johnson
Because you’re such a devil 🤣🤣🤣
$63
Hannah Battah
$63
Gail Willingham
Go Charlee
$63
Gail Willingham
Go Soph
$63
Gail Willingham
Go Hannah
$63
Shay
Keep up the amazing work xx
$63
Diana Dunn
$63
Angel Accounting
$63
Liam Cusack
Go u good thing! Dance baby Dance 💃
$63
Maria Kapnopoulos
$63
Veronica Price
So proud of you
$62
Charlee Pearce
$62
Sophie Pearce
$62
Sandi K
Proud of you!
$61
Susan Jenkins
Well done Sophie xx
$61
Susan Jenkins
Well done Charlee xx
$61
Susan Jenkins
Well done Hannah xxx
$61
Karl Kabriel
Go girls xxxx
$61
Karl Kabriel
Go Girls xx
$61
Karl Kabriel
Go Girls xx
$61
Karl Kabriel
Go Girls
$56
Fitzy
Keep up the great work Chris! Love ya
$53
Linda (nanny)
Go my beautiful maddy , u got this one,❤️ love nanny
$53
Tayla Sturm
From Tayla and Isaiah xx
$53
Anonymous
Good luck
$53
Sandra Hutton
$53
Vicki Scholte
Doing an awesome job lovely 🥰
$53
Nel Xia
Dance your little heart out Maddie. Love you x
$53
Kate Roels
Good luck Aria!
$53
Jennifer Bowden
$52
Kathy Smith
$52
Lola Espy
$51
Doug & Shelley
Do your best !!!
$50
Anoop
$50
Sal
Well done mate a very worrhy cause
$50
Michelle Cox
All the best Elise. Such a great cause you’re supporting 💕
$50
Dominique Banguis
$42
Dianne Rien
$42
Dharmesh Tailor
$35
Selena Nash
$32
Anonymous
Dance well which I know you will
$32
Christine Elliott
$32
Tracey Haddad
This is the best. Well done lovely 🥰
$32
Reptiles On The Go
$32
Roseanne Virzi
$32
Em, Lorc & Aubrey
you go girl!
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$32
Anonymous
$32
Belinda Talbot
$32
Kylee Bentham
Welldone Charlee so proud of you.
$32
Morfia Emmanouel
You go girl!
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$32
Nat Bainy
$32
Linda Langby
Hope this helps Angel
$32
Gary & Lina Hammond
Well done Aria
$32
Ashleigh Hutton
$32
Sophie Pearce
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$32
Hannah Battah
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$32
Charlee Pearce
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$32
Charlotte Horvath
Go Team DI 🙌🏻
$32
Hannah Battah
$32
Karen Regner
Great cause girls, enjoy your dancing.💕
$32
Trudie Soltani
Keep dancing pretty girl.
$31
Sil
You go my SIL xo
$31
Khloe Tachdjian
$31
A Valentine-chapman
Enjoying your vids Christine!
$31
Lucia Rattray
Well done girls. I hope to see you dancing and achieving your goal and more. Many blessings
$31
Harry Sammut
$31
Rebekah Muffatti
$31
Denise Roberts
A great cause Charlee! Well done!
$30
Tenille
You are doing amazing... So proud of you..
$26
Glorylyn Domingo
Super proud of you..lots of love Tita Glo
$26
Glorylyn Domingo
Lots of love from Tita Glo, Tito Oli and Baby Keon
$26
Elesha Burt
$21
Karen Estrada
$21
Charlee King
$21
Bevan Tweedie
$21
Charlee King
So proud of you Dakota x
$21
Emily And Simone
Well done Maddie 💞
$21
Bec And Matt Whye-millers
$21
Robyn Bradford
Well done Dance Industrie for supporting a fantastic cause
$21
Robbie And Sarah
Well done beautiful Elise. ❤️
$21
Rebecca Marris
Good on you Kellie, great cause!
$21
Nat Nix
Good on you Chris! 👏👏👏
$21
Poppa King
So proud of you Charlee love Poppa x
$21
Nezmia Hay
Go Talasio xx
$21
Nanny D
Super Proud of You D xx
$21
Nanny D
Super Proud Of You Charlee
$20
Andrea Mcleod
$20
Lola Sally
$20
Olivia Kalule
$20
Mel D
This is specifically for the Toothpaste costume and the chuckle it forced from me 🤣🤣🤣
$20
Aunty Sami
Amazing job Aria!!!
$17
Kay Sb
$17
Kay Sb
$17
Kay Sb
$15
Oliver O
$15
Oliver O
$13
Shraddha Chitrakar
$11
Shraddha Chitrakar
All the best :)
$11
Angel Smith-moonen
$11
Pixi Mum
$11
Olivia Marfo
$11
Julia C
You guys rock. 🥰
$11
Marielle
Awesome work Valentine!
$11
Marielle
Great job Gabriel!
$11
Stevie (mum)
Go Baby Girl 💗
$11
James (dad)
Proud of you beautiful girl
$11
Jeffrey A
$11
Jeffrey A
$11
Sls Freight
Keep on Trucking - I mean Dancing haha
$10
Ana Domingo
$10
Ana Domingo
$10
Caitlin Angseesing
$10
Olivia Kalule
Our Team Members
Miss Kellie
$1,125
Charlee P
$311
Hannah B
$312
Sophie P
$311
Christine Elliott
$1,802
Charlee K
$252
Kelly Jager
Talasio R
$21
Dakota P
$42
Maddison R
$327
Aria H
$317
Elise M
$102
Angel S
$219
LexiMikaEli
$174
Mika S
Eli C
Valentine D
$93
Gabriel D
$83
Breeana V
$32
Jacinta Georgia E
$84
Miss Kellie
$1,125
Christine Elliott
$1,802
Maddison R
$327
Aria H
$317
Hannah B
$312
Sophie P
$311
Charlee P
$311
Charlee K
$252
Angel S
$219
LexiMikaEli
$174
Elise M
$102
Valentine D
$93
Jacinta Georgia E
$84
Gabriel D
$83
Dakota P
$42
Breeana V
$32
Talasio R
$21
Kelly Jager
$0
Mika S
$0
Eli C
$0
How Your Donation Helps
A global research team* worked with RMHC to evaluate the impact of our House Program on families around the world. The following is a summary of those findings**.
Access to the best care
Our House Program makes it possible for families who travel long distances, to access the top children’s hospitals around the world.
Stronger mental health
Having a child in hospital can trigger clinical anxiety in parents. Our Houses provide families with the emotional, mental and practical support to better manage their stress so that they can be more actively involved in the care of their children.
Financial peace of mind
Ongoing medical bills, travel, and accommodation costs are a huge source of stress for many families. Our Houses offer accommodation at no cost, close to hospitals, to alleviate some of the burden.
Parents sleep better
Parents who sleep at one of our Houses have a better night’s rest than those that sleep at their child’s hospital bedside. This ensures they have the strength to support their child.
Children’s recovery
Having family and siblings close by, who are invested in a child’s care, can improve a hospitalised child’s recovery and treatment outcomes.
Positive hospital experience
Families who stay at a Ronald McDonald House find they have a more positive experience of hospital than those that stay elsewhere.
Families cope better
Having family together under one roof, including the support of experienced volunteers and other families, greatly improves a family’s ability to cope with having a child in hospital.
Safe, affordable alternative to hospital
Many high-risk pregnant women who are stable but need to be close to care, can now afford to stay close to care. This is also the case for parents who have a newborn in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Siblings cope better
Play is how children interact and make sense of the world. That’s why play areas are such an important part of our offering. They allow siblings to connect and cope more with the stress of a difficult situation.
* The global team of researchers was drawn from leading universities, including the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), George Washington University, the University of Chicago, as well as from top medical centres in Hong Kong; Sydney, Australia; the United Kingdom; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cincinnati, U.S.; and Toronto, Canada.
** Findings taken from RMHC Impact Research – the name for a suite of studies on the impact of RMHC around the world. The summaries provided here provide a snapshot of the findings from each of the key Ronald McDonald House Impact studies.
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