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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.
$296
Jeet Singh
$264
Karina Mascarenhas
$250
Anonymous
Go Pat!!! And Aunty Tess!!
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Anonymous
Don't forget we want to see the video Urmila :) Great cause !!!
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Anonymous
move it move it move it
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Gerard Satur
$169
Marc Jones
💃💃💃💃
$166
Anonymous
$150
Kyrin
$148
Marcel Jones
$116
Anonymous
$116
Anonymous
Good luck with your goal
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Keith Middleton
$116
Matched By Generous Donors
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Am
What a great cause Mel!!!! Love that you’re dancing for kids xxx
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Denise Patel
Great cause bust those moves Mel xo
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Lena M
Well done Pat and Mum! Such a great cause!
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Marilyn Desmier
Excellent Mel 💗
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Jeanne Jones
Well done Melanie. A Worthy cause !
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Nalin
All the best
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Cecil Fernandes
All the best God bless
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Anonymous
Good on you Urmi!
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Karin Abrams
Great charity, lots of fun and a chance to keep fit, Go Urmila. Love Karin
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Helena Fernandes
$104
Patricia Heredia
$66
Anonymous
$63
Melina Francis
Way to go Pat and A.Tessi … what a wonderful cause
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Victoria Tahan
$63
Bronwyn Fowler
Dear Mel, inspirational and amazing, well done, Bronwyn xxx
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Ana Kraucher
Loved your post and the initiative Urmila! Thank you for bringing awareness to this cause.
$63
Nina Ianni
What a wonderful cause Mel😊
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Anonymous
$63
Rosanna Abrams
Well done Urmila. This a great cause to support xx
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Anne Pereyra
Always upto some good. 🙏 Cheers to you and the team
$63
Nee Ng
$63
World Business Travel
$63
Nalini Isaacs
Wonderful ladies! Thank you for doing this
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Rudy Wijaya
$63
Rochelle
Go Mel!!! Such a great charity to raise funds for. Thank you!
$62
Adrienne Costanzo
Go Urmila! Show us your fancy footwork. And send video footage please!
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Asmita
You ladies rock!!
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Rozhin Asghari
Dance like no one is watching Urmila! Love the life you’re living ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Anonymous
👍🏼🙏💕
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Antonio
You are amazing Urmila! May your dance bring joy and comfort (in abundance!) to those kids..
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Judy Bartley
Good on you Mel👍Such a great idea and a fun one too I'm sure for such a worthy cause!
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Wimal Irugalbandara
Impressed.
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Janice Kehlet, Rmcdh Flashdancer
Good on you Mel, such a worthy cause
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Anuj Gupta
Have fun
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Elemér Turchányi
$53
Silroy Thomas
All the best for your dance
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Anonymous
Congratulations Pat and Tessie! This is a great cause!
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Val
Enjoy dancing for a good cause 🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Valery Nazareth
Let your feet do the talking….good cause
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Michelle Monteiro
Brilliant effort Dancin X Gens!! Keep dancing n keep smiling your way to lighting up this world.
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Melinda Butcher
Keep dancing 💃 Urmila go girl 👍
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Preetika Vishwa
Great work Mel.. Preetika
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Nusrat
May your efforts bring hope, relief, and positive change to the children who are sick
$52
Gayleen
Wonderful cause Urmila, enjoy the dance
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Anna
Congratulations on supporting such a great cause ❤️
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Nellie Doueihi
All the best grooving x great cause 😘♥️
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Alireza
$51
Wendy
$51
Kim Dule
Go girl. You have this.
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Vanessa Rego
Great cause Athellia. Best wishes.
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Danielle Noyce
$50
Cynthia Pimenta
$50
Anonymous
Take some pics for memory lane.
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Elizabeth F
Sounds like fun for a good cause 😘😘😘
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Madeleine Drake
Good job Mel x
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Shirley Saldanha
Happy dancing!!
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Matched By Generous Donors
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Sophia Cassaniti
What a great cause. Well done 👏
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Giselle D’souza
You go Urmi girl💃🏽
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Yeok Chua
Great seva 👏👍
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Charmaine Martis
Good one Athelia👍
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Desmond Rodricks
Hey Kevin and Athellia, I am always in awe with what you guys do and how much you care about other people's troubles. For that I will always respect you both.
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Rohini Srinivas
Great idea, show me the dance moves
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Daryl Isaac
$32
Kylie Brennan
I love this Urmila xx
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Naomi Burke
💃💃💃 👏👏👏 Go girl nb
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Alesia Michael
Well done, good luck
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Elaine Krek
Dance like no one’s watching !!!
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Karen Wong
That’s awesome! Go Mel❤️
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Shanaz Kanti-paul
Dancing is healing!
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Kev S
Great Cause.! Looking forward to seeing your dance pics :-)
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Dm
Good luck with your great effort Urmila!!
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Matched By Generous Donors
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Anonymous
Good on you Athelia Keep up the good work
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Anil Barve
Good on you Patricia
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Mimi
Great initiative Mel!
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Anonymous
$21
Grettel Bonamis
Choicest Blessings
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Gerry Y
Where can I see the videos Urmila? Have fun!
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Karen Britto
Pump it up!
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Rashmi Padhye
All the best Urmila.
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Anonymous
$11
Anonymous
Our Team Members
Pat & Tessie
$1,329
Priyanka Saldanha
$32
Athellia Dias
$1,498
Urmila Dcunha
$2,434
Melanie D’sa
$1,645
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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Good work Athellia..