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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 AbbSchool Dance is joining Ronald McDonald House Charities to Dance for Sick Kids this year.
We'll be dancing throughout Week 3, May 13-19, with an exceptional motivation to make a difference; raising 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.
$169
Lynda Jones
$166
Angela Xiong
$116
Jerzy Cywinski
Go Valentina - fantastic cause!
$116
Kristine Jones
$110
Loretta Lin
$110
Christine Cheung
$110
Dean Guan
$100
Yammie Gao
Well done Sophie !!
$66
Anonymous
$63
Scott Doble
Well done Mia! Great cause
$63
Aerin Liau
$63
Mike Wright
$63
Natasha Gallace
$63
Jono Perrin
$63
Elizabeth Peadon
$63
Mirko Cvetkovski
$63
Matt O’s
Go Mia!
$63
Vic Tsaccounis
Well done Mia! Have fun!
$63
Amy Cooper
$63
Amanda Donnelly
Well done Sophie - xx
$63
Anonymous
$63
Matched By Generous Donors
$60
Pat Griffiths
Great initiative!
$57
Em Cheung
<3
$53
Ariel Young
$53
Grace
Go Mia! 😍
$53
Yoko Shimizu
Good on you, Sophie!
$53
Matched By Generous Donors
$53
Chio Verastegui
What a fun way to help others- go Dasha!!! (I’m a friend of your mum and dad in Sydney - I have great memories of dancing with them!)
$53
Sophia L
$53
Matched By Generous Donors
$51
Anonymous
Well Done! 👍
$50
Njcoop
$50
Gary Walls
Dufas Head x
$49
Uncle G
$32
Stef
🫶🏻
$32
Kitty
$32
Harry Cooper
$32
Chenwen Wang
$30
Andrew Robertson
$26
Chelsea Ratsabouth
$21
Suzi Trajkovski
$21
Lauren Marks
Well done Soph!
$21
Ainslie Ali
💃🏼💃🏼
$21
The Orlando’s
Well done Mia, great cause! xxx
$21
Tori Waddell
Go Mia! Dance away lovely 🥰
$16
Nadia Yuzhannikova
$15
Catherine Wang
$15
Catherine Wang
$11
Miya Cai
$10
Amaya
proud of you scoops 💕
$10
Valerie Tan
Hi!! I hope your dancing for sick kids goes well!!
$5
Jess Adams
$5
Coco Lipscombe
GOOOOOOO SOPHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
$5
Hugo Jones
Great job Laura!
Our Team Members
Sofie Batchelor
Indiana G
Estelle Z
$32
Jasmine Y
$53
Rithika V
Mia P
$567
Laura J
$449
Valentina G
$179
Sophie C
$350
Sophie Cooper
$361
Yani Y
$15
Amie Y
$15
Georgina R
$255
Dasha C
$162
Sophie C
$350
Georgina R
$255
Valentina G
$179
Dasha C
$162
Jasmine Y
$53
Estelle Z
$32
Yani Y
$15
Amie Y
$15
Sofie Batchelor
$0
Indiana G
$0
Rithika V
$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.
CONTACT THE DANCE FOR SICK KIDS TEAM
If you have any questions about Dance for Sick Kids or need a hand with anything, please reach out. We're here to help!
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