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Make a move and support our Dance 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 making a move 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.
$1.52k
Charlene Frith (mine Tech Engineering)
$400
Accent On Dance
Donation from Pyjama week
$116
Mckenzies
$104
Adam Kennedy
Go get em girl
$60
Trisha Mahoney
$59
Christine Young
Good on you Keira
$57
Melissa Aspey
Great dancing
$57
Mark Lewis
you have a great surname (mum will tell you why)
$53
Dinny Kelly
Well done Mia. Xx
$52
Michelle Holmes
Well done Mia and team! An awesome cause to support 🥰
$52
Jenny Horvat
Go Accent 💛
$52
Sarah Service
Go Lila!!!
$52
Mum
What a beautiful thing to do xx
$52
Anonymous
$50
Chiarina Holmes
$50
Amy O
Great work honey xo
$50
Accent On Dance
$42
Anonymous
$42
Natalie Fleming
$42
Anonymous
What a wonderful that you are doing. All the best Kerry Heath
$40
Lesley Murphy
$37
Leo Mckenzie-smith
$36
Dk
good thinking Olivia. well done for a good cause.
$36
Jorgia-may Fleming
$36
Kathy Krieg
Well done Savannah. What a lovely selfless thing to do for some kids who really need our support
$36
Kathy Krieg
Great work Nicola. It takes girls like you to make a difference!
$35
David Austen
Hi hope you reach your goal & much more
$32
Jorgia-may Fleming
$31
Emma Young
$31
Zara O'dea
Go you.
$31
Sally Atkinson
Keep dancing!
$31
Bec Murphy
What a great cause, keep dancing sarah
$31
Poppy
Go for it Kiki
$30
Siena Da Silva
Amazing work Sav! So proud of you!!
$30
Angela Pike
$29
Colin Butterick
Great work Erin
$26
Pam Luscombe
Well done darling! Love you - Grandma x
$26
Fiona Melillo
Great work Sav!
$26
Fiona Melillo
Great work Dancing Queen!
$25
Debra Meier
Well done Kieley. Keep dancing. Love Nanny and Paul
$25
Debra Meier
Well done Jaxon. Keep dancing. Love Nanny and Paul.
$25
Marg Donhardt
Well done Kieley for support this good cause. Nanny is very proud of you. Love you 💖💖💖
$25
Marg Donhardt
Well done Jaxon for supporting this good cause. I am so proud of you. Love Nanny. 💙💙
$21
Soraya Kazemi
Proud of my Accent fam x
$21
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$21
Ann Talbot
Such a lovely thing to do Sarah for such a great cause. Enjoy Dancing
$21
David & Johanna Crinion
So proud of you darling - you are so loving and caring.xx Oma & Papa
$21
Abigail Diplock
Nice one Mia! Well done!
$21
Steph Noon
Go you! Thanks.
$21
Marisa Peacock
$21
Nanna Atkinson
Go Erin!
$21
Chris Hhughes
$21
Anna Dodd
$21
Darren Butterick
Good luck with the fund raising, Erin.
$21
Nikki Young
Have fun dancing Kiki x
$21
Anonymous
$20
Tiana Kennedy
$20
Rhys & Tori
Well done Keira!
$20
Sarah Murphy
🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻
$17
Aunty Robyn
A great cause! well done sarah for your efforts, hope this helps
$17
Kennedy Alison
$16
Alison Vink
A beautiful gesture Nicola x
$16
Alison Vink
Lovely to see your compassion through your passion for dance.
$11
Erin Cooper
Brilliant effort! ;)
$11
Anthony D'andrea
$10
Anonymous
$10
Anonymous
$10
Vanessa Trengove
All the best Sarah for raising money for this great cause. Xx
$10
Amali
$10
Gemma Sheridan
your welcome
$10
Greg And Carmen Donhardt
Well done Jaxon. You make us very proud of all you do. Love mum and dad xx
$10
Greg And Carmen Donhardt
Great job Kieley. We are proud of everything you do. Love mum and dad. xx
$10
Anonymous
$10
Anonymous
$10
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$10
Zara Odea
U better love me now
$8
Danielle Sarti
$5
Layla Ensten
Ily Tiana <3, your such a talented dancer. 💕
$4
Stuart Coleman
$3
Billy Murphy
Hope the kids get better soon
Our Team Members
Jorgia-May Fleming
$178
Keira Young
$235
Savannah Immesi
$108
Sarah Murphy
$241
Nicola Immesi
$78
Olivia W
$107
Lila S
$160
Tiana Kennedy
$424
Leo McKenzie-Smith
$37
jaxon donhardt
$60
Erin Atkinson
$106
Kieley Donhardt
$60
Mia Holmes
Scarlett Williams
$52
Mia H
$196
Sophie M
MEET ANUNTA
At just 11 years old, Anunta was 100km from home, and learned that the cyst on her ankle was, in fact, a cancerous sarcoma.
With no clothes, and nowhere to stay, Anunta’s parents, Doungnead and Anthony, didn’t know what to do.
Thankfully, Ronald McDonald House Charities were able to provide a room for the family. When Anunta started chemotherapy, Doungnead was able to provide a taste of home, cooking fresh meals in their own little kitchen while the family focussed all their attention on her treatment.
“Being in a place where everyone cares about you, and is there for you, was so special. It became our second home” Anunta's Mum, Doungnead
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.
Make a tax-deductible donation today!
* 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.
An awesome cause. Funds raised by mine Tech Engineering my husbands business and they were more than happy to support this cause