Time Danced:
690minutes
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.
$1k
Ross Leckie
$520
Fleurieu Civil- Bethany Frith
$264
Joanne Neave
$106
Danielle
$74
Lisa & Michael Werner
Keep Dancing love from LA
$63
Nanny Jan Xx
$63
Kay Wilkey
Have used this service for my family before it’s a blessing thank you
$63
Accent On Dance
$63
Janet Horbelt
$63
Kate Constable
Lots of love from the Constables
$62
Jorgia-may Fleming
$53
Ann Ewer
À great thing to do Emma - it’s important to help others where we can. Good luck with the fund raising.
$53
Vickie Schultz
Proud of you! Keep dancing 😍
$50
Eliades Family
Keep shining superstar! X
$50
Andy Parker
Well done Madeline
$32
Mel Symes
Great work Em!
$32
Lyndal Geytenbeek
$32
Janet And Ian Leckie
Well done Madeline.
$32
Krystal Waite
$32
Nikki Young
Go Accent in Dance!
$30
Marg Donhardt
Good on you Jaxon. We will always support you. Love Nanny and Poppy
$30
Marg Donhardt
Well done Kieley. We are so proud of you. You are a kind, generous and thoughtful you lady. Love from Nanny and Poppy
$26
Simon Lawton
$21
Poppy Brooks
Great work!
$21
Ivan Wilkey
Lots of love Grandpa enjoy the dance
$21
Leckie David
$21
Anonymous
$21
Peggy Addison
Great job Maddie
$21
Bella
i’m so proud of you ems
$20
Tay Yeates
You can do it Madeline! So proud of you Love Tay
$16
Nicole Beale
Our Team Members
Miss Jorgie
$126
Savannah Immesi
Kieley Donhardt
$30
Scarlett Williams
Madeline L
$1,443
Georgia G
$148
Amelia N
$264
jaxon donhardt
$30
Emma S
$174
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
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