Time Danced:
5150minutes
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.
$158
Catherine Rhodes
$114
Nanna
$106
Jacob Tarszisz
Go girl
$104
Esther Tarszisz
Go Avery!!!
$100
Maya
$80
Jennifer Norton
So proud of you, Grace for using your talents to give back!
$65
John Turner
Hi Stella, We hope this helps the cause! Unkle John x
$65
Naomi Tarszisz
$65
Analia
$65
Hazely Rosario
All the best Jemma, what a great cause xxx
$65
Fran Oneill
Proud of you!
$65
Zoe & Mia
Go Jemma! You’re a star!
$65
Victoria Turner
$60
Anonymous
$60
Dianne Wikingstrom
Way to go Grace!
$60
Dao Fam
Wow congratualtion. There's no way I can dance for that long.
$54
James Hanley
$54
Belinda Hanley
You’re making a difference Willow!
$54
Serene Styling
All the best Jemma and to your Ballet Buddies! Keep Dancing 💕🥰🩰
$54
Tegan And Hayden Le
Superstar Jemma! Keep dancing, we are cheering you on!
$54
Lauren, Brendan, Oliver And Jonah Ng
Go Jemma! What a fabulous cause. You go girl !!
$54
Layla And Darcy Malone
We love you Stella x
$54
Brownlow Family
That’s amazing, Jemma - what a great cause to be dancing for!
$54
Tino Chan
Well done Willow, I’m so proud of you 👍
$50
Phoebe And Nicky
Very proud of you stella
$33
Melissa Hc
$33
Richard Lau
$33
Anonymous
What a great cause! Good luck!
$33
Anonymous
$33
Stephanie Lai
Support!
$33
Grace Carmichael
$33
Anonymous
Jemma, we’re very proud of you, sharing your talent for a good cause, wonderful and well done 🙏❤️🎉
$33
Michael Souter
$33
Michele Souter
Stella you’re our star! Well done. Xx
$32
Marianne & Nigel
Proud of you!
$30
Zi Cheng Loo
Good luck with everything
$30
Sheila
$28
Charlie Taang
$23
Nick Wu
Well done Willow.
$23
Kylie Van Hoof
Good luck Jemma! What an amazing cause to dance for!
$23
Mikey & Belma Rein
You’re doing amazing work!!
$23
Lucia Sajonia
Awesome Job Jemma ☺️
$23
Nadine Tuback
Just brilliant Grace! What a lovely cause.
$20
Alison Chang
$12
Jerry Feng
$12
Linda Wang
$12
Muny S
$10
Rachel Jake And Natalie
GO GRACE!! KEEP DANCING!!
Our Team Members
Grace C
$494
Stella S
$414
Willow C
$590
Jemma
$547
Avery R
$330
Jemma L
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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