Time Danced:
499minutes
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.
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Anonymous
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Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Maliganis Edwards Johnson
Good luck Maeve and Elliott - we think you should make Kirsten dance too!!
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Ben Leitch
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Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
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Sydney Griffos
Dance magic dance! (from one of the best movies of all time - Labyrinth :)
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Joy, Michael, Maya, Jan And Merlin
Go Elliott
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Deb Rolfe
Awesome work Maeve!
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Quality Steel Australia Pty Ltd
Hope all goes well Maeve happy dancing
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Ben Leitch
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Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
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Penny Deacon
Keep dancing Elliot. Best brother ever
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Tomkinson Family
Go Elliott!!
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Neal And Jane Bates
Mauve and Elliott, you are legends.
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Mare-lou And Grandpa
Dance for us!
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The Stollerys
Great work, Elliott!! Have fun dancing :)
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Anonymous
Good luck with your efforts despite the hard times
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Marianne Peterswald
Well done Maeve -have fun dancing towards your goal!
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Bondietti Family
Great work Elliott! You should be very proud of yourself.
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Swift Family
What a great idea! Go Elliott!!
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Matthew Needham
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Virginia Wilson
Happy Dancing!
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Aaron
Good luck Elliott. Looking forward to seeing you reach your target!
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Luisa Fearnside
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Emma Reilly
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Lauren
Shake that booty!! Love from Lauren, Lexa & Amanda
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Jing
Great work Elliott!!
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Lauren Armstrong
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Joel Adams
Go Elliot and Meave - you are both such beautiful and crazy kids! So proud of you! From Joel and the Adams clan 💜
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Julz N Stevo Lobel - Lorenzo
Elliott and Maeve you got the moves x
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Nikki Cooper
Go Maeve and Elliot! Fantastic initiative, hope we get to see some of those moves :)
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Di Zakis
Well done Maeve, what a champion!! Love from Aunty Di
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Maddi Mcbarron
Well done Maeve & Elliot!
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Alison Tibell
Well done Elliott!!! From Markus, Lucinda, Alexander, Ali and Bjorn
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Svet Todoroski
Well done Maeve, I am so proud of you for the beautiful person that you are becoming! Keep smiling ☺️
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Anonymous
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Helena Miller
Well done Maeve! This is a great cause, dance your heart out
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Hilary Delia Saunders
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Kim And Caitlin
Dance and soccer star! What talent!! What a fantastic thing to do.
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Liz Mcginnis
Dance with the stars Elliott
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Michelle Treloar
Thanks Maeve and Elliot! Lots of love Michelle, Russell, James, Jack and Lauren xx
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Loredana
Sending lots of love and hugs from Melbourne. Love Loredana, Darren and Genevieve
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Anonymous
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Marg C
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The Davis Family
You should be super proud Maeve & Elliott fantastic effort guys 🤍
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Julia & Claude
You guys are fabulous ❤️
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Dana Assenheim
Great job Maeve - need to get Mum and Dad dancing with you, they have some great moves!!
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Maddie Robinson
Can’t wait to see some great dance moves!
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Darrin Killalea
Well done on raising much needed funds for a truly worthy cause. Love the Killalea family
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Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Jan, Catherine And Maya
Gooooo Elliot!!!
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Nirmal Philip
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No. 8 Ladies Bookclub
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No. 8 Ladies Bookclub
We love your dancing
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Lara Mynott Smith
Happy grooving Maeve!!
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Stuart Marris
Great work Maeve!
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Corinne Smith
Happy dancing Maeve & Elliott!
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Dad
Dance monkey
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James Leitch
Dance Like Nobody's Watching
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Kirsten Leitch
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Kirsten Leitch
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Chelsea Lawson
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Bronwyn
Goodluck Maeve
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Jessica Coates
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Kerrie Cowan
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De Ligts
Groove on Elliott.
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Mel, Nick, Ollie And Josh
Great work Elliott! Keep it up!
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Lynne And Ron Mcdonald
Good job Marve
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Anonymous
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Dean Btowne
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Dean Browne
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Mel & Nick Brown
Go Maeve! Dance up a storm!!
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Mady And Dave
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Josh Barkman
Best of luck Maeve!!
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Amy & Dave Kelly
Love your work Maeve and Elliot! Keep dancing! Xx Mrs Kelly
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Larissa Mertin
A beautiful gesture Maeve x
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Garry Griffith
Great idea Elliott
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Garry Griffith
Go Maeve
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Lesa C
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Sam Browne
Great idea! Well done Maeve and Elliott Xx
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Shruti Arya
This is awesome Maeve!
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Premier Automotive
Good luck, great cause!
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Christen Dell
Best of luck Maeve - I hope you smash your goal. xx
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Kathryn Southward
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Mackenzie Browne
Lots of love! x
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Alan James Stone
Well done Elliot keep those feet danciing
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Kristine Stone
Keep dancing Elliott
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Rowena Sierant
Well done Maeve.
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Cinea Ryan
What a great initiative! Go Maeve!
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Lily Crozier
Go Maeve and Elliott!
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Grace Han
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Mary Brennan
Hi Maeve Good on you and Elliot doing this. I hope that it is great fun too! All the best Mary
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Peter Fraser
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Max Gates
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Sami B
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Annya Newman
Fantastic that you are helping Zac out, you should be very proud
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Anna Reid
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Anonymous
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Matthew Carpenter-arevalo
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Alessandro Damiani
Keep up the dancing!
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Emiliano Damiani
Good luck Elliott!
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Daniel Bartlett
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Ciana Arndt
Our Team Members
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.
