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Make a move and support our Dance For Sick Kids!
HELLO FROM THE DDS TEAM!!! ❤️🖤❤️
We're so excited to be participating in this fantastic fundraising event for the second year and we can't wait to get moving and grooving to help 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 for a second year.
Last year we were able to raise over $8000 and this year we hope to raise even more! 💪🏼🌟
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 and support 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. You can also share our posts on social media to help spread the word! 🔥✨
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to our challenge.
$317
Jeanne Webb
$317
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$211
The Mason Bunch
Well Done !!!
$169
Dot Beattie
Well done Lila
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Anonymous
Good on you, always going the extra mile x
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Anonymous
Go Linda & District Team
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Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Albert And Betty Mason
Go Jemimah
$116
Rebecca Reynolds
Well done Mara
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Ben Duxson
Love you and your efforts
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Anonymous
$116
Bron
Fantastic and well done to U and the dance team Such a great cause
$116
Natalie Knights
Well done Claudia and all the team at DDS!
$110
Cathy Koenig
Such a worthy cause to help by doing something you love ❤
$110
Peter G
$106
Tadhg Lowry
What’s the weather like ?
$106
Denise Cozens
Your don in a wonderful job Macada. .. love Gran & Aah
$106
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$106
Paula & Dwain Duxson
$100
Linda Grigg
$100
Emily Sanford
keep busting a move kiddo
$84
Jennifer Nola
A fabulously practical initiative Miss Linda! 👏👏 Keep up your great work!!
$74
Gran & Grandad
Keep Dancing, Love from Gran and Granddad xx
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Linda Grigg
Always a pandemic Leader X
$65
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Joan Goodwin
Go Lila
$60
Julie Gould
Such an inspiration, keep it up..
$60
Linda Grigg
Well done, Chris x
$60
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$58
Leah Cameron
$58
Kirsty Beattie
Well done Lila!
$58
Kath Bowman
Proud of you
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Paris Dwyer
Well done Macada. You're doing great things. Love from mum.
$58
Janelle Scott
Go Jemimah!!! 👏😁
$58
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$58
Amelia Lester
Awesome stuff Rachel ❤️
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Carl Phillips
Hope this helps the sick kids Because I remember what it’s like in there
$58
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Ronnie
You make up so proud keep up the great work . Love Nan & pop 💕
$58
Emma-rose
Love you imy you legend !! Xxxx
$58
Jenny Nola
Happy dancing Kayla
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Kerry Hewitt
$58
Miss Heather
$58
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$58
Jennifer Mortlock
$58
Darren Grigg
Well done Liana, you're a wonderful person for doing this for sick kids ...
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Aunty P.
Wishing you a wonderful, successful day, Ava.
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Nathan & Zoe
$58
Nathan & Zoe
$58
Peter Knights
$58
Shelley Nelson
$55
Charlotte Wilton
Go Mara!
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Philip And Denise
Jemimah, Keep kicking up those heels for charity. Sorry we won’t see your dance moves in person on the 28th, All the best. Denise & Philip
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Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Hannah Sleeman
$55
Anonymous
Go Scarley
$55
Phoebe Sleeman
$53
Jackie
$53
Sarah & Jake
$53
Charity
❤️❤️❤️
$53
Peter Cameron
$53
Alison Duxson
Go girl xx
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Brenda Box
$53
Beck Stephens
What a beautiful thing to do Imy 💕
$53
Ellen Fiamengo
Dance your little heart out Scarlett💕
$53
Sue Hellsten
Go Lila
$53
Julia George
$53
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$53
Jacqui Thomasson
Well done Jemimah
$53
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$53
Jas
Awesome effort Lila.
$50
Linda Grigg
You have been so proactive posting your videos makes me so proud.
$50
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$50
Brenda Box
$50
Narrelle Vance
$50
Marga
Go Jemimah! ❤️
$50
Russell Mountjoy
Go girl!
$50
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$50
Pa
LOVE you Scarlett
$50
Charlotte Wilton
Go Jemimah! 💃🏼
$50
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$50
Sam Pinniger
Happy to get you across the line 😘
$50
Anonymous
$50
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$43
Sarah W
You’re amazing!
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Mum
Great cause x
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Sharna Bartram
Hey Alexa, it’s amazing what you are doing x.
$42
Sue W
Fantastic Imy to be helping kids who are sick.
$40
Linda Grigg
Keep up the great work Olivia 🩰
$40
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$40
Tegan Fiamengo
Such a great cause, Scarlett! Xx
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Keegan Amos
$37
Rachel Koenig
$35
Linda Grigg
$35
Anonymous
Fantastic work Rachel !
$35
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Julie Watson
Best wishes Miss Imy😍
$32
Anonymous
Go Jimmy!
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Caleb, April & Elliot
Hope this helps. 🤞🏼
$32
Kiara Cameron
Now you’ve reached your goal, also, tell Tadhg thank you hahahaha
$32
Larell Letson
$32
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Nan
Go Lila!
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Sarah Matt And Bodhi Xxx
Amazing work Rachel! Happy to support! Love Sarah, Matt and Bodhi xxx
$32
Dean Pinniger ( Dad)
Love you and great cause, well done darling. Dad
$32
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$32
The Soulsby’s
Well done Lila, great job
$32
Big Bear
😱🤯🫣
$32
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$30
Linda Grigg
Love Gammy 🩰
$30
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$30
Ruby Preston
So proud of you pretty girl 🤍🤍🤍
$30
F & K Pitt
Thank you Jemimah for practically caring
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Anonymous
$30
Charity
❤️❤️❤️
$30
Sharon Basset
Great job, keep on dancing.
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Josh Francis
heck yeah deck chair this is awesome
$26
Bridgette Knights
Proud of you little Claudie x
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Monique Russell
$26
Anonymous
🦖 🐶
$26
Kim
Well done Alexa!
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The Thomson Clan
Such a great cause Rachel - keep tapping those toes
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Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Susan Koenig
You are such a dynamic person keep on dancing x
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Grandma X0x
Go Alma
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Dad
Love you bubby
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Debbie Mcadam
$21
Shaun&mell Allen
$21
Anonymous
$21
Millee Chester
You got this Ava!! Bust some sick moves homie >:D!!
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Anonymous
$21
Needs Debbie
$21
Anonymous
$21
Zoe Buckingham
go imy!
$21
Rebecca Cumming
😄😄😄😄💃💃
$21
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
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Nikki
Proud of you beautiful girl Love always grayson and hendrix
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Kat Mcadam
Go Alma!!! ❤️ Love Noah x
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Kat Mcadam
Go Liana!!! ❤️ Love Noah xx
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Kat Mcadam
Go Scarlett!!! ❤️ Love Noah xx
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Fran
Great job Lila
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Coles Kaycoles
Good luck
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Pippa And Harper
To our favourite Dancer Rach, you go girl!
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Sarah Poss
Keep up the great work Princess Liana! You’re a beautiful dancer 💗
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Sarah Poss
Amazing work Alma! Hope you’re having lots of fun doing lots of dancing! 💗
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Don Cozens
Fantastic work Katie 😊 love pop 💕
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Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
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Rebecca Rodger
Great work Imy - such a wonderful idea to help kids in need xxx
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Flappers, Jade & The Boys Nelson
Amazing Lila!!!
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Laura Cameron
Great work! X
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Eliza Perryman
go lila!!!
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Michelle Sperling
$21
Roberts’
$21
Sally
❤️❤️❤️
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Kay Coles
Love Nanna Coles x
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Coles Gloria
Good luck Liana love nanxxx
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Wanda Pinniger
Well Done. Love Grandma x
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Kathryn Flower
Very Proud of you Scarlett. It is a wonderful thing you do, helping sick kids. Dance proud and strong sweetheart
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District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$20
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$20
Gloria Coles
Great work Scarlett. Lots if love Nanna Coles
$20
John Heggie
$20
Mary Mahony
$20
Kristy Eldred
$20
Rosie Fitzpatrick
Awesome Lila!!!
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Gammy ??
Go Li Li 🌈
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Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Kathy Mcdougall
Well done Lila
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Jenny Watts
Legs are even longer this year jemimah! 🦵💃
$20
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Terri Clarke
$20
Pauline Russell
Keep up the good work. Proud of you sweet heart. ❤
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Anonymous
$18
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Anonymous
$15
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
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Abbey
Love u, doing great brilliant work! -Abbey
$11
Tyson Coates
All the best hope you raise your goal
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Ava
💖💖
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Ava
💖💖
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Ava
Go bestieee!! x 💖
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Jean Leary
Looking forward to seeing those daily dances Jemimah. 👏💐💞
$11
Dillon Aspland
$11
Dillon Aspland
$11
Catherine Mcdermott
Great cause.
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Anonymous
$11
Sue
Proud of you Audrey, Sue
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Anonymous
$10
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$10
Jeanne Webb
You’re doing great things. Stay strong ❤️💃❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$10
District Dance Studio
Congratulations & welcome to our DREAM TEAM! Thank you for stepping up to support such a worthy cause. LJG ❤️
$7
Anonymous
$7
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Michelle Sperling
$5
Greta Pinniger
go girl!:)))
$5
Anonymous
go imy 🥰🫶🏼
$5
Anonymous
Good work! 💪💙
$5
Miss Jemimah
Go Claudia you superstar! 🌟 You can conquer the world with your tap shoes! 👞✨💜
$5
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
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Miss Jemimah
Wonderful effort Kayla, keep it up! 🌟💪
$3
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
Our Team Members
Linda Grigg
$1,125
Jemimah Webb
$2,517
Ava Duxson
$650
Rachel Koenig
$534
Claudia K
$167
Liana B
$330
alma b
$331
Mara R
$255
Alexa C
$426
aubrey w
$83
Kayla M
$95
Lila S
$741
Olivia R
$101
Scarlett G
$320
Imy P
$840
Macada R
$536
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.
So proud of what you’ve achieved, Jemimah