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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.
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Aunty Hay
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Dick Smith
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Anonymous
Wonderful Charity
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Anonymous
Fantastic charity to raise money for.
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Anonymous
good luck keep it up!
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Anonymous
Your love for dance is inspiring! Looking forward seeing you do what you love.
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Anonymous
To a wonderful creative artist who displays movement and expression with such beauty. Not only on the outside but inside too! Committed to your craft and bringing joy to others! 🤗 You will go a long way! ❤️🖤💛
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G&p
Great work Emily enjoy the dance marathon
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Fna
Well done Artemis. F.
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Annie
Fantastic! Xxx
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Jackie And Don Rowe
Keep on dancing Keira. Such a wonderful cause!
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Christian Curkovic
Good job! Go Soph 🙌
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Chris Twyford
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Mael Mitterrand
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Brenda Moneypenny
Madeleine hope this donation goes some way to helping you to reach your target x
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Mum Xx
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John H
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Matched By Generous Donors
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Pip Smith
Good on you Charlie
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Tim Mclaren
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Anonymous
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Matched By Generous Donors
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Nicolas Soteri
Go Maddie, dancing always comes from the heart. This will be a great achievement
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Anonymous
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Dan H
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Anonymous
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Jennifer Brown
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Di Brown
Very proud of you Charlie
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Matched By Generous Donors
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Nadene Serman
Very well done Sophie! What an excellent cause!
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Caroline Watts
Love Nanny x
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Meika Rowe
Go Keira!
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Matched By Generous Donors
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Denise Mamouzelos
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Lynda Edwards
Congratulations Sophie for doing this to support sick kids. So proud 🌹.
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Garry Diakos
All the best
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Vicki Attard
I'm so proud of all you girls! Supporting your community charitably is really heart-warming.
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Valerie Smith/dunn
Thank Sofia and your twinkle toes friends. You are all so thoughtful and will be very much appreciated. Mismith
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Nadia Zonta
You're an inspiration Sofia, well done x
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Gillian Campbell
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Cassandra Robinson
Great job team DNA
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Rainee Lantry
Love that you guys are doing this! Amazing job.
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Kirsty Edwards
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Simon Curkovic
Heya!
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Lauren Dawes
Amazing organization. Congratulations on making a differance gorgeous girl. You are so beautiful xx
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Sara Moore
Amazing work Charlie and DNA Inspired to start our own fundraiser too
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Daniel Ko
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Stan Solomou
Great cause Maddie! Congratulations!
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Catherine Tran
Well done Sofia. Good luck with the dance and hope you raise a lot of money to help those sick kids, such a great cause darling. Best wishes, Catherine xoxo
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Catherinr Mcveigh
Good luck Madeleine. Such a great cause. Love Catherine McV xx
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Catherine Macrae
What a great cause Sophie !
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Tracey And Robert
Love Tracey and Robert
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Tass K
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Greg Teagle
Best wishes Maddie
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Caroline Watts
Love from auntie Muriel , good luck
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Josephine Low
Great cause Keira !
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Agrita Cliff
Keep dancing to inspire others!
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Tass K
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Paula Clark
Happy dancing!! x
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Aunty Fifi
Wonderful cause Kiki
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Auntie Alex
Well done Madeleine! Love from Alex, Bob, Rose & Maeve xx
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Richard Edwards
So proud of you, Dancing Bunny.
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Vanessa Scammell
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Brooke
Great work Mim 💜
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Sue Band
Well done precious girl!
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Mali Clark
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Tarini Chadha
From Tarini and Navid
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Karen
Good luck with reaching your target gorgeous girl!
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Stretton Family
Brilliant work, Emily 🥰
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Cristina Kennett
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Jill Crawford
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Deb Lowrey
We are so proud of you. We love watching you dance and supporting you, especially for such a great cause.
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Maxwell Family
Great stuff Em! Keep it up!
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Milan And Cathy
Good luck Maddie
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Sean M
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Lynette Barlow
All the families will appreciate your support Sophie.
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Bridget Van Arkel
Hi Sofia, what a beautiful fundraiser your doing👏❤️ I’m very good friends with your Annamaria xx
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Lee Bailie
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Anonymous
What an incredible way to share the love of dance. Well done everyone!
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Anonymous
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Grace Cairns
Love this! Good luck 🤍
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Jo Vandeleur
A wonderful cause. Dance with joy Miss Em!
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Mel
Thank you Artemis! My best friend Beccie used to stay at the first Ronald McDonald House in Sydney when we were teenagers. She was a wonderful horsewoman and enjoyed staying in what had been the old horse stables, which had been converted into a lovely cheerful cottage. Sadly, my beautiful, brave Beccie did not survive her cancer and my heart broke when she passed away at the age of 15. I have so many precious memories of happy hours giggling and gossiping with her at RMH in Camperdown in the months and weeks before she left us… This is a wonderful charity and I’m thrilled to donate, but I especially love that your beautiful dancing is helping to support this very special cause. Thank you, thank you thank you for helping continue Ronald McDonald House! Love from Mel… and Beccie xxx
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Carolinewatts12@gmail.com Watts
From Pauline (Nanny ‘s friend
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Tony Nico
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Robert Harris
Love Tracey and Robert
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Nick Coplin
Great cause, Maddie. Good luck with your fund raising efforts.🤞
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Belinda Macleod
Well danced. Good luck.
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Kellie Pankhurst
Good on you Charlie 🩷
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Cin
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Anonymous
Awesome Emily!
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Tina Pickworth
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Helen Lamont
Well done madeleine! Great cause X
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Bronte Church
Great cause, so proud of you 🩰 ✨🫶🏼
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Dawn Mckimm
Good luck Madeleine a great cause ❤️
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Jenny Hamilton
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Amy.m
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Andrew Simos
Well done Maddie and good luck.
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Blake Crawford
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K Hatzis
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Jen Zammit
Hi Maddie good luck Ray and Jen xx
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Anonymous
Good for you Sofia We have had personal family experience with it
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Lisa Konstantakos
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Jacqueline Dawes
Great course to be part of darling. Very proud of you😘
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Maddie F
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Georgia Theofanopoulos
Great job Maddie. What a great cause xx
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Peter Marzullo
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Anonymous
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Bronte Church
Proud of the DNA fulltimers x
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Anonymous
You’re an amazing dancer, and you’re now doing amazing things by helping others congratulations 🩷
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Bronte Church
Proud of the DNA fulltimers x
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Bronte Church
Proud of the DNA fulltimers x
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Annabelle Woodhouse
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Sassy
🤍🤍
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Jess Hamill
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Anonymous
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Aadit Seth
no worries clarks happy to help x
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Matt Hamilton
Go Fia xx
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Holly Robinson
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21b
Great cause!
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Kate Connelly
Go Indie! Keep dancing x
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Margaret Ferreira
Good luck with your fund raising doing well so far
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Kate C
Go Charlie! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Sofia! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Artemis! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Isla! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Holly! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Emily! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Maddie! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Madeleine! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Keira! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Adrianne! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Immi! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Isla! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Luke! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Sophie! Keep dancing x
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Kate C
Go Lula! Keep dancing x
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Eva Mcgimpset
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Kate C
Ooh La La!
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Kate C
Go Anna! Keep Dancing x
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Simone Carroll
yay isla love you, so happy your doing this 💖
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Christian Curkovic
This is the real me i do NOT have that much money to donate😭🙏
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Arabella Brandon
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Lewis Nicholson
Love you xx
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Scarlett V
You’re amazing Isla !
Our Team Members
Sofia H
$3,680
Charlie B
$4,600
Artemis D
$1,032
Isla C
$176
Cassandra Robinson
Holly Robinson
$339
Emily T
$567
Maddie K
$1,352
Keira R
$487
Madeleine M
$716
Adrianne B
$10
Imogen Z
$515
Isla C
$308
Sophie C
$859
Luke A
$60
Tallulah C
$64
Anna S
$75
India-Rose M
$30
Artemis D
$1,032
Sophie C
$859
Madeleine M
$716
Emily T
$567
Imogen Z
$515
Keira R
$487
Holly Robinson
$339
Isla C
$308
Isla C
$176
Anna S
$75
Tallulah C
$64
Luke A
$60
India-Rose M
$30
Adrianne B
$10
Cassandra Robinson
$0
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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