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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.
$130
Dance With Miss Em
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Lillie!
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Stella!
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Juniper-Bri!
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Rowan!
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Aliza!
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Layla!
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Zoe!
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Eliza!
$130
Dance With Miss Em
Well Done Miss Em!
$116
Mum And Dad
Keep on dancing Layla!
$116
Matched By Generous Donors
$116
Ben Holmes
$116
Nanny And Poppy
Awesome work, keep it up Layla
$110
Talbot Bowden
Keep dancing Lizie!
$110
Matched By Generous Donors
$110
Amelia Bowden
Keep dancing sweet girl!!
$110
Matched By Generous Donors
$106
Anonymous
Great work Miss Em . ♥️
$106
Matched By Generous Donors
$106
Ben Ingold
Dance you heart out
$106
Matched By Generous Donors
$106
Lorraine Newham
Great work Miss Em . ♥️
$106
Matched By Generous Donors
$104
James Mitchell
$104
James Mitchell
$104
James Mitchell
$65
Stacey Hardy
What a little dancing queen you are 🤩
$65
Kylie Pattrick
Well done Emilee ❤️❤️
$65
Bradon Lambert
Dad is so proud of you
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Bradon Lambert
Dad is so proud of you
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Vanessa Van Loo
Well done Zoe. Always such a great charity to support. They do amazing work and hats off to you for what you’re doing to support them too 💕
$65
Isabel Holmes
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Ryan (mr Liddell)
Dance your heart out gorgeous girl
$65
Bradon Lambert
I'm proud of you and everything you do
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Aliza Bowden
$63
Stephanie
We are so proud of you Layla!
$60
Dave Horton
Go Layla!
$60
Nanny & Poppy
Go Lillie nanny and poppys little ballet girl
$60
Nanny & Poppy
Go Stella nan nan & pop pop are so proud of you 👏🥰
$54
Kerry Berry
Very proud of you
$54
Matched By Generous Donors
$54
Juliec
ElizaC is the best dancer ever
$54
Janine Lambert
I love you and I’m so proud of you Layla
$54
Matched By Generous Donors
$54
Mum &dad Parsons
$54
Matched By Generous Donors
$54
Craig Lambert
Doing a great job Layla love grandad
$54
Eleanor, Abby & Aunty Sam Xxx
$54
Matched By Generous Donors
$54
Holmes Family
Dance your heart out Stella!xx
$54
Matched By Generous Donors
$54
Holmes Family
Keep on dancing Lil!xx
$54
Matched By Generous Donors
$50
Emilee Newham
$50
Matched By Generous Donors
$44
Leanne Gammidge
Well done Perrin! Love nanna xx
$38
Mum
$33
Sonam
Good job Layla!! Keep going!!
$33
Renee Gilbert
Keep on dancing lizie you’ve come a long way
$33
Pappy
$33
Jessica Lambert
$33
Leah Sutherland
Lovely gesture Eliza. Well done.
$33
Mum
$33
Aliza Bowden
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Mam Lambert
Keep on dancing baby girl
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Dabin Family
$33
John & Anne Gammon
$23
Prue Lambert
Go Stella!!
$23
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Prue Lambert
Go Lillie
$23
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Lily H
$23
Lyn Louttit
$23
Prue Lambert
Super proud of you Lay 🥰❤️
$23
Cass, Grinch And Lachie
You are a superstar princess Layla! Proud of you sweet girl xx
$23
Nanny And Grumps
Nanny and grumps are so proud of you always
$23
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Zoe Parsons
$23
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Beau Hockings
$23
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Prue Lambert
Dance your little heart out, so proud
$23
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Alicia Boyd
$23
Alicia Boyd
$20
Allan Goodchild
Go Lizie! From poppy
$20
Matched By Generous Donors
$17
Scarlett Adams
🩷🩷
$15
Bradon Lambert
Proud of you
$15
Matched By Generous Donors
$15
Bradon Lambert
Proud of you
$15
Tamara Lambert
Proud of you Stella May ❤️
$15
Matched By Generous Donors
$15
Tamara Lambert
Proud of you Lillie Rose ❤️
$15
Bradon Lambert
Proud of you
$15
Matched By Generous Donors
$12
Maureen Johnston
Well done Aliza!
$12
Crystel Walter
You go girl
$12
Nanny Little
Proud of you
$12
Leila Ismay
Amazing❤️
$12
Prue Lambert
Super proud of you Miss Em
$12
O’connor Girls
Go Stella!! 🩷
$12
O’connor Girls
Go Lillie 🩷
$12
Raine
Well done Rowan
$12
Raie N
Well done Juniper-bri
$12
Raine N
Well done Perrin-john
$12
Raine N
Well done Aliza
$12
Anonymous
$12
Matched By Generous Donors
$11
Anonymous
$11
Anonymous
$10
Rachael C
Great cause 💃🏻
$8
Leila Ismay
Awesome work Zoe! Keep it up
Our Team Members
Miss Em
$731
Miss Zoe
$685
Layla H
$1,643
Aliza B
$1,028
Eliza C
$256
Stella L
$533
Lillie L
$533
Rowan B
$308
Juniper-bri B
$314
Perrin-John B
$319
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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Well Done Perrin-John!