Time Danced:
405minutes
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.
$620
Infinitive Electrical Pty Ltd
$500
Nichola Mclean
So proud of our amazing community! Thank you so much to everyone!!! Especially Miss Morrow 😊
$169
Agi Pfeiffer
Have fun dancing Navy Group!!!
$160
Avenue Auctions
$160
Gemma Walker
Well done to the Everlearn team and all the children!
$116
Emily Morrow
$116
Karla Pritchard
Thanks so much Emily and the Everlearn team for another fantastic initiative 👏
$116
Anonymous
$116
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$116
Jaclyn Jarvis
$110
Teddy Tyler
What a wonderful reason to dance.
$110
Anonymous
$110
Gabrielle De Giorgio
$106
Annabel Ashton
$106
Alex Spencer
Love from Ollie
$106
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$100
Orlaith Turner
What a fun way to raise awareness and funds for such a great cause!! Well done Everlearn!
$100
Maeve Kirwan
Hope everyone at Everlearn all has fun dancing for this good cause!
$100
Felicity Harrison
A wonderful day for an excellent cause!! Go Disco Dancers!!!
$69
Tori And Ed Rasheed
$63
Emma Mcdonald
Well done Everlearn for your continued support such a great organisation and for always thinking of fun activities for everyone to enjoy! Have a great week!
$63
Deb Quigley
$60
Anonymous
$58
Danielle Spitty
$58
Emily Wilson
$58
Sian Carney
$58
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$58
Ornagh Griffin
$58
Joseph Loh
Happy dancing kids. Great work Everlearn.
$58
Peaches Naftal
Thank you to my amazing Everlearn teachers, love Peaches 🍑
$58
Harriet Wilkinson
Have fun Everlearn, a wonderful initiative💃🕺
$58
Tompkins Kids
Great dancing for a great cause!
$58
Akira
From Akira
$58
Julia Abouseif
$58
Hannah
Enjoy the dance party! Hope this donation puts a smile on some less fortunate kids’ faces as well.
$58
Amy Dennis
$58
Kristine Morrow
$58
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$55
Noah Mudeliar
$53
Maree Camilleri
$53
Audrey Tom Dieck
Keep dancing!! Well done Everlearn!
$50
Monica Saputra
$50
Katie Hull
$42
Anna Hodgson
$42
Emma Hannigan
$37
Caroline Mclean
$32
Anna B
$32
Claire Thompson
Can’t wait to dance with everyone!
$32
Emma Hodgkinson
$26
Philippa Hicks
You do an incredible job. Thank you so much!
$26
Cori Thimlar
$26
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$25
Jeff Beech
$22
Charlize Livermore
$21
Alleyne North
Best week at Everlearn!
$21
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$21
Eastern Beaches Chiropractic Clinic
$21
Amanda Long
$21
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$21
Leith Ward
$21
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$21
Anonymous
$21
Kate Van Berlo
Good job Everlearn! Xxo
$21
Ashley Bower
$21
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$21
Anonymous
$21
Anonymous
$21
Anonymous
$11
Mackenzie T
$11
Simone Smith
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.
