Time Danced:
2540minutes
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 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 can support even more families with a seriously ill or injured child when they need it most.
OUR IMPACT
So far, this year we have provided:
44
Nights for sick kids and their families
376
Hot meals from the family kitchen
357
School lessons for sick kids
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to our challenge.
$261
Dave Southon
$200
Michael Noblet
Great cause!! Well done.
$173
Mayfebelle Reodica
Well done Aubs and family!
$173
Dre
Go girls!!
$163
Expressions
Best of luck either way your fundraiser. Great cause 🙏🏻
$160
Amy, Eils And Tone
Best of luck and such a great cause, Aubs!!
$160
Pam And John Armstrong
Go Aubs and Ally. Dance your hearts out. Love Pam and John
$133
Robyn North
$133
Matched By Generous Donors
$117
Karen Meredith
Go get em cuz! You’re the best!
$117
Peter Farr
$117
Abbie, Tom And Wilbert
$117
Janet Hamilton
$117
Dengates
Yes! Love this. Hope Hack busts out a few upper cuts. Xx
$110
Olivia Keenan
Go hackers!
$110
Cindy M
Well done team 👏 💃❤️
$106
Aunty Swa 💜
Go Soph!!
$106
Danni K
Go Loz! Close your eyes and pretend you’re at hot dub.
$106
Robyn North
Great way to have fun but also do a good deed !
$106
Geri, Steve, Dawn, Maisie
Love everything about this! See you on the dance floor!
$106
Mary-anne
Good luck Aubrey. A Great cause you are helping.
$106
Anonymous
You are amazing Lozzy!
$106
Jai Terry
$106
Inga & Pat
We love you guys! X
$106
Sarah Batey
Woooo Forest Dance!
$106
Tahlia And Ryan Clarke
Love this ❤️
$106
Hayley Stafford
Great moves, great work x
$65
Margaret Tighe
$65
Ranjith Menon
Go Sophie!
$65
Rochelle Longbottom
You are a super mum!!! Xxxx
$65
Gem Dawkins
Great charity - you got this!!!! 🙌🏻 💃🏻
$65
Roslyn Farr
Go girls!!!
$65
Deb And Brian O'mara
Well done!
$65
Aubrey Armstrong
$65
Naomi O’connor
We’re doing a dance in our house for you guys too xxx
$65
Katie Dunne
Go crew!!!
$65
Hayley Thomas
$65
The Harrop’s
😘😘😘
$65
Dianne Holliday
Sponsoring you & your two little angels 🫶🏻
$65
Rosi Fernandez
Well done!
$65
Fredjaci Hacker
$65
Sean Armstrong
$65
Patricia Armstrong
$65
Jane Lualhati
Thanks guys, what a great fun idea!
$65
Dream Doors
$65
Candice Somerville
Keep dancing!!
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Catherine
What a star! Good on you Loz!!
$65
Ted Benfield
Good dancing Sophie! Love Aunt Caitlin and Uncle Ted
$65
Sam, Jason, Bodhi And Kai
Nice work Hackers! 💖 love a bit of a boogie
$65
Cathy And Ed
$65
Cassie Clarke
Love this! Go Hackers 💃
$65
Philly
Woohoo!! Go dance captain!!!
$65
Lauren North
$65
Jill
Great idea for a very worthy cause! Have fun dancing
$65
Rosie Hamilton
$65
Emily Mg
Great effort for a great cause
$65
Christine Dressell
Keep dancing Miss Sophie! Awesome!
$65
Greg & Tracey Snyder
What a great experience for Sophie!
$65
Becky Holliday
$65
Em, Carlos & Gussy
Go Lozza!! x
$60
Nat
Go Sophie!!! Love you xx
$60
Brendan Coogan
Great initiative!!
$55
Barbara Graham
$55
Paul Mcelhone
$55
Matched By Generous Donors
$55
George Kelly
$55
Three York Girls
Proud of you. - always.
$55
Amy & The Miles Fam (fellow Dancing Lovers)
Love this Becky!!! Great cause & here’s to the joy of dancing 💃!!!
$55
Los Meredith
Go Rin! Dancing for a wonderful cause. xx
$50
Michael Hamilton
$50
Dean Farrelly
Go Lauren and fam. Great people - great cause xxxx
$50
Jeff, Kristen And Evie
Carve it up!
$50
Anonymous
💃🕺🪩
$45
Tiare Jadotte
Get it girlllll
$34
Sophie Holliday
$34
Jo Young
Dance that bioty off
$34
Lara Charles
Go cuz! Love this 🥰🥰
$34
Kerrie Collins
Hope this helps a little your such a darling 😘
$34
Belle York
$34
Anonymous
$34
Erin Holliday
Go Soph! 👯🏼♀️
$34
Anonymous
$34
Karina
Go LN!
$34
Tara & Tommy X
You’re amazing as usual
$34
Ness Hunt
$34
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Kylie Henning
Go team 👏
$30
Ellie And Jake Hearle
Got team!!
$30
Pegah & Rocky
Great job girl !! Never stop dancing !
$28
The Murphy’s
Great work!!
$28
Sylvia Lohrengel - Kuhner
Go us !
$24
Charlie And Sophie Vidler
Great work Sophie x
$24
Cobi
Dance like your at a hot dub concert! You are a star!
$24
Lisa Minchin
Go Rin!!
$20
Lara Bird
Go Rinne!! Love ya xx
Our Team Members
The Hammos
$637
Corinne Tighe
$403
Lauren North
$2,878
Sylvia Kuhner
Becky Holliday
$562
The A Team
$911
Sophie H
$594
Our Fundraising Journey
How Your Donation Helps
A global research team* worked with Ronald McDonald House 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 Ronald McDonald House Impact Research – the name for a suite of studies on the impact of Ronald McDonald House around the world. The summaries provided here provide a snapshot of the findings from each of the key Ronald McDonald House Impact studies.
CONTACT THE DANCE FOR SICK KIDS TEAM
If you have any questions about Dance for Sick Kids or need a hand with anything, please reach out. We're here to help!
In the spirit of reconciliation, Dance for Sick Kids respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands, skies and waterways where we work, live and dance. We honour their enduring connection to this land, its communities, and the surrounding waterways. We recognise and respect the diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples within the families we support, as well as our employees, volunteers, and supporters. We extend our deepest respects to their Cultures and to Elders past and present. We affirm that the land we stand on has always been, and will always remain, Aboriginal land.
Dance for Sick Kids welcomes people of all abilities, identities, and backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful, and safe space for everyone to participate and belong.
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Well done Hacker Dance Squad - please post some moves!!