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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.
$400
Zeal Projects
$211
Zeal Projects
$211
Matched By Generous Donors
$160
Josie B
Go Mattia, proud of you and your team! Keep it up 👏🏼
$116
Para Road Automotive Repairs P/l
Go my Girl!!!!!! You are such an amazing beautiful and caring little girl and I’m so proud of you! Love you to the moon and back 🩷
$116
Mum, Dad And Zara
Bella, we’re so proud of you and your dancing queen team for getting involved in such a wonderful cause. Love Mum, Dad and Zara xx
$110
Vodopija Family
Go Team !! Well done Charlize . Have fun dancing !!
$110
Balassone Family
Go girls! Keep up the awesome moves 💃🏼
$110
Mum & Dad
We are so proud of you Charlize and your basketball team for taking up this challenge and dancing for the sick kids 💃
$106
Kia Antoniadis
Good on you sweetheart for doing this. You are amazing and I am very proud of you and love you very much. Yiayia Kia xx
$106
Sophie And Anthony Biviano
Keep going girls!! Amazing effort ❤️
$106
Kouskouras Family
Good girl Adriana……such a great cause 👯♀️💕
$100
Gnan
Proud of you!
$100
Nonno Antonio And Nonna Carolina
Well done Mattia!
$65
Vicki Papailiadis
You are amazing.
$65
Sophia Papailiadis
$65
Jacqueline B
Well done OLOP mighty Minis!
$65
Cathy Kotsopoulos
Our dancing queen Charlize
$65
The Milnes X
We are proud of your Charlize! Keep kicking (and shooting) goals! 💕🥰
$65
Stella
Get em girl!!!! Love from Thea stell and Theo Dimmy
$65
Barbara Arthy
Thank you for your effort and for thinking of those who need our help.
$63
Nouna Nouna Asti & Alyra
Go cessi 🩷🩷
$60
Michelina Sinopoli
Go Bella and team! Your energy, heart, and awesome dance moves are inspiring! Thank you for making such a meaningful impact for sick kids and their families. Keep shining and dancing you're making a difference! ❤️ Michelina
$54
Leo& Dora
Keep on dancing
$54
Vanessa Triantafylidis
So proud of you Adriana!!
$54
Susie Withers
Great job Marta! It’s an excellent cause!
$53
Taki's Pastry Lab
$50
Connor And Peter S
So proud of you! Keep dancing!
$50
Matched By Generous Donors
$50
Elly And Pete
So proud of you Charlize and your team helping sick kids
$50
Nicole Baker
$44
Noumi
Amazing work Cessa girl !
$44
Anna Alessi
You are a champion Charlize. You go girl
$36
Angela Healy
Well done Bella , your irish family are very proud of you always . Love granny 💗
$33
Jake, Paige, Dean And Lewis
You go girl!!! Keep making a difference with your awesome choreography!!!
$33
Karen Turner
What a fantastic thing to do to help other kids!
$33
Jakupi Family
Go cess!!!! So proud of you babe!
$33
Ersilia Garofalo
Great cause 💗
$33
George And Di Christidis
What a great cause
$33
Eliana And Hannah
Amazing cause Florence well done and we wish you all the best
$33
Xavier, Dante & Elaria Tc
Go Milena! We love you!!
$33
Nanny
I'm so proud of you moo. X
$33
Alexa And Zoe Nomikos
Good luck, Milena!! You’ll smash it xx
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Sharon Rechtman
$33
Jess & Daniel
Well done Milena xxx
$33
Luke Sweet
Great effort Mattia 👍💃
$33
Willow Sheedy
Well done Mighty Mini’s xxx
$33
Maebelle Rechtman
Dearest Bella I’m so proud of you taking part in raising money for charity. You’re spreading hope and compassion. I’m cheering for you on every (dance 😃) step of the way.
$33
The Tree Fairy Arborist
$33
Barnard Family
Go Florence!
$33
Annette Drill
Dance like no one’s watching. Go Mattia.
$33
Pen James Belias
Good luck Charlize!
$33
Aunty Shiv And Shanti Xx
So proud of you Bella. Love all of those dance moves!! Keep shining xx
$33
Gina De Iulio
$30
Rochelle Buckley
So proud of the team of girls . Well done OLOP team!!
$30
Leo Jamar
$25
Elizabeth Johansson
Get it girlllllll
$25
Narelle Fraser
Very proud of you for doing this, Mattia.
$23
Stephanie
Go girl!!!
$23
Abla E
I love the dancing Mighty Minis! Keep up the great work 😀
$22
Jessica Dehghani
What a great cause to shake to! Go Mattia! Xx
$20
Kirsten Burggraaf
$20
Stacey Moreau
$17
Kristy Carroll
$14
Anonymous
$12
Sianan
Well done Matti! Keep on dancing girlfriend!!!!
$12
Christine Porter
$6
Jenny
Our Team Members
Charlize Deiulio
$665
Tiana B
$106
Mattia B
$941
Isabella H
$312
Adriana A
$1,709
Florence A
$66
Milena M
$272
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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I am part of OLOP Mighty Minis Basketball Team team
So proud of you Adriana for doing this !!!!