Time Danced:
1140minutes
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
Rosalind Smith
$600
Performing Arts Of Cloncurry
Donated from Dance class on Monday 23rd May
$600
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$500
Julie Mcdonald
You are the most inspiring woman! Love the dance moves from you all. Hilarious!
$317
Anonymous
$317
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$304
St. Joseph's School, Cloncuury
Thank you for dancing with everyone today!
$300
Keyes Families
Love your work superhero’s!
$264
Susan & John Swalling
Well Done Jill
$200
Dal-marie Glenwright
$192
Cloncurry State School
Thank you for dancing with us on Tuesday. We had a great day.
$169
Canberra Smith's
Well done Jill and family, a great cause! Love your work for a great cause.
$130
Morgan Bennet
$116
Karen Mcgee
Great work Jill
$116
Lesley Wall
$116
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$116
Rene
$116
Susan Nunn
What a wonderful and fun way to raise money, Jill! Best of luck ❤️
$116
Anonymous
$116
Kisha Avenell
Congratulations Jill Cloncurry State School has had a great time dancing for sick kids From Kort, Blythe & Gian
$116
Jo Moore
Great work, keep it up guys!!
$116
Jacqui Collins
$110
Anna Wheildon
You are doing such a wonderful thing Jill. What a great way to help sick children
$110
Laura Gresham
$106
Lyndsey Schultz
$106
Dean & Majella Underwood
Great dancing for a wonderful facility!
$106
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$100
Ita Humphreys
$100
Geraldine Merrick
Enjoying watching you and the girls dancing especially for this wonderful charity. Well Done.
$100
Therese Curley
$100
Yvonne Cooper
Well done Smith family, love this charity x
$100
Jess Croft
Excellent dancing!!!!
$100
The Doody's ??
Well done Jill & family! You are superstars! X
$100
Woods Family
Great job Jill and team Smith!
$100
Skye Draper
$100
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$100
Denys Merrick
Loved watching the dance video, I can't believe you got Grandma to dance. Sending love to you all.
$100
Kirsty Lyons
Well done Jill, a wonderful cause xoxo
$74
Loom Band Match
Matching the loom band creations donation. ❤️
$60
Maree Glasson
You are such a treasure Jill. Loved the Smith Girls fabulous dancing. xx
$60
Amanda Ferrari
This is wonderful Jill! Happy dancing for RMH xx
$60
David Ujimoto
$58
Anonymous
$58
Julianne Baker
Super work for a great cause
$58
Anonymous
$58
Kerry Macdonald
$58
Jen Irving
You are an inspiration Jill Smith. Love to you all xx
$58
Sharon Mclauchlan
$58
The Smith Family
Jill you are amazing, not to mention the dancing talent your beautiful family. 💖
$58
Sally Douglas
$58
Terina Mcnaikr
You are a superstar!!
$58
Emma Scott
Love to support
$58
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$57
Curry Kids Daycare
Thanks for dancing with us.
$55
Cloncurry C&k
Thanks for dancing with our little ones this week.
$55
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$55
Angela
Great work Jill!!
$55
Renee Mcconachy
$55
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$53
Julie Guteridge
You are an amazing person, Jill Can't wait to see George and Trevor join in. Thank you for being you
$53
Reardon’s
$53
Kim Walden
$53
Gillian Bryant
What an amazing difference your efforts will make to a family or families in need! A HUGE congratulations, Jill! x
$53
Kathleen Kidd
Well done Jill
$53
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$53
Swalling Family
$50
Riley And Harry
You are truly amazing. There would be so many appreciative family's out there for all your dancing
$50
John Kelly
Go Smiths from the Kelly's in VIC
$50
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$37
Gina Mckay
Jill you are absolutely amazing and so inspiring. xx
$37
Miriam
💖💖💖
$35
Mp Lyons & Ml Lyons
You are such a firecracker Jill! Congratulations on achieving such a great result after all your hard work, commitment and enthusiasm.
$32
Anonymous
$32
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$32
Emma Dare
$32
Wen Wock
Well done Smiths. You are amazing
$30
Anonymous
$24
St Joseph’s School Cloncurry
$21
Frankie Milaudi
Well done
$21
Belinda Wauge For Lucy And Archie
Thanks Jill for organising 😊
$21
Rebecca, Jesse, Remi And Ruben
Well done Jill!
$21
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$21
Melissa Leonard
$21
Christie
$20
The George Family
What you are doing for others is absolutely inspirational. You are such a wonderful asset to your community- teaching the young people of Cloncurry the benefit of doing something for those in need.
$14
Curry Kids Elc
Extra donations from Curry Kids parents
$11
Lisa J
Awesome efforts ladies!! Its been wonderful watching!
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.
I have not forgotten the "oasis" that RM House provided for You and Trev and then Audrey in those early days. It's a unique and wonderful service at the right time and in the right place for so many parents of children, from birth to the following years.