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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.
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Grandma And Granddad
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$264
Kylee Sims
Wonderful cause Glad to support you Dance💃 is the souls way of singing
$264
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$166
The Bakehouse
What a fun way to raise money!!
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Mackenzie Field
$100
Matthew Rivett
$63
Rebecca Norman
You go girl… dance your little heart out!
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Mel
Amazing effort Eloise!! So proud. 😍
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Anonymous
$63
Steven Roberts
$63
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Fergus
$63
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Eliza
$63
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$63
Syed Altaf Hussain
Good luck Lara
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Matthew & Kayleigh Walmsley-sims
There is no greater feeling than the feeling one get from helping those who need a helping hand. Wishing you good luck and success as you strive to reach your goals in this fund raising event.
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Rach Bassham
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Sharon, David, Joshua And Nevaeh Chalmers
Thank you beautiful Lexi and all of your dance team. This means the absolute world. We will be hopefully be staying there again soon, so things like this mean so much to us, making it possible for families like ours to be close to our children when they are in hospital, Thank you <3
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Huf Family
Way to go Lexi!! You are such a beautiful girl with a big generous heart!
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Milinda Gammune
You are making a difference
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Nanny
$60
Coral, Shelley & Flynn
Have fun dancing for a great cause!
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Evelyn Nicholson
Keep on dancing xx
$53
Pamela Bourke
Managed it- thanks for your help. Good luck with the fundraising.
$53
Meg
Fantastic effort for a great cause!
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Matched By Generous Donors
$53
Thomas Alexander
Hand stand 1 min a day
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Mum X
You got this hunny!!
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Kat Loft
Go Lexi!! Little legend supporting sick kids!! Keep up the great work!
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Mum And Isie Xx
Go baby go go ❤️
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Lyndsay
Your such a inspiration! What a great cause x
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Jeanette Johnston
Good luck Matilda
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Tanya Alexander
Congratulations on raising money for such a worthy cause. Well done Delaney. xx
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The Johnstons
Fantastic effort Matilda!!! Well done 😊
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Emma Gordon
$42
Brooke
$36
Christine Fletcher
❤️ Christine Trev Will and Lewis xo
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Mum
So proud of you Lara !
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Harriette Hedges
Go Lexi 🥰 you’re amazing 🤩
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Katie Murphy
$32
Mckeely Hol
Amazing cause Delaney, so proud of you x
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Joshua Gordon
Great work Del
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Anonymous
$32
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$32
Ash
You are an inspiration Lo,
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Lily Ward
$32
Giampaolo’s
Have fun dancing for a good cause. Xx
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Phil
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$32
Sharon Lanyin
Very proud of you Delray xx
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Rhiannon
$32
Christine Hawker
$32
Rachel Pritchard
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Katie
Great work Lo 👏🏻
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Nick Mccristal
Well done Matilda, great stuff!
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$32
Steve & Brydie Greene
Go Lexi!
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Dad
You go daugterio
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Kathy Robinson
Well done Eloise
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Cassandra Billington
Great Job Delaney ❤️
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Mallory Fleming
You're a superstar Lo 🌟
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Mum And Dad
Go Lexi we are very proud of you!
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Caitlin Billington
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Anonymous
$30
Clare Brownridge
$30
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$30
The Greens
Smashing it Dancing Queen!
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$30
Keah Mizzi
$26
Carmena & Adam
Great cause!
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Damien Job
I love you Mackenzie ♥️
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Stephanie
$21
Hammer!
Yewwwwwww
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$21
Rebecca Mullen
Well done Eloise 😍
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Ann Dickinson
What a great effort Eloise
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Lb
Dancing Queen 😘
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Bryce Cowman
Go Lille!
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Anonymous
Keep dancing Lille. ❤️
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Eden King
$21
Little Nanna
Beautiful and beautiful heart ❤️
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Annemarie And Isla Edkins
Keep on rocking Lil🫶🏻
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Marnie Lewis
Good luck Lexi!
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Mads
Queen ❤️🔥
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Jean Crowe
$20
Michelle Cooper
Dance, dance, dance and enjoy!
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Pery Jackson
Hi Lille, I'm very proud of you. Xx -Percy Aka Dad
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April Forward-nelson
Nice idea , very kind x
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Delaney Hol
$20
Cat Nield
Awesome job Matilda. My son was very sick when he was younger so this is close to my heart
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Jorja Billington
very proud of you ❤️
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Annabeth Chase
Keep dancing!!
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Nan And Grandad
$11
De-arne Field
$11
Lauren Dave Jules Syd
Go Matilda!!
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Renae Jarrett
$10
Lara Arnold
$5
Jorja Billington
$5
Brocklan Parker
$5
Anonymous
Our Team Members
Mackenzie Field
$186
Shakira Nancarrow
Lara Arnold
$242
Eloise Marsh
$736
Delaney H
$401
Lexi A
$914
Eden King
$63
Lillé P
$281
Matilda P
$2,575
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 Matilda!