Time Danced:
2515minutes
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.
$317
Prestigious Group Services Pty Ltd
$169
Erika Nichols
💃👯♀️💃
$169
Bee O'rourke
Charlotte I hope you enjoy the dancing whilst raising funds for a very good cause.
$116
Maureen Maher
$106
Kerrie O'brien
What a great thing to do Charlotte. Looking out for other kids not as lucky as you are. You are the BEST! 🤙🏻🤙🏻
$106
Arianna Maresca
Congratulations Charlotte and well done!
$106
Michael Flanagan
$100
John Park
Awesome effort ladies from Rising Stars Academy. Good to see the awesome effort you put into the community.
$65
Jo Collis
Good luck Charlotte!
$65
Siena & Tim
So proud of you Georgia & Olivia
$65
Belidna Hall
$65
Mel Murphy
$65
Amy Flanagan
$65
Rudi Verdy
Well Done Charlotte for supporting the Good Cause. Keep Dancing!
$65
Paul Costi
$65
Abigail And Her Family
What an amazing cause. Well done Charlotte!
$65
Blaine Family
Nice work Charlotte!!
$65
Maureen Maher
$65
Jo Flanagan
Very proud of what you’re doing!
$60
Anonymous
$60
Matched By Generous Donors
$60
Rita Mammone
Well done Georgie, so proud of you gorgeous girl. Love Uncle Maurice, Audrey and Gabby Aunty Rita, Sam and Sophie
$54
Anonymous
$54
Heidi & Hudson
Well done on raising money for a great charity Charlotte!
$54
Kelly Lambert
$50
John T
Thanks for cheering on Jason's/William's soccer team
$50
Nonno
Really proud of Georgia x
$50
Maria And Renato
$50
Emily Park
So proud of everything you do xx
$50
Geoff H
$50
Geoff Hornby
$40
Adam Masi
$40
Adam Masi
$39
Tsum Rhamdo
Good job!
$38
Amy Flanagan
$33
Chris & Andy Heyes
Go Olivia/Georgia!!
$33
Michele
Go Georgia! What a great cause xo
$33
Meegan Perigo
Good on you Charlotte.
$33
Kimbely Maher
$33
Alex And Glenn Zanolla
Good on you, Charlotte - keep dancing!
$33
Megan Farebrother
$33
Anonymous
Great cause Lexi…..you go girl!
$33
Danielle
Keep dancing, Charlotte!
$30
Jeffrey Ludkin
$30
Danielle Hornby
$30
Danielle Hornby
$28
Avanya Samar
✨🙌🏾💗
$25
Monique P
Wonderful cause 🙏
$25
Danisha Samar
$23
Sarah
Well done Lexi!!
$23
Sarah
Well done Char Char!!
$23
Carolyn Lee
Hi hope u had fun
$23
Uncle Jase & Aunty Amy
So proud of you Charlotte! Love Uncle Jase & Aunty Amy
$23
Diane Adams
$23
Michelle Castellana
Well done Charlotte
$23
William Hall
$23
Marty Northwood
Go Charlotte!! Well done!
$20
Suzanne Lewis
Well done Charlotte!
$20
Aneta Bryant
$20
Anonymous
$20
Anonymous
$17
Navarre Mcmahon
Well done!
$17
Donella Ashbee
So proud of you Charlotte, keep dancing!❤️
$12
Miss Amy
Good luck Lex
$12
Miss Amy
Good Luck Char
$12
Natalie Macey
Go Lexi
$12
Natalie Macey
Go Charlotte
$12
Suzie Furlong
❤️
$12
Michelle Prasad
Go Charlotte! Dance your little heart out! Good luck!
$12
Anonymous
We’ll done Charlotte. Keep those feet moving.
$12
Hl
$12
Jessica P
Go Charlotte !!💕
Our Team Members
Amy Flanagan
$504
Georgia R
$779
Lexi H
$219
Charlotte H
$186
Charlotte H
$1,844
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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