Time Danced:
2637minutes
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:
8
Nights for sick kids and their families
69
Hot meals from the family kitchen
66
School lessons for sick kids
Team Updates
🎀 Do a Viral 'Tik Tok' Dance... w/ Abby, Emily, Sumira +Kirra
Wednesday 13thShare@imabbyelise Dance for Sick Kids w/ @Emily Camp @Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻 @mira_mahoney click the link in my Linktree to donate 💜 https://linktr.ee/imabbyelise #danceforsickkids #stateside
♬ Stateside + Zara Larsson - PinkPantheress
❄️ Dance with a Partner... w/ Kirra + Sumira
Tuesday 12thShare@mira_mahoney We’re dancing for the Ronald McDonald House, help us and and donate @Emily Camp @Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻 https://www.danceforsickkids.com/s/31161/34622/s
♬ original sound - mira_mahoney
🧸 Dance in your Pyjamas... w/ Emily, Matt + Kirra
Thursday 7thShare@kirralee.kate 🌸 DanceForSickKids | Ronald McDonald House w/ Emily, Matt + Kirra Challenge: Dance in your pyjamas #Dance #danceforsickkids #ronaldmcdonaldhouse
♬ original sound - Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻
🐚 a dance from a TV/musical... w/ Emily, Kirra, Jacques, Bonita + Evie
Wednesday 6thShare@kirralee.kate 🌸 DanceForSickKids | Ronald McDonald House w/ Emily, Kirra, Jacques, Bonita +Evie Dance Challenge: a dance from a TV/musical...(mamma mia!) Dance danceforsickkids ronaldmcdonaldhouse
♬ original sound - Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻 - Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻
🤘 Freestyle dance... w/ Matt, Rory + Kirra
Tuesday 5thShare@kirralee.kate 🌸 DanceForSickKids | Ronald McDonald House w/ matt + rory Dance Challenge: freestyle dance... Dance danceforsickkids ronaldmcdonaldhouse
♬ original sound - Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻 - Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻
🪩 Dance to a song older than you... w/ Evie + Kirra
Monday 4thShare@kirralee.kate 🌸 DanceForSickKids | Ronald McDonald House w/ evie @dance.for.sick.kids Dance Challenge: Dance to a song older than you... #Dance #danceforsickkids #ronaldmcdonaldhouse
♬ original sound - Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻 - Kirralee Kate 🫶🏻
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to our challenge.
$215
Anthony
$117
Alison Radford
Beautiful Abby, keep on dancing 💜💜💜
$106
Anonymous
$65
Timothy Jackson
Great cause Emily! Well done. 👍
$65
Corrick Family
Nice one Kirralee - great work for an important cause!
$65
Sahnti
Let’s go Twinkle Toes 🤩
$65
Anonymous
$60
Aunty Swee
"Keep on dancin' yeah, dancing yeah!" 💃
$55
Victoria Mahoney
Hi Sumira glad to donate
$55
Annalees Jackson
$45
Marylou Jackson-camp
From mum and dad and nanoz
$45
Kirralee Bray
$34
Nicola Brookes
A great thing to do Evie!
$34
Kirstin Martin
Happy dancing
$34
Helen Tyas Tunggal
Happy dancing 🙏💞
$34
Sue Tidey
Well done Sumira for participating in such a worthwhile cause. I’m very proud of you. 🥰
$33
Sumira Mahoney
$28
Robert Dunn
Enjoy the dancing, let us know how it goes
$28
Pamela Dunn
$25
Jaia And Phoenix
We LOVE your dancing Sumira! Keep Shining xxx
$24
Emily Camp
$23
Kim Baldwin
Go Mira!
$20
Isabelle Hendo
Love this and love you xxx
$18
Morgann Pratt <3
$12
Anonymous
Good job kiddo 👍
$12
Clark Mcrae
When I was a barbershop singer this was our charity also
$12
Casimir Marshall
Shoutout divas
Our Team Members
Kirralee Kate
$308
Evangeline Martin
$125
Abby Muddle
$332
Emily Camp
$188
Sumira Mahoney
$346
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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