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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.
$100
Ballarat Hearing Clinic
$61
Banksy
Go Baby!
$60
Bregg
We are so proud of you and your determination. Good luck.
$53
Aunty Hags
Dance strong, Frankie!!!
$53
Aileen Smith
You're a superstar Frankie!
$52
Jodine England
DANCE BRIONY DANCE...... Yes girl 😀 I love this and I hope you have the best time doing this!!!!!!
$40
Jennifer Blair
Do a little boogie for me
$32
Kimberley Bregg
Your an amazing little soul sweetheart! Love you to the moon and back and to infinity and beyond! 🤗✌️💜🙏
$32
Hannah Irvine
$32
Vdh Family
Amazing effort Frankie for an Amazing cause. We have used the Ronald McDonald house for nearly a week and we were so grateful, so thank you for helping them, help families.
$32
Jen Oleary
Dance for those who can’t Rubes xx
$32
Jennifer O'leary
Great cause Ruby
$32
Davey Oleary
Go Rubes
$32
Lori
Well done Janine xx
$32
Broni Janssen
$32
Janine Armitage
$32
Jess Mead
You are amazing! Go Frankie
$32
Sue Redford
I'm so proud of you Frankie. What a wonderful thing you are doing
$31
Brooke Bregg
$31
Tennille Nevill
Go Frankie!
$31
Jesika Gill
$30
Narcisa Finnila
$22
Cindy Aubrey
$21
Ash Hanlon
$21
Julie
Well done Frankie! You are amazing! xx
$21
Abbey Nevill
Good job bestie!
$21
Yvonne Delahaye
Well done Lucah.
$21
Emma Brauer
$21
Tam
So proud of you my beautiful dancing god daughter ❤️😘🫶
$21
Melissa Watt
$21
Maria Watson
$21
Anonymous
What a great cause.
$21
Leonie Robinson
Great work Frankie
$21
Shannon
Nice job Frankie, see if you can dance up a bit of Whams - Wake Me up Before You Go Go & see if mum can find you a choose life shirt 😃
$21
Kylie Van Wijk
Good on you Briony!
$21
Emma Kemp
This stuff is pretty personal to my family and I as hospital has unfortunately been a second home for my brother since the day he was a born. Sometimes even a little support can go a long way.
$21
Shan G
$21
Jess
Great work Frankie 🎉🎉🎉
$21
Leon Banks
$21
Leon Banks
$11
Sherrill
Woo hoo Go Sienna!
$11
Sherrill
Woo hoo Go Lucah!
$11
Anonymous
$11
Janine Gill
$10
Sherrill
Woo hoo Go Briony!
$5
Louise
Dance like no-one is watching Lucas ❤️❤️
Our Team Members
Janine Gill
$74
Briony Banks
$144
Broni Janssen
$32
Jesika Gill
Kaitlyn G
Chelsea J
Lacey J
Kalia A
$32
Maria Watson
$21
Lucas W
$5
Charlize P
Zoe P
Olivia D
$21
Frankie B
$554
Sienna B
$94
Lucah B
$52
Tahlia Caruana
$121
Ruby Giess
$146
Jess Miller
Tahlia Caruana
$121
Sienna B
$94
Janine Gill
$74
Lucah B
$52
Broni Janssen
$32
Kalia A
$32
Olivia D
$21
Maria Watson
$21
Lucas W
$5
Zoe P
$0
Charlize P
$0
Lacey J
$0
Chelsea J
$0
Kaitlyn G
$0
Jesika Gill
$0
Jess Miller
$0
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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A great cause and wonderful thing to do. very proud of you Tahlia