Time Danced:
30minutes
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.
$116
Alex Giomataris
$116
Matched By Generous Donors
$110
Sally Chisholm
Well done Michelle … wonderful thing to do ❤️
$106
Xenia Beck
Great job doll x
$106
Angelica Pearce
Get work Mickey!
$70
Ellen Cracknell
$65
Linda Bollas
Love the dancing 🥰
$65
Paige Polley
You are a superstar 🤩
$65
Kathryn Hunt
you’re a legend
$65
Zoe Brown
You are an absolute rockstar! Keep up the amazing work 🤍🫶🏼 #ForTheKids
$65
Michelle Giomataris
$65
Lou & Harry
Go Mickey! Do you have a Sponge Bob outfit? Or a chicken (Hugo)?
$65
Raymond Blizzard
Superstar!
$65
Kathryn Berry
Great work thanks for being a beacon
$65
Tino La Spina
Great stuff Michelle!
$65
Libby Giomataris
Well done Michelle, keep up the good dancing, thanks for making a difference x
$60
Michelle Giomataris
$54
Tina
well done ❤️
$54
Elene Frangiouthakis
Well. done Michelle Giomataris! You’re amazing. Luv from Elene and Manoli xo P.S love d your dance moves
$54
Paula Foulston
You’re certainly putting a smile on my face. Doing a wonderful job x
$54
Lee Gatenby
Go Michelle you legend. xx
$54
Melissa Aitchison
$50
Mary Jamieson
You are amazing, keep being you. 💗
$50
Damo Beven
Special request for toyfriend and don’t stop believing
$50
Anh
Well done Michelle.
$44
Ange
Get it girl
$33
Liz Adams-pash
$33
Denae Rafter
$33
Helen Payne
$33
Lou Kirkwood
Amazing work! Congratulations :)
$33
Karen
You are fabulous 😍
$33
Frances Hey
$33
Nicole Hickman
Keep on grooving’ 😎
$33
Nicola Hatch
$33
Irini Lapolla
Well done lovely!! The kids and I enjoyed watching you every day! Xx
$33
Katrina R
We’ll done, looks like you had lots of fun doing this fundraiser xx
$33
Soph Clark
Get it! 💗
$33
Penny Harriss
$33
Tania Billinghurst
Love your work 💞
$33
Andrea
$33
Jenelle Vince
$33
Ellen Bowerman
$33
Gaylene
You are a super star ✨
$33
Angela Keygan
Michelle, you're an absolute legend on the dance floor! Thanks for making me smile and for helping the kids
$33
Emma Lahey
❤️
$30
Ange Giomataris
$28
Cindy Saracino
Go Mickey keep dancing the good dance!! Legend 🥹💞 xx
$28
Catherine Campbell
Well done Michelle :)
$23
Elli
Go queen
$23
Alex Burk
$23
Christina Fiotakis
$23
Christina Fiotakis
$23
Janelle
$23
Liesel Jacobson
$23
Rhys Kelly
Well done Mickey!
$23
Anonymous
$23
Bernie
$23
Maddi Fuentes
Mateo is loving watching your videos every day Mickey :) a great cause! X
$20
Eleanor Metuangaro
Go Mickey 🦖🎅🏻🐰🐄🦈⭐
$12
Emma Hunt
$12
Jacqui B
Very entertaining Michelle
$12
Janine Sandford
You are so good at putting a smile on people’s faces.
$12
Georgia Lamprill
$12
Dimi
No one is youer than you
$11
Hannah Matthews
Great cause - go Michelle :-)
Our Team Members
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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Looking forward to the next 7 days. Get it x