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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 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:
27
Nights for sick kids and their families
233
Hot meals from the family kitchen
221
School lessons for sick kids
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to our challenge.
$215
Wayne Ballance
$117
Anonymous
Good luck maddi xxx
$117
Tess
Go get them kitty
$106
David Ballance
So proud of you
$106
Anonymous
can you hit the griddy please
$106
Kris Coles
$106
Jax
Proud of you Beth xx
$100
Anonymous
Go Juls xx
$85
Ej Yu
Great work!
$65
Anonymous
$65
Brad Mickan
Good luck from us.
$65
Eva And Jeff
Great work Eden!
$65
Evelyne
What an amazing things to do! Amazing Miranda!
$65
Anonymous
$65
David
$65
Leang Ung
$65
Aunty Anny
Hi Miranda, we are all very proud of you. Well done and keep up your effort for such a good cause. Wishing you and your team all the best! Aunty Anny
$65
Ruby Ko
$65
Meg Alderton
Proud of you, Bub! ❤️
$65
Anonymous
$65
Anonymous
$65
Tim
$60
Happyfield
$60
Miranda
$58
Anonymous
Donations from our Bunnings fundraiser!
$55
Timothy Lai
800!!
$55
Lola Arnold
$55
Mum And Dad
Well done Lola!
$55
Janelle Pearce
Fantastic cause Lola 🩷
$55
Anonymous
$55
Auntie Anna
Well done Miranda! Keep u the good work!
$50
Nan And Opa
$50
Jeff Robinson
Well done Ella🥰
$50
Merryn Turner
$45
Mia Green
GO CHICKYYYYY
$45
Cheryl Ballance
Good luck and enjoy xx
$45
Ilana Day
Proud of you always Pres 🩷 Keep dancing xx
$38
Sophia Alessi
So proud! 🥰
$34
Ella A
<333
$34
Trish And Graham Lee
Great cause proud of you
$34
Lauren Carey
Proud of you!
$34
Hilton Family
Great cause to support Lola!
$34
Alison Carr
Doin it for the kids. Nice work Lola 😀
$34
John Woo
Kids too sick to dance so aren't you kind of rubbing it in?
$34
Portia Johnson
You my biggest inspiration queen
$34
Maddison Cocks
$34
Amelie
$34
Lydia Stanhope
$34
Anonymous
$34
Jose Vasquez
Keep up the good work UTS team!!
$34
Eden Soukotta
$34
Constance Kaldis
I hope you reach your goal!!! You’re doing amazing and such a good cause
$34
Anonymous
$34
Ella
GO LOLA!!! I’m so proud of you for doing this, your such a beautiful, passionate, and thoughtful person🫶🏻 keep being you❤️
$34
Anonymous
$33
Amelia E
💕
$30
Zoe
$30
Elyse Mascera
Go Beth!
$30
Sarah Edwards
Go Boo Boo xxx
$30
Santy
$25
Caitlin Hoggett
$25
Ryan Georgiadis
$24
Tiana
$24
Renae Faunt
All the best Miranda!
$24
Anonymous
Yay Bethy!!!
$24
Anonymous
$24
Vells
Let’s go Miranda!
$24
Audrey Tedja
go miss miranda!
$24
Kaylyn Rautenbach
Good luck Maddi, I hope you smash your goal !!
$24
Kerryn
What a great cause! Well done
$24
Abbey Brown
👏💖🫶
$20
Mila Rahmawati
Go Caitlin! Amazing cause.
$20
Jorja Paes
Huzzah!! Go Ru 🫶🏼👏🏻
$20
Bella M
Go girl proud of you good luck 🌸👯♀️
$20
Lp
DANCE CUTIE
$20
Jess
Go Miss Beth!
$20
Lexi Ginsburg
You’re amazing Lolers!!! Keep going!!!
$20
Caitlin
$20
Katelyn
Go Beth!
$20
Ella Robinson
Let’s go UTS!!
$20
Matched By Generous Donors
$20
Ej Yu
From Yoonji mum
$20
Chris Parkinson
Great cause Lola
$18
Anonymous
$18
Anonymous
GO DIVAAA 💪💪
$18
Annalise Eckersley
$18
Anonymous
Dance the night away
$18
Elise Aguas
GO MY BEAUTIFUL RU I LOVE YOU
$18
Ryan Georgiadis
$18
Caitlin
So awesome Lola!
$18
Anonymous
$15
Alexandra Yeoh
Love u cass 🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻
$15
Rachael Cotis
Go Beth! Great cause. Rachie 💃🏻
$15
Amelie
woohoo go beth!!
$12
Kerri-anne Collins
$12
Elise Aguas
LOVE YOU BETH DANCE FOF ME
$12
Maree Tsangarakis
$12
Anonymous
Dance away Rubyyyy!
$12
Iris Arnold
$12
Dakota Hammond
$12
Anonymous
$12
Matched By Generous Donors
$12
Alexis Taluypreechachan
$12
Sophie :)
LOVE YOU BETH ❤️ (sorry i would donate more but im so broke 💀)
$12
Anonymous
$10
Eric Su
GO MISS MIRANDA :D
$10
Ashlee
$10
Anonymous
$10
Ariana
Good on u gal 🫶
$9
Leo Wang
yeet
$9
Anonymous
Proud of you always Bethy 🤍
$7
Maddi
$6
Anonymous
👯♀️
$6
Justice Dulay
$6
Holly Craik
Go Mads!!
$6
Julia Glenn
$6
Emily Nguyen
Love this, dance your heart out for those kids!!
$6
Priyanka Shah
$6
Leah Choi
$6
Ava Voukenas
$5
Anna
Xoxoxoxo
$5
Angel
HAPPY DANCING
$5
Anonymous
$5
Anonymous
$5
Nathan Lau
🤫
$3
Megan
angel number for you!
$3
Elliot Ma
Miranda my goat
$2
Jonathan Nguyen
$2
Cindy Lam
$2
Yvonna Tong
Our Team Members
Beth Alderton
$748
Ella Robinson
$237
Ruby Ko
$180
Lola Arnold
$603
Anastasia McNeil
$77
Caitlin Ballance
$554
Eden Soukotta
$254
Kiara Lee
$210
Madison Snowden
$191
Sarah Robertson
Miranda Hng
$804
Julia Cable
$100
Maddison Cocks
$225
Cassandra Shi
$15
Caitlin Ballance
$554
Eden Soukotta
$254
Ella Robinson
$237
Maddison Cocks
$225
Kiara Lee
$210
Madison Snowden
$191
Ruby Ko
$180
Julia Cable
$100
Anastasia McNeil
$77
Cassandra Shi
$15
Sarah Robertson
$0
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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Well done caitlin