Time Danced:
3330minutes
Make a move and support my Dance 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 it puts families under enormous pressure. For many families, it can feel like it’s impossible to hold it together.
That’s why I’m joining Ronald McDonald House Charities to Dance For Sick Kids this year.
I’ll be making a move 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 me by making a tax-deductible donation to my 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.
My Achievements
Uploaded a profile picture
Shared page
First donation
First dance moves
Raised one night
Raised two nights
Raised three nights
50% of goal reached
100% of goal reached
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to my challenge.
$1,000
Robert Kroehnert
$1,000
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$1,000
Angie Kroehnert
Love, Mum
$1,000
APG Workforce
Keep dancing!
$1,000
Wei, Oli & Jensen
Go Amelia!
$1,000
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$1,000
Saw Im Yeap
Congratulations, love Nana
$1,000
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$1,000
Chris Mah
Good work, From Uncle Chris, Aunty Ve & Hailey
$1,000
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$520
Bright Light Contracting
Well done! Great effort Amelia
$520
Granell Plumbing
Great work Amelia 😊
$520
Nick Andrews
Keep dancing, beautiful gal!!
$500
CMC Interiors Pty Ltd
Good Luck with your dancing Amelia! Cheers Craig
$420
Henderson & Horning
Great to see you helping a worthy cause again
$420
APG Workforce
Keep dancing!
$242.65
Suzi Trajcevski
Such a wonderful thing to do Amelia - so proud of you ! Enjoy and keep dancing beautiful girl! 💖
$211
Element Air Pty Ltd
$211
Sew Lee
Dear Amelia You are so remarkable, using your gift to do wonders 💕
$200
Norman Arundel
$116.05
Beverly Paulusz
$116.05
Steven Simpson
Good luck, Amelia!
$110
See Ring
Good on you, Amelia. May you achieve your goal!
$105.50
Rhonda Kroehnert
Love Grandma xx
$105.50
Emma Sammut
$105.50
Matthew, Nina & Lily Ahern
$58.03
Jacqueline Mitchell
So proud of you Amelia! ♥️
$58.03
Pam Henry
Great job I hope you exceed your goal.love Aunty Pam
$52.75
Anonymous
$52.75
Anonymous
$52.75
Sonia A Vella
Amelia , thanks fir sharing and creating positive opportunity for sick kids . Good luck with your campaign towards a brilliant cause .
$50
Swee Leng Teoh
$42.20
Ivory & Pearl ???
You are amazing Amelia 💖❤️
$42.20
Max Liebhold
You are doing a great job Amelia.
$31.65
Anonymous
You got such big and beautiful heart! Keep dancing Amelia
$30
Rob Gilshenan
Great stuff Amelia!
$21.10
Hean Ong
Keep up the good work for a good cause
$21.10
Eden Lawrence
❤️❤️❤️❤️
$20
Zoe Chung
Good Luck Amelia, all the best!
$5.28
Emma Chandler
Keep shining bright
MEET ANUNTA
At just 11 years old, Anunta was 100km from home, and learned that the cyst on her ankle was, in fact, a cancerous sarcoma.
With no clothes, and nowhere to stay, Anunta’s parents, Doungnead and Anthony, didn’t know what to do.
Thankfully, Ronald McDonald House Charities were able to provide a room for the family. When Anunta started chemotherapy, Doungnead was able to provide a taste of home, cooking fresh meals in their own little kitchen while the family focussed all their attention on her treatment.
“Being in a place where everyone cares about you, and is there for you, was so special. It became our second home” Anunta's Mum, Doungnead
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.
Make a tax-deductible donation today!
* 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.
Love, Dad