Time Danced:
313minutes
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.
$200
Scott, Emily & Family
$200
Matched By Generous Donors
$104
Nicole Roddy
$100
Sandra Cundy
Dance your heart out Gals.
$65
Wendy Edwards
$65
Kristen
$65
Tomas Richardson
$65
Tomas Richardson
$65
Tanya Gilbert
$65
Kirsty Hoad
Have fun grooving with your fam 🥰🥰
$65
Latisha Beckett
Can't wait to see those funky dance moves Katie 😉
$65
Joanne Whiticker
Get you grove on
$65
Marlisa And Geoff Hancock
$65
Marlisa And Geoff
$65
Anonymous
$65
Marlisa And Geoff
$65
Doug And Tracey Snow
Dance like nobody is watching!!!
$65
Kristen
Groove on 💃🏼
$65
Lauren Petts
$63
Nicole Barber
$60
Sara Stockman
Dance it up, Trace!
$54
Simone Richardson
I can't believe I finally get to see you dance Chloe!! And for such a great cause to!! I wish you and your team all the best with the fundraiser xx
$54
Jonah Mills Xx
Go Toots we love you !!
$54
Eden Foley
Yesssss! Get it Katie 💃
$54
Belinda Cunneen
Keep showing us the dance moves Howard’s ❤️
$50
Finance By Jess
$33
Chloe Richardson
$33
Michel Girls
These videos have been so happy and fun!!
$33
Kristie
Awesome work lovely lady
$33
Browning Family
Well Done Fletcher! What a super star you are!
$33
Steve And Barb Boswell
Great watching all your moves and raising funds for RMH ❤️
$33
Kristie
Awesome work Katie girl and super girl Toots
$33
Mum
Go my dancing Queen
$33
Lucy Jed & Holly Porter ❤️
$33
Steven Eades
$33
Emma
Dance your heart out Chloe 🥰
$33
Matt
Proud of you 😊
$30
Jules Garnock
Love it!! Especially the smiles. 💓💓💓
$30
Terry Bourke
$30
Katie Howard
$30
Steven Eades
$30
Steven Eades
$25
Kerry Anne Bourke
Cans from Amy Hurd
$23
Kylie Perry
$23
Jack Family
Go Fletcher! Have a great time dancing for a fabulous cause! You might be able to show Marcus a few!
$23
Janet Glisson
$22
Brittany Hancock
$22
Brittany Hancock
$22
Brittany Hancock
$12
Phe
Boogie woogie girls 🩷
$12
Angela Boulton
$12
Tracey S
Dance Noah Dance
$12
Aaron Hancock
$12
Aaron Hancock
$12
Aaron Hancock
$10
Mummy
Way to go Georgia 💓
$10
Charlotte Mackay
$6
Abigail Mulholland
Good job Logie, love Abbie
$6
Ben Neville
Go Georgia from Ben and Edie
$6
Ben Neville
Go Charlotte from Ben and Edie
$5
Hannah Mulholland
Awesome work Fletcher. Love Hannah
$5
Katey Mulholland
Great job Reuben. Love Hannah and Abbie
Our Team Members
Thea-Rose & Ange Amy Hurd
$76
Katie Howard
$799
Fletcher H
$189
Logan H
$137
Reuben H
$133
Teigan Glisson
$56
Chloe Richardson
$348
Kerry Anne Bourke
$55
Georgia M
$16
Charlotte M
$16
Tracey Snow
$299
Noah M
$12
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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