Time Danced:
10400minutes
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.
$169
Damian Maguire
$169
Emily Carr
$116
Robyn Metcalf
Love the joy from dancing to be shared with sick families
$116
Ben Capper
Love your work beautiful. The community is stronger through amazing support from such incredible programs.
$106
Toni Merrill
Proud of you 🩷
$100
Vanessa Workman
$85
Maria Tovar
Go Siena! 👏👏👏
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Michelle Garrington
So great that you do this. Xx
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Lara
Well done Freya!
$65
Matthew Mulcahy
$65
Auntie Karen And Uncle Don
Very happy to support this great cause. Well done Sienna.
$65
Auntie Karen And Uncle Don
We are very pleased to help out. You are a star Zach.
$65
Hamish And Lucy
Good stuff Sophie!!
$65
Rowan
You are awesome Freya 🥰
$65
Tom Amos
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Kathleen And Michael Dressel
Wonderful cause, Sophie!!
$65
Sabrina
Go, Sophie!
$65
Dave & Toni Merrill
Proud of you
$65
Jenny Cosentino
Such a great cause, very proud of you xxx
$65
Eva Grant
Best of luck with the challenge! ❤️🫶 🩰💃
$65
Melissa Watkins
$65
Ebony Daly
$65
Shaun Thompson
Awesome effort Rebecca.... just keep on dancing!
$65
Ann Honing
Well done,Rebecca.Proud of you.Grannie Annie and Oupa.
$65
Robyn Fameli
Enjoy the challenge Sophie ! It's a great cause !
$65
Michael Forsyth
$60
Eddie Foo
$60
Jocelyn Hamilton
$54
Margaret Kikalis
Quote from Martin Luther King “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way” Sienna, you are an inspiration.
$54
Margaret Kikalis
Quote from Maya Angelou “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud” Zach, you are an inspiration to others.
$54
Jodpod
You are an inspiration! What a wonderful thing to be part of. Much love!
$54
Jodpod
Great job Zach! Wonderful for you to help sick kids by your dancing! Much love!
$54
Jennifer Hertslet
Keep Dancing Elyse ! Xx
$54
Brooke Brittain
Well Done Elyse, very proud of you xx
$54
Anonymous
Using your talents for such a wonderful cause. Well done Sienna
$54
Sammi
Keep on dancing Soph! A great cause.
$54
Anonymous
Do Zachy. We are all so proud of you. Such a wonderful cause.
$54
Aunty Sam & Uncle Phil
We're so proud. Go Sienna!
$54
Aunty Sam & Uncle Phil
Great work Zach!
$54
Big Dog
Great work Elyse
$54
Amanda
Well done Babe!!
$54
Margot Ball
You go girl. Love you to the moon and back 🤩
$53
Aunty Sassy
Go Sienna!!
$53
Aunty Sassy
Go Zachy!!
$50
Rosa Zubak
Go Siena....great cause ♥️
$44
Zbik Family
Well done Siena!
$34
G Thompson
You're a superstar doing great things for our community. Go Rebecca!
$33
Nicole Price
Happy Dancing 💜Evelyn Thanks for all you care and patience during the holiday programs
$33
Vicki Vartuli
Congratulations! Well done 👏👏👏🥰
$33
Summer & Stella
Great job Sophie! So proud of you 🫶🏻
$33
Teresa Curro
Good luck Siena you got this 💕
$33
Tamara Vartuli
Well done Siena, very proud of you - this is a great cause! Dance your feet off young lady 👯🩰🪩
$33
Yes
Go zach !!!
$33
Katherine Mcevoy
Go sienna!
$33
Anonymous
All the best dance your wonderful heart ♥️
$33
K Dorahy
Big love from the Dorahy Family xxx
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Alex Armata
$33
Anonymous
$33
Geoff Ball
$33
Anonymous
Go Sienna
$33
Anonymous
$33
Chloe & Maeva
Go Freya! 🩷 Chloe & Maeva
$33
Sarah Loder-sommer
$33
Art Sukantamala
$33
Emma Sutton
$33
Chelsea Capper
$32
Fiona Haycraft
$32
Fiona Haycraft
$32
Renee Maxwell
😘
$30
Clare Cosentino
$30
Grace Winters
Dear Miss Chelsea, Thank you so much for organising fundraisers at BBDS like DFSK!
$30
Alice Armstrong
Well done Siena!!
$30
Liliana Vartuli
Well done Siena! So proud of you 🥰
$30
Jennifer Thompson
$28
Pauline Steel
Great job Rebecca!
$28
Renee Maxwell
$23
Ronan Daly
Good stuff Eyse
$23
Rob & Heather Thompson
Dance the night away Rebecca. You're our dancing queen.
$23
Anonymous
$23
Lilah J 🩷
$23
Summer Valbuena
You are so amazing and kind Soph, never change!!
$20
James Dickson
$20
Rachel And Dan
Amazing work, Chels and Amelie! 💃🏻🕺🏻
$18
Jennifer Thompson
Thank you, Charlotte Alexandra and Grace. :) ❤️
$12
Christine Linton
Great work Elyse!
$12
Antonio Flowers
Thank you for your donation Antonio 🩷
$10
Henrik And Seb
Go Freya!
$10
Zoe Degenhardt
Love it Elyse 👏👏 Well done!!
$5
Anonymous
$2
Anonymous
Great job.
Our Team Members
Chelsea & Amelie Capper-King
$1,340
Elyse Daly
$390
Siena C
$637
Sophie B
$424
Sienna H
$433
Zach H
$433
Freya M
$403
Sophie C
$233
Rebecca T
$289
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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Good work Chelsea