Time Danced:
1140minutes
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.
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Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to my challenge.
$200
Andrew Oppy
$168.80
Sathis K
$160
June Sukawutichai
$104
Sabrina
Well done and all the best
$100
Wei-Han Tay
Keep up the good work Donna! Regards, Wei-Han
$59
Anonymous
$58.03
Szhantylle Armstrong
Go girl! Keep up the great work! Xx
$57.20
Katy
Amazing work Donnabelle, keep dancing!💃🏻
$57.20
Anonymous
$55
Janice Buttigieg
Enjoy it Donna! Your a ⭐️!
$52.75
Argelyn
Go Tita Dons! 💃💃💃
$52.75
Robyn Whiting
Keep up the good work have fun dancing!
$52
Sav Cordero
Keep it up Tita Donna, you're doing a great job!
$52
Lean Nean Moey
All the best Donna
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Rhoda
Well done Mare!
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Desiree Fernan
Good job Dai. ❤️❤️❤️
$52
Jeremy
You got the moves Belladonna 👌💃🏻
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Heather Love
$50
Anonymous
$50
Sandy Alexander
$50
Donabell Hinaut
$31.65
Dr Rami Aldwikat Aldwikat
$31.65
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$31.20
Rose Gregorio
❤️
$31.20
Leoue Peranca
Keep it up, Ate Don! 🥰
$31.20
Anonymous
$30
Lalaine
$30
Rakhi Nair
Great work 👏
$26.38
Anonymous
Good Job Dona
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Roxy
Well Done sis !!!
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HT
Great job ate donna!
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Pat Rose
Fantastic work !!!
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Anafe Adarlo
Keep dancing for kids and for everyone dai. Good job!
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Annie
You go girl!! Zoom all the way xx
$21.10
Maribel Dela Cruz
$21.10
Sylvia Whiteside
Go you Nice of you to dance !
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Anonymous
Thank you Tita Dona..
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Ferdz Morante
$20.80
Daniel Aquino
$20.80
Marissa Mangune
All the best.
$20.80
Sandra Espanola
$20.80
JY Kim
$20.80
Miki
Go Donna!!
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HRAM
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Jenny M
Shake your boots girl xxx good on you mate xx 💃 🌟
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Anonymous
Dance your heart out Belle! You're doing a wonderful job.
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Sarah
Go job, Donna..
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Rhoda H
You go gurl, ZIN Donna!
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Brycelyn Bennett
Get your boogie on! Great work ate!
$10.55
Anonymous
Keep up the awesome dance moves!
$10.40
Sandeep Singh
Good job
$10.40
Kerrie
Awesome Dancing Donna 💃🏻
$10
Cristine Lim
keep on dancing
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Clara Lee
$5.20
Clara
Go Donna💃🏻🙌❤
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Anne Hobbs
$5
Sean Triffett
Sick dance moves
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.
Keep up the good work.