Time Danced:
1769minutes
I'm 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 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 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 can support even more families with a seriously ill or injured child when they need it most.
MY IMPACT
So far, this year I have provided:
15
Nights for sick kids and their families
132
Hot meals from the family kitchen
125
School lessons for sick kids
My Legacy
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Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to my challenge.
$215
Michael Dine
$200
Ceroc & Modern Jive Dance Company
Well done Louie!
$173.28
G T
Dancing and donating to a great cause Louie. Thank you for supporting Australian kids.
$116.73
Philip Jing
Amazing effort and such a great cause. Wishing you all the best for the dance challenge, Elies.
$100
Carol Sparrow
Thankyou for supporting sick kids. Happy to support your fund raising. Well done
$66.44
Jd
Love your workElies!
$65.39
Gib Courtney
$65.39
Helen Way
Great cause
$65.39
Matched By Generous Donors
$65.39
Danusia Miszczuk
Thank you for the dance at West Ryde. Looking forward to have a dance with you at Ashfield. Keep dancing, hopefully you reach your goal.
$65.39
Elizabeth Kloppenborg
$65.39
Hakan
$65.39
Gavin Mulcahy
$65.39
Elies Raish
$65.39
Anna Wong
Keep the good vibes grooving!
$54.84
Jay K
Go Elies!!! Hope you're going strong with Day 3 :D
$54.84
Matched By Generous Donors
$54.84
Gina Reed
Great work your doing for such a wonderful cause.
$54.84
Elies Raish
Well done from Vince and Maria
$54.84
Tom Murchison
Please dance to Darude Sandstorm
$54.84
Dimi
$54.84
Jimmy Trifti
Your dedication is commendable, and this initiative is an excellent step forward.
$53.64
Debra
You’re doing fantastic work raising awareness
$53.64
Shelley Sammut
Fantastic that's you do this. Cheers shelley
$50
Susan Cook
$44.71
Pamela Gray
Hi Louie, sorry this is late. You should be very proud once again with what you have raised. Congratulations 🎊
$33.87
Victor And Sue Raish
$33.87
Elies Raish
Well done Louie from David
$33.87
Kim Davey
Thanks for your dancing efforts in support of a great cause! Well done 👍
$33.87
Yulia
$33.87
Nasise Yonas
I love what you're doing for the sick children. Keep up the hard work. Nasi
$33.87
The Meoli's
Great Work Loui ♥️
$33.87
Anonymous
$33.87
Belinda Hassarati
Keep doing what you do, Cuz. It is always a pleasure dancing with you.
$30
Anonymous
$30
Janice Gu
$28.43
Anonymous
Thanks Louie
$23.50
Rose Doldo
Thanks Louie, from Rose
$23.50
Anonymous
Thanks for the dances at West HQ
$23.50
Anonymous
Thanka for dancing at West HQ
$20
Kristine Tan
Thanks for keeping us all dancing !!!
$15
Rose
Go Louie and Mikaela! :-)
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.
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