Time Danced:
245minutes
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
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100% of goal reached
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to my challenge.
$520
Anonymous
$520
APG Workforce
Keep dancing!
$263.75
Sydney Griffos
Dance magic dance! (from one of the best movies of all time - Labyrinth :)
$263.75
Joy, Michael, Maya, Jan And Merlin
Go Elliott
$221.55
Ben Leitch
$221.55
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$211
Penny Deacon
Keep dancing Elliot. Best brother ever
$200.45
Tomkinson Family
Go Elliott!!
$150
Mare-Lou And Grandpa
Dance for us!
$150
The Stollerys
Great work, Elliott!! Have fun dancing :)
$116.05
Anonymous
Good luck with your efforts despite the hard times
$116.05
Bondietti Family
Great work Elliott! You should be very proud of yourself.
$116.05
Swift Family
What a great idea! Go Elliott!!
$116.05
Aaron
Good luck Elliott. Looking forward to seeing you reach your target!
$116.05
Luisa Fearnside
$116.05
Anonymous
$116.05
Lauren
Shake that booty!! Love from Lauren, Lexa & Amanda
$116.05
Jing
Great work Elliott!!
$110
Alison Tibell
Well done Elliott!!! From Markus, Lucinda, Alexander, Ali and Bjorn
$105.50
Hilary Delia Saunders
$105.50
Kim And Caitlin
Dance and soccer star! What talent!! What a fantastic thing to do.
$105.50
Liz McGinnis
Dance with the stars Elliott
$105.50
Loredana
Sending lots of love and hugs from Melbourne. Love Loredana, Darren and Genevieve
$105.50
Marg C
$100
Julia & Claude
You guys are fabulous ❤️
$100
Darrin Killalea
Well done on raising much needed funds for a truly worthy cause. Love the Killalea family
$100
APG Workforce
Keep dancing!
$92.10
Jan, Catherine And Maya
Gooooo Elliot!!!
$68.58
No. 8 Ladies Bookclub
$60.14
Dad
Dance monkey
$60.13
Kirsten Leitch
$58.03
Jessica Coates
$58.03
Kerrie Cowan
$58.03
De Ligts
Groove on Elliott.
$58.03
Mel, Nick, Ollie And Josh
Great work Elliott! Keep it up!
$58.03
Dean Browne
$57
Mady And Dave
$52.75
Garry Griffith
Great idea Elliott
$52.75
Alan James Stone
Well done Elliot keep those feet danciing
$52.75
Kristine Stone
Keep dancing Elliott
$50
Peter Fraser
$42.20
Sami B
$26.38
Matthew Carpenter-Arevalo
$25
Alessandro Damiani
Keep up the dancing!
$25
Emiliano Damiani
Good luck Elliott!
$21.10
Ciana Arndt
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.
