Time Danced:
240minutes
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:
7
Nights for sick kids and their families
67
Hot meals from the family kitchen
63
School lessons for sick kids
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My Dance Diary
The End!
Tuesday 19th May
Day 5
Friday 15th May
Day Three and Four
Thursday 14th May Was so busy dancing I missed putting up a post on Day 3!! 😅
Day Two
Tuesday 12th May Today I picked my fave song to dance to from my teens - California Love!! Come dance with me on @kj_c2s (Instagram) Share
Day One
Monday 11th MayI did it! I danced for 30mins and I uploaded a vid to social media. The dance I chose for today is The Macarena!! You can check it out on my insta page (@kj_c2s) and dance with me! :)
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The Plan
Friday 8th MayHey lovely people!
I'm taking a seven day dance challenge from May 11 to May 18, to raise funds for Ronald McDonald house 💃🏽 Dance is one of the things that has helped me through the first year of losing my beautiful big brother way too soon. When I saw this fundraiser, it felt right to participate, to help sick kids. Ronald McDonald House is doing some amazing work in this area. 💖✨
So the challenge I'm giving myself is to daily post a 30 sec dance clip of me for the seven days!! I would really appreciate your sponsorship to motivate me to embarrass myself publicly!! I dance for fun and I'm not a professional dancer even though I have some great Aunts who have won dance awards, that level of talent was not passed down to me 😅
For the last 2.5 years, I've being doing salsa classes once a week, which I have found incredibly helpful for reducing stress and boosting my mental health.
Here's the link to my sponsor page and please join me too 😀 This is my plan:
May 11 Day 1: Dance to something from the 90s
Day 2: Fave song to dance to in my teens
Day 3: My favourite dance style at the moment
Day 4: Pick a random country and do their dance style
Day 5: Pick a random country and do their dance style
Day 6: Freestyle expressive dance
Day 7: Get your Bollywood on
ShareThanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to my challenge.
$110
Emma Isaacs
$110
Veena And Praveen Aranha
Go Jen Go! Great way to raise funds for sick kids and their families❤️
$78.91
Luke S
Keep dancing! Love it!
$65.39
Connie
Go Jeanelle!
$65.39
Anita Chap
Go J it’s for a great cause 😃😁😊!
$65.39
Karla Randall
You are a wonderful inspiration. May God continue to bless you abundantly with great health. Love your dance moves! You should consider having your own YouTube channel.
$63.95
Anonymous
$54.84
Susan & Gavin White
Go Jeanelle! Good on you
$54.84
Sye
Keep dancing Jeanelle 🩷
$54.84
Rainy Lee
Woo hoo.. go J!!! ❤️
$54.84
Beryl Landers
You go girl! Making a difference.
$53.64
Litta Stephen
Keep dancing, you are doing great!!
$50
Sharmila Saggurthi
Go Jeanelle
$50
Rosy
Well done! Keep up your good work!
$50
Bruna Tawake
You have a heart of gold, Jeanelle. Love this!
$50
Kavv
Great work using your passion to bring smiles and support to sick children.
$33.87
Maxine Hill
Wiggle till you giggle
$33.87
Robyn Engelbrecht
$33.87
Briohny Buru
Go gurrl!
$33.87
Jeanelle Isaacs
$33.87
Deb Van Eerten
Wonderful thing your doing for the kids . We stayed at the Ronald McDonald house when Maria had her kidney out .
$33.15
Paola
Enjoy your dancing and doing a good deed for sick kids as well. Paola K.
$23.50
Belinda Rajcany
Keep that salsa dancing alive, Jenelle! 💃✨ Shake your tail feather — you’re absolutely smashing this challenge and bringing so much joy and energy to everyone around you. Such an amazing job blessing others along the way! ❤️
$11.80
Amie Vance
Keeping Dancing Jeanelle. .Great work 👏💃
$10
Mignon Simmonsz
All the best to you my friend!
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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