Time Danced:
3615minutes
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
Heath Davies
$106
Steve & Verity Davis-raiss
What a team of amazing young dancers. We are very proud of you all 👏 Especially our Miss Katja 💕
$106
Bo And Billy
Go Scout - a very good cause - dance, dance, dance! 💕
$104
Sahara & Natalie Waters
We hope this helps Matilda! Love, Sahara and The Waters fam!
$100
Paul Dickinson
Happy dancing Florsy for a good cause 😘
$65
Andrew Allan
So happy to help you strive to reach your goal!
$65
Bets Hood
$65
Sami Lhuede
$65
Poppy And Mabel Jones
🩷 poppy and mabel
$65
Luke & Louis
Great job Katja!! xx
$60
Anonymous
Flora you are a wonderful girl to raise money for the sick children
$60
Karen Hannaford
Dance away my dear!!!! Think of leading all of us!!
$60
John Dickinson
Congratulations Flora on your efforts - hope you reach your target ? Love from Grandma and Grandpa XXX
$60
Karen Amd John Angelis
Dance away Katja, amd have fun. Proud of you as always, gorgeous girl.
$54
Katja Davis-raiss
$54
Millie & Kade Stevens
$54
Blake Johnson
Awesome job Katja!
$54
Jo Beales
Enjoy the dancing and wishing you good luck Indie. We’re proud of you. Nana and Papa
$50
Mel Casey
$50
Haidee Keegan
$50
Allie, Arya, Scott Rogers Falk
Go madi! We’re so proud of you. Lots of love Aunty Allie , Uncle Scotty & Arya xxxxxx
$49
Tony & Jenny Pritchard
Great work Indie
$44
Anonymous
Go Madi😊
$44
Anonymous
Go Isla 😊
$33
Madison Forster
$33
Terina
Go Team Katapult xxx
$33
Anya Duyst
Go you good thing! Love you xxx
$33
Sarah Forster
$33
Isla Forster
$33
Cathy Cousins
$33
Ali Beales
$33
Mark Beales
Good luck Indie!
$33
Anonymous
$32
Tilly And Belle Dempsey
$32
Tilly And Belle Dempsey
$30
Luanne Beal
Can’t wait to do The Conga through the streets of Avalon
$30
Glenn Spilsted
Well done Matilda
$28
Belinda Rogers-falk
Good luck Madi, very proud if you. Love Bin and Poppyxx
$28
Belinda Rogers-falk
Good luck Isla, very proud of you. Live Bin and Poppy xx
$23
Samantha Edwards
Wonderful cause ❤️
$23
Jenna Hart
Go Madi!!! Love Aunty Jenna, Uncle Kane, Isabelle and Henry x
$23
Jenna Hart
Go Isla!!! Love Aunty Jenna, Uncle Kane, Isabelle and Henry
$20
Melinda F
Amazing effort Matilda.
$12
Kate Davies
Go florsy.. dance dance dance! Love mum xx
$12
Joey Whutehead
Go Scouty Tiny Dancer
$12
Bronnie Mcdougal
Go Scouty!
Our Team Members
Katja Davis-Raiss
$569
Hope C
$33
Matilda L
$218
Tilly D
$32
Belle D
$32
Mia F
Flora D
$430
Indie B
$169
Scout K
$179
Madison F
$177
Isla F
$160
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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So proud of you darling…… Your are an inspiration to so many, including me 😊