Time Danced:
3335minutes
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 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 can support even more families with a seriously ill or injured child when they need it most.
OUR IMPACT
So far, this year we have provided:
26
Nights for sick kids and their families
225
Hot meals from the family kitchen
214
School lessons for sick kids
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to our challenge.
$200
The Smiths
$173
Rob Scheeren
Great effort Talia, such a good cause too xx
$173
Emy Escalona
Well done, Isabel! Great cause to support!
$160
Clement And Annie Chia
A great cause you are supporting Poppet! Good luck to you and your team for the week! ♥️ xx
$106
Loretta Gilmore
Go bear!
$65
Cora Cardenas
Thank you Isabel and everyone behind this wonderful fundraiser. Our hearts go out to the sick kids. Let them dance and have fun. May our little support mean a lot. In honour of our little Zara, who was taken too soon and didn't get the chance to dance. May you dance in heaven with these kids. Much love and blessings. Aunty Tatts ❤️
$65
Ben & Spt .
go T!
$65
Cecilia Chia
$65
Jaspers Mate
BOOM
$65
Lauren
$65
Sarah
You go girl!
$65
Roger A
Good luck and well done for dancing for sick kids
$65
Katelyn Siv
$60
Anne Cornford
$60
Peter Baily
Great job Mia!!
$55
Jessica Kua
I think it’s amazing how you’re doing this <3 here to support you all the way!!
$55
Leandro Perez
Proud of you! Dancing for a great cause.
$55
Gina Gilmore
Dance until your feet fall off. Thanks.
$55
Paris Cunningham
Go Tahls!!
$55
Vada
$55
Asher Mendigorin
❤️❤️
$50
Michael Kelfkens
Great cause Mia !
$50
Liz Simangan
You’re amazing! Go Isabel!
$46
Jasper Arthur
$45
Chona Angara
Go bel bel!
$45
Vihaan J
Best dancer!! Go Kaylee!!
$45
Rosallie Angara
Woohoo Isabel ! Congratulations and well done on this amazing and exciting cause . Have fun 🤩! And keep it up for all the sick kids .. you’re a legend !! Love you Auntie Hearts
$44
Trudy Dyer
So proud of you bubba. Helping sick children and their families is deeply personal to me. I was too young to help my family when my brother was sick in hospital so it is nice that you are supporting this cause xxxx
$40
Carly Blum
$34
Austin Hall
$34
Elizabeth Perez
Proud of you!!!!
$34
Airies
❤️💃
$34
Ben Sepulveda
This donation better unlock at least one backflip or I want a refund Isabel Angara 🤣 great job !
$34
Anna
Yippeee go kaylee
$34
Farjad
$34
Ruvi
Go Kaylee !!! Your doing an amazing job!
$34
Michael And Jasmine Kua
$34
Isabel Angara
$34
Anonymous
$34
Matched By Generous Donors
$34
Leo
Good Luck Kaylee! What a legend!
$34
Max Hibbard
Its maxi
$34
Krishna Li
$34
Erica Gilmore
Go girl
$34
Mollie
$34
Gaya Chandrasekaran
Go Talia!!!! Love you xx
$34
Ngaire Astridge
Well done Xoe, what a great cause!
$34
Alexander Smirniotis
Nice one
$34
Anonymous
$34
Jasmine Pham
U ARE A SUPERSTAR
$31
Jess
$30
Kaylee Kua
$30
Renee Clout
Go girl! Great cause
$30
Siddhi J
so proud of u for doing this sunshine girl 💕
$30
Christabella Aletha
GO KAYLEE!! FUNDRAISING FOR A GREAT CAUSE!
$30
Anonymous
$30
Bec Swain
$30
Max Day
Awesome work Mia! 🙌
$28
Zara Harrison
$28
Joel Cablaida
Good luck Isabel
$25
Jack
So proud of you my love
$24
Julia Gomez
go nicki g
$24
Kylie H
Proud of you Kayleeee
$24
Edward Mendigorin
$24
Jessica Vera
Go isabelly jelly!! What a great cause ❤️🩹
$24
Matched By Generous Donors
$24
Jose Sow
Well done Isabel Angara for dancing for sick kids.. also am sure you dance better than your Dad so keep it up..
$24
Katelyn
$24
Benjamin Escalona
Good stuff cousin!!!
$24
Emilie
Keep at it xx
$24
Aimee
Go scheeren
$24
Madi
$24
Kye Porter
$24
Christy Lam
Heh
$24
Anonymous
So good!!! 🫶🏽
$23
Flo
Proud of you queen 😜🫰
$20
Peta Lapanaitis
go issy 🫶
$20
Anonymous
$20
Lola Sally Angara
Good on ya Isabel..proud of your kindness , dancing for sick kids and helping out.. Good luck my dear Isabel.. God bless..
$20
Carolyn
$20
Sophie
POP OFF DIVA
$20
Bella W
Yipee Go Kaylee !!
$20
Ankhita Sekhar
WOOOO GO KAYLEE!!!!
$20
Olivia Elrassi
So great talia!
$18
Adjani
ATE THE DANCE UP
$18
Phoenix Gock
So proud of you Mia!!! Love you!!!
$18
Ksenia Suturina
Go Isabel !!
$18
Lucy Song
Yayyy go Izzy
$18
Anonymous
Such a beautiful cause Kaylee!! ❤️
$18
Suhita Suryawanshi
Go girl!!
$18
Miriam
$17
Millie Todd
$17
Isabel Angara
Go Mia !!!
$17
Amber Ong
Amazing dancer for an amazing cause xx
$17
Olive
6 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 wahoooo
$15
Thalia
go zoe! proud of ya
$15
Minh
go zoe!! awesome stuff
$15
Anonymous
$15
Lauren Kua
Official request for a ‘Host of Angels’ reprise
$14
Zoe Chia
$14
Matched By Generous Donors
$12
Ashley F
$12
Cooper
$12
Ness
Go Kaylee!!!
$12
Ness
Go Zoe!!!
$12
Emily Gilmore
anything for the kids 😼
$12
Ness
GO NICOLA!!!!
$12
Isabel Mills
$12
Sophie
$12
Anonymous
$12
Georgia T-v
So awesome Zoe!!
$12
Minh
go queeennnnnnnnn
$12
Xanthe
$12
Minh
SLAY KAYLEE :)
$12
Felicity Stewart
Woohoo great job!!!
$12
Anonymous
$12
Neja
$12
Nicoline Elder
$12
Jadyn Song
$12
Swati
$12
Anneka
GO GIRL 💃💃💃
$12
Paige
YAHOO I LOVE THIS
$12
Sienna
$10
Ash
U rock 💃
$10
Rieze Victor
$9
Nami
$8
Isabelle L
$6
Rufina
$5
Nicole
go kaylee !!!
$5
Rachel
Hi Ducky
$3
Olive The Sigma
get to a nice round number
$2
Tama
Helping you reach your goal 🤗
Our Team Members
Johanna Walters
Michelle Naab
Tahlia Smith
$390
Mia Baily
$410
Lizzie Tang
Noelle Lim
$91
Nicola Gilmore
$296
Kaylee Kua
$655
Isabel Angara
$975
Talia Scheeren
$715
Zoe Chia
$506
Adjani Ariwibowo
mia Perez
$106
Zoe Chia
$506
Mia Baily
$410
Tahlia Smith
$390
Nicola Gilmore
$296
mia Perez
$106
Noelle Lim
$91
Johanna Walters
$0
Michelle Naab
$0
Lizzie Tang
$0
Adjani Ariwibowo
$0
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.
CONTACT THE DANCE FOR SICK KIDS TEAM
If you have any questions about Dance for Sick Kids or need a hand with anything, please reach out. We're here to help!
In the spirit of reconciliation, Dance for Sick Kids respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands, skies and waterways where we work, live and dance. We honour their enduring connection to this land, its communities, and the surrounding waterways. We recognise and respect the diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples within the families we support, as well as our employees, volunteers, and supporters. We extend our deepest respects to their Cultures and to Elders past and present. We affirm that the land we stand on has always been, and will always remain, Aboriginal land.
Dance for Sick Kids welcomes people of all abilities, identities, and backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful, and safe space for everyone to participate and belong.
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