Time Danced:
180minutes
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 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.
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Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to my challenge.
$1.1k
Ben Leitch
$263.75
Kirsten
Great work Maeve and Elliott! A wonderful cause.
$166
Trev
$165.50
Sheldon Tego
You are doing an beautiful thing in memory of your cousin; he would be so proud of you right now.
$116.05
Hassan Adhami
$116.05
Robyn Kirby
$116.05
Nan And Pa
Go the Crispy’s
$110
Steve N Jules Lorenz
Go Maeve… let’s twist again like you did last summer!!
$105.50
Aunty Di
Great work Maeve, You are a champion
$105.50
Sally Taylor
$105.50
Russell Treloar
What a beautiful idea, Maeve! You’re a gorgeous girl.. Love from the Treloars xx
$105.50
Sigourney Wade
$101
Laura Martiniello
Dance like nobody's watching (even though we all are). Great work!
$101
Rene Krogh
Dance till your hearts content 🥰🥰. Proud of you sweetcheeks 😘😘 luv Freckle
$100
Steven Aniversario
$63.30
Anonymous
$63.30
Corky
Go Maeve!
$63.30
Maddi Mcbarron
$63.30
Lesa C
Go Maeve!
$62.25
Rowena
Happy dancing
$60
Svet Todoroski
Well done Maeve! I am so proud of you for taking this challenge to help so many young kids in need and also for remembering your little cousin Zac who was so brave throughout his challenges!!! You go Girl :)
$60
Matched By Generous Donors
$60
Nirmal Philip
Praying for our children and families going through this together. Much love.
$52.75
Mary Brennan
Go Maeve! Well done to the Crispy twisty dancers! Soggy twisties aren't any good.
$52.75
Lewis Family
$52.75
Corinne Smith
Good luck Maeve, please make your mum dance with you.
$52.75
Matched By Generous Donors
$51
Abhisht G
$50
Rachel Rowe
$31.65
Suzanne Sharwood
Good work Maeve!
$31.65
Emma Dambrosio
What a great thing you are doing Maeve
$31.65
Mirna Faraj
$31.65
Danielle Blake
Good luck Maeve!
$31.65
Sam And Johan
Well done Maeve! Great work
$31
The Mundey’s
Well done Maeve and Elliot!! ♥️
$30
Anonymous
Great effort and course!!
$10.55
Maeve
$15.50
Maeve Leitch
$15.50
Griffin
$15
Lucy N
I admire your commitment to raising awareness.
$10.55
Anonymous
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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Well done, Maeve!