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, 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.
$1.5k
Tms
$1.02k
Qrl Maroons Foundation
$770
W+k Sydney
$620
Digitas
The best in the business just got even cooler, can’t wait to see the moves
$520
Akcelo
Well done team! Such a great cause. Can't wait to see the video!
$520
Andrew & Elle - Play Sports Marketing
Well done ladies!
$500
Afl
$500
Gemba
Thanks for doing all that you do!
$420
Aden Hepburn
$334
James Ronan-bishopp
LOVE you’re work!!
$200
Jessica Naks
Proud of you always!
$116
Jason And Tammy
Great Work Zoe
$116
Elly Griffiths
$116
Alexis King
$116
Christopher M
Great work!
$116
Mary
$106
Parramatta Eels
$106
Nicole Micos
$100
South Sydney Rabbitohs
What a great job you guys are doing for a great cause!
$65
Anonymous
Let’s goooooo
$65
Shelley Macadam
$65
Sophie Smith
YTG!!!!!!!
$65
Nick Andrews
$65
Amy Phillips
$60
Amanda Nakad
$60
Lisa Yau
$60
Lisa Yau
$44
Kierra
$33
Gina Sherry
Go dancer!!
$33
Dena
$33
Elle Skordou
Go Girls!
$33
Lois Scerri
$33
Tom
Having personally benefited from a Ronald McDonald house ill always give to this great cause. Nice work Steph!
$33
Stephanie Sherry
$33
Karen Lipp
$30
Tim Bothwell
$30
Chris Reid
Love your work!
$23
Angela Patterson
Our Team Members
Amanda Nakad
$745
Emily Xu
Olivia Druce
Lisa Catzel
$706
Nicole Micos
$106
Tim Bothwell
$30
Amy Phillips
$65
Alexis King
$116
Stephanie Sherry
$133
Shelley Macadam
$65
Lisa Yau
$60
Karen Lipp
$33
Nick Andrews
$65
QLD State Marketing
$1,314
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.
I can’t wait to see the video and applaud your fantastic support :-)