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.
$5.02k
Testo – Jason Mair
$5k
Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd
$2k
Baiada Poultry
$1.02k
H+k International
$1.02k
Bunzl
Bunzl thanks everyone at Ronald McDonald House for supporting these families!
$1.02k
J.l.lennard Pty Ltd
$1,000
Asahi
$1,000
Miele
$1,000
Mccain Anz
$1,000
Simplot Australia
$800
Simonelli Group Spa
$520
Martin-brower Australia Pty Ltd
Looking forward to seeing this year's "creativity"!
$520
Keith Russell Moffat
$520
Maninder Kaur
Best wishes and keep dancing!!!
$520
Henny Penny
$516
Deane Apparel
Great work team, keep up the boogy!
$516
Jerry Kaiser
$500
Otaika Valley Free Range Eggs
$500
Keith's Quality Foods
Keep on Dancing
$412
Fmg Global
Go you good thing!!! Wheels could you dress up as a shake/sundae machine when dancing?
$317
Serve Tech - Simon Gould
Get out those dancing shoes big guy. Woo hoo!
$317
Sais Hygiene
Not sure if we're paying to see you dance...so we don't have to see you dance! either way...good on for a great cause.
$264
Baltech Services
Nice work Andrew and team
$264
Gabell Services
$264
Cypha Aust Pty Ltd
Great Effort Team!!
$250
Pauline Munro - Lancer
Wishing you all the best with your fundraising efforts. From Lancer
$211
Thomas Siriwardena
$211
David Wheeler
Good work bro!
$211
Dom Kandarges
Hi guys, It’s fantastic to see this happening again for 2025. I’m looking forward to seeing the dance!
$211
Emily Orpin
$196
Casey Loke
Our thoughts to their wellbeing! All the best to our dancers!
$169
Deb Howes
No one should be separated when in hospital. Xx
$165
Tim Wild
Great grooving , well done
$160
Andrew Wheeler
$116
Dave Leroux
$116
Carey L
$116
Paige
Go team!! Can't wait to see the video!!!
$116
Tianzi Davis
Thank you for doing this Wheeler!
$116
Dean Divehall
Good on ya wheels!
$116
Steven Moore
❤️ your work Wheels
$116
Catherine Cain
You keep dancing, I'll keep donating.
$116
Trade Partners/felice
Well done broer
$110
Monique O’callaghan
$106
Sean Masterson
$106
Welbilt Apac Pte Ltd
$104
Andy Murdoch
Keep those wheels turning mate! Such a great cause and great entertainment. All the best - the BrandMate Team
$85
Monica O’callaghan
Well done honey, love mum and dad x
$75
Merri King
$65
Mel Duncan
Spent a lot of time in Ronald McDonald house when I was kid. A great cause close to my heart! Good luck Kazz.
$65
Andrew Hampton
Love the moves mate. Great cause!!
$65
Michael Mcguire
$65
Kim Fitzhenry
Congratulations on dancing Dani!
$65
Kim Fitzhenry
Congratulations Karina
$65
Shannon Earls
You’re amazing Dani x
$65
Kandice Mcleod
You rock!!!
$65
Adrian Majda
Love your moves Wheels
$65
Kelvin Teo
Awesome job supporting a great project.
$65
Danielle Palmer
$65
Michelle
Well done Supply Chain!
$65
Karina Ward
$54
Rusty Hardacre
You are a star ⭐️ mate! Love ya work 💙 Rusty
$54
Chris Nicholson
Get Funky with it Wheels! I expect to hear Ice Ice baby, Can't touch this and the Nutbush, don't let me down. Dance, till you can't dance no more!
$54
Amanda Gibson
Keep on dancing!
$50
Mary Mcdonald
Go Andy - Mum
$44
Geoff Arthur
$33
Jamela
$33
Mandy Mo
Love the daily dances! :)
$33
Mel Kemp
$33
Matt Arthur
Good on you Kazz!
$33
Robyn Dillon
Good luck Andrew its not much but every little bit adds up Kindest regards Robyn
$33
Michael Gould
Happy to Support a Great Cause
$33
Linda Rich
$33
Clive Russell
$31
Mcmuffin
Thanks for supporting RMHC Karina
$28
Sean Ward
$28
Greg Wheeler
Gordon you Andy. You are a good man.
$23
Brooke
Good luck Kazz
$23
Anonymous
Great cause!
$20
George Tsokos
Lovin' the moves, Wheels!
$17
Anonymous
$17
Rach D
$17
Rachel D
$15
Georgina Halfhide
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.
