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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 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 can support even more families with a seriously ill or injured child when they need it most.
MY IMPACT
So far, this year I have provided:
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Nights for sick kids and their families
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Hot meals from the family kitchen
110
School lessons for sick kids
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My Dance Diary
Doing what I Love Combining my 2 passions fundraising and dance to help make a difference!
Tuesday 7th AprHi all,
I’m back once again dancing to make a difference in a 7-day challenge to support families with a seriously ill or injured child.
Please sponsor my challenge to help Ronald McDonald House offer a home-away-from-home for more families in need of care and support.
I am hoping to surpass my last year’s total raised of $8150 and try reach $10,000 this year.
So if you can PLEASE jump on board or dance in this case on and support me to help make a difference to someone else’s life
Every $ makes a difference to someone’s family with ill children.
Many people are not aware that I was born with a tumour on my upper chest and at 13 months old I had an operation to remove it from my chest.
I am lucky and fortunate that we were not needing to stay at the Ronald McDonald house as my family were all close by, but just think of how many families do not have that opportunity to be with their children that are seriously ill and how scary it can truly be for them not having their mums, dads or family with them for love and support.
At the Ronald McDonald house they can have their families stay with them whilst seeking treatment at the hospital. They can still go to school and have as much of a normal life as possible being in at the Ronald McDonald house while they fight to cure what ever illness they have.
Please 🙏🏻 help me do what I am passionate about and fundraise for such a worthy cause.
PLEASE Donate today!
ShareThanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to my challenge.
$1.04k
Anonymous
$318.90
R White
$263.75
Auto Express
So proud to see you continue to fundraise for such an amazing cause. ❤️ We’ll done Mel 👏👏👏
$211
Patrisia Tzoukas
$173.28
Jamie Lionas
Well done Melanie 👏
$65.39
A Xethali
Bravo Melanie
$54.84
Dianne Cass
Such a wonderful cause. Happy to donate and support.
$33.87
Anonymous
$23.50
Anonymous
$17.66
Cate Spring
$11.80
P Karedis
Melanie, your such and inspiration to your family and our extended Karedis family.
Dance Crew Members
Stephanie O’Keeffe (C)
$173.28
Arlo
$500.03
Amelia H
$602.16
Pele K
$168.31
Melanie T
$2,213.99
Zara G
$360.88
Isabelle H
$323.34
Daizy P
$82.66
Hayzel P
$155.89
Everly G
$343.08
Maia L
$273.18
Emily A
$6.00
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.
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Go girl! You are such an inspiration to so many. We will always support you. Well done Melanie. 👏