Time Danced:
3845minutes
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 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 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.
$1.75k
Monaro Dance Centre 💜
$1.02k
Tristan Revelant
$520
Sam Smith
$516
Bryn Jones Building
$211
Raymond
Thankyou for recognising a wonderful chsrity
$200
Maccas Cooma
Love your work!! From Hayley, Kaleb and Grimace 💜
$200
Kala Jones
$200
Bec And Tony Nassar
Love you Em Love your boys grandparents 🐈 🐈⬛
$116
Chloe Hope
$116
Jake Galvin
$114
Anonymous
Go girls!
$110
Nonna & Papa
Very proud of you both. xx
$110
Brett Jones
$106
Clare Lawley
$106
Matched By Generous Donors
$106
Christopher Lawley
Break a leg!
$106
Jake Barron
$102
Molly Jackson
$90
Amy Sattler
Go Pey Pey. We love you xx
$65
Emily Quodling
$65
Tiarne Brown
$65
Pen Carroll
Well done Alice! Great cause xo
$65
James Hayden
$65
Sue Lynch
$65
Kylie Hain
$65
Anonymous
You are a good girl Kala & good luck
$65
Ava And Quinn Lawley
$65
Emma
I’m always so very proud to call you my family TB, well done! X
$65
Kayla Bogatek
$65
Ros Gianacas
Dance dance dance Ali!💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃
$60
Aunty Kylie
Nathan is smiling down on you both
$54
Sal
$54
Olivia Giorgiutti
$54
Ross And Christine Lawley
Good luck Ava and Quinn. Love from Ma and Pa
$50
Kris Wren
Go girl
$50
Lorraine And Garry Linsley
You go girl , a terrific cause
$50
Alana
Always wanting to help others
$50
Kathy Kath
Love
$44
Jan Hawthorne
Love you 💞Gran xx
$38
Ferg
Forget your troubles and Dance. And tell your Dad he is Nincompoop.
$33
Mia Hain
$33
Miss Lani
$33
Paul & Liza Dyball
Great cause 🩷🙏
$33
Tan Quodling
Way to go Lani so proud of you x
$33
Anonymous
$33
Deb Law
Go team MDC! Can’t wait to have a dance with Eleanor at Ready Set Dance next week to support this amazing cause!
$33
Wendy Constance
$33
El, Lochie & Wylie
🤍🤍
$33
Logan Duncombe
$33
Emma Smith
Well done, Alice!
$33
Shannon Fergusson
Good Chicken! So proud of you!
$33
Bec Abraham
$33
Brooke C
$33
Brooke C
$33
Molly Jackson
Amazing job Alice xx
$33
Carolyn Ewart
Very special to be dancing together xxx
$32
Jasmin Constance
$30
Lola Wallis
Proud of you
$30
Aleks K
$28
Jennifer Wilkinson
Well done Alice 💗
$23
Jake Quod
$23
Graham And Lynne Hope
Proud of you Miss Chloe and Miss P, you are doing a great thing.
$23
Alice Fergusson
$23
Bev Steele
$20
Anonymous
$20
Anonymous
$12
Alison Bond
Good luck Ally and good on you. 💕💕💕
Our Team Members
Chloe & Peyton Hope
$229
Kala Jones
$1,106
Miss Tiarne
$286
Emily Mills
$270
Penny & Miss Kayla
$679
Miss Lani
$2,362
Ava & Quinn
$498
Alice F
$291
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.
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!
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WE DID IT MDC! 💜