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My Dance Diary
Dancing For Love 🩷
Thursday 7th MayMovement is my medicine.
It's how I've healed, how I show up, and how I find my way back to myself. From 11–17 May 2026, I'm dancing every single day as part of this Dance for Sick Kids challenge, and every step is in service of something close to my heart.
Ronald McDonald House Charities Australia gives families of seriously ill or injured children a home away from home. right near the hospital, at no cost. A warm bed. A cooked meal. A safe place to breathe while their child receives care. It's simple, profound, and it changes everything.
I'm part of a team called Dance for Love, and together we're raising funds so no family has to face the hardest moments of their lives alone.
Every dollar is a real act of love landing somewhere it's truly needed:
$30 stocks the family kitchen with essentials
$60 provides a nourishing meal
$160 covers one night of accommodation
If you feel called to give, thank you. And if you'd like to join us and dance too, our team is open - the more love, the better!
With love,
Nerida ShareHow 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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