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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.
$200
Tahnee Bartlett
$169
Jessica Kinsela
$169
Casey Paradowski
Good Job Eva! Very proud of you! Love Aunty Case
$165
Anonymous
$158
Hft Farming And Contracting
$116
Anonymous
$116
Pop
Go go dancing
$116
The Peden Family
Absolutely love what you and the PDC team are doing for such an important cause 🩷🩷🩷
$116
Kristin
I love that they are doing this! The Ronald McDonald’s House is an amazing organization!!!
$116
Krysten
$116
Nan & Pa
We are so proud of you princess
$110
Alicia Kinsela
$106
Dylan Hood
$106
Craig Dumesny
Well done Isla
$106
Zoey Hood
We are all so proud of you Iylah
$106
Fiona Whiley
Good on you Maddie. Ronald McDonald house is very close to my heart. x
$106
Robyn Woodhouse
Congratulations. Well done
$106
Alice
$106
Mum X
Go my dancing queen 💛😘
$100
Tim & Kate Brown
What a wonderful thing you are doing Maddie well done 🌟
$100
Mum And Dad
$100
Love Max, Sooty And Zeus X
Go Hollie !!
$100
Matched By Generous Donors
$85
Anonymous
$85
Matched By Generous Donors
$85
Anonymous
$85
Matched By Generous Donors
$85
Shano Daddyo
Keep on Dancing Nuggy Noo - Love Ya
$84
Aunty Bob
Good job char, your doing an amazing job
$84
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Andrew Bament
$65
Matthew Paradowski
Great work Eva 😍
$65
Chloe Baumgarten
You go girl!!! Proud of you!!
$65
Kayla Barnier
$65
Lily Newman
Hi Hollie Thank you for helping sick children & their families. You have a beautiful heart. X
$65
Jeanine
Well done 😘
$65
Lachlan Cox
$65
Jeanine
Well done😘
$65
Madds & Matty & Eva & Goldie Xxx
What a great cause.
$65
Mummy Dearest
Love ya
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Madds & Matty & Eva & Goldie Xxx
We have been very grateful to Ronald McDonald House
$65
Eve Mcgregor
Happy dancing Isla girl !! Eve and John
$65
Tom Duggan
$65
Tamara
Get it girls!
$65
Bryana Green
Go PDC!!
$65
Nana Colsie
So proud of you for doing this
$65
The Giblett Fam
Good work misso !
$65
Teresa
So proud and love you both lots 💕💕
$65
Charlee
So proud of you bub! X
$65
Anonymous
$65
Anonymous
$65
Danuta Stechly
Miss hollie-dollie you can do it yay hollie xxx
$65
Joy Franklin
Happy Dancing sweetheart 🩷😘 how lovely of you 👏
$65
Sonia Cutajar
Love you Kylah
$65
Janine Hayes
🩷
$65
Brad Kentwell
Great job Eva 👏👍
$65
Grant Tattersall
$65
Catherine Dive
Best of luck Charlotte!!!
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Anonymous
Great job Maddie x
$65
Kool Kid Kath
Shake that booty girls. Can you please dance to Brittany Spears for me.
$65
Kristen Sinclair
$60
Mia Roberts
Keep it up Kass!!
$60
Anonymous
$60
Matched By Generous Donors
$60
Mumma Xox
You are a superstar! Keep being you Nuggy-noo & dancing your heart out. Love you!
$60
Matched By Generous Donors
$58
Anonymous
$54
Kim & Di Wynberg
Great Work Maddie 😘😘
$54
Auntie Lyn
Very proud of you sweetheart!!! Dance like no one is watching ❤️❤️
$54
Janene Dwyer
Keep on dancing Isla
$54
Matched By Generous Donors
$54
Hala Nagy
What a beautiful thing to do xxx
$54
Tom And Carolyn
$54
Margaret Robinson
Great work Stella. We are all very proud of you.
$54
Anonymous
Great work Lotti We are all very proud of you. Marg
$54
Les Whiley
Very proud of you Bub. Love from your # 1 Gramps xx
$54
George, Aunty Sal & Uncle Willy
Go Maddie! We are very proud of you 💃🏼❣️
$54
Nanna And Pa
Thank you for helping all the families and kids at Ronald McDonald house Char.. This cause is very close to our hearts Pa n I are very PROUD of you
$54
Maree Tanswell
$54
Lee M
Go Eva. Nanny is so proud of you ❤️❤️
$54
Krystyna Wahlen
Good luck Hollie
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G
Well done Kennadie. Love you.
$54
Grammy
Very proud of you Ariya - such a kind thing to do, especially when you love to dance ❤️ Grammy & Gramps
$54
G
Well done Harleigh. Love you
$54
Terry Littler
$54
Matched By Generous Donors
$53
Lisa Roberts
So proud of you Kassidy
$53
Sarah Tarry
$53
Ailsa Roberts
Extremely Proud of you Kass!!
$50
Grandma And Grandpa
$50
Nicole Tanswell
$50
Charlotte Tanswell
$50
Joanne Whiley
♥️♥️
$50
Stacy Whiley
Great work Mad x
$50
Amber Herft
$50
Nicole Tanswell
$44
Lana Hood
What an inspiration you are. Keep dancing!!!
$40
Mum
Proud of you darling!
$33
Lily Mcleod
$33
Joa
$33
Australian Unity Fam
Go Isla
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Vanessa Edwards-ellis
$33
Donna Lydford
Go dancing beautiful girl
$33
Alison Townsend
$33
Deanna Mackay
Good on you Maddie love Pa and Deema
$33
Abby
Keep on dancing beautiful girl 🥰
$33
Kate Dumesny
Dance dance dance Isla Gal
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Anne Mccoll
Good on you Kylah
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Bernadette Clowry
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Colleen Molloy
$33
Rachael Caldwell
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Anonymous
$33
Yvonne
Well done Hollie
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Shannon
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Nikki Bryan
Good luck Hollie
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Anonymous
$33
Eva Paradowski
$33
Rebecca Mackay
$33
Alice Foerster
$33
Piper Thacker
Boogie your little heart out my beautiful girl! 🥰
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Matthews Family
$33
Angela Lanham
What a wonderful way to help others Hollie 💗 You’re an inspiration to many 💗
$33
Aunty Booz
Go my little dancer 🌸🩷
$33
Miss Harris
Awesome work - keep dancing!!
$33
Miss Harris
Awesome work - keep dancing!!
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Belinda Smith
Well done Charlotte ❤️
$33
Sam Ross-walton
You make me so proud x
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Mum And Dad
$32
Kaya
Go Kass!!!
$32
Kim Boardman
$32
Kim Boardman
$30
Nanny
Go Maddie!
$28
Sam Caldwell
Good luck beautiful, you are so kind and caring x
$28
Janet Coleman
$28
Janet Coleman
$28
Mickeely Cole
Go Kass 🎉
$28
Caitlin Jade
Good job ! Love aunty jade an aunty caitlin ❤️
$28
Matched By Generous Donors
$28
Mum And Dad
We are so proud of you isla girl
$28
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Jasmin Kew
$23
Barry Wood
Great job Maddie
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Therese Williamson
Best of luck Chick, you've got this xx
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Brendon Mason
Great work Charlotte.What a kind and generous thing to do.Such a selfless and thoughtful act,that will go to helping so many sick children.You should be very proud of yourself as I’m sure your family is of you.Well done.Im sure you will smash your target.
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Mum And Dad
Proud of you babe, keep on dancing ❤️❤️
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Amelia Whitney
$23
Mum And Dad
Our beautiful angel you make us so proud ❤️❤️
$23
Judy Mccabe
Happy dancing
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Judy Mccabe
Happy dancing
$23
Therese Stevens
You got this STELLA go girl
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Therese Stevens
You got this Lotti well done
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Hollie
$23
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Paris
So proud of you for doing this miss K ❤️
$23
Ian Acret
Love you both very much 🥰Poppy
$23
Sonya
Well done Hollie💃
$23
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Britt Barber
Go my girls
$23
Nan Nan And Pa
$23
Henry Obrien
Have fun busting a move to help families like ours stay together!! Thanks for supporting an awesome cause x
$23
Emily-skye Slater
Goodluck gorgeous xx love Em and Dan
$23
The Clark Cousins Xx
Great work Iylah!
$23
Amanda
Get it my girls 🫶🏼
$23
Rhonda Timmins
Kylah you are such a beautiful little girl. Grandma is very proud.
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Anonymous
$23
Fay Munson
Good luck Kass,I’m sure you will do tkat easy
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Sally Watts
Very proud Charlotte
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Leah Caldow
You go girl!!!❤️
$23
Bez & Spencer
💕
$23
Brooke
You girls are amazing ♥️♥️
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Vicky Dearie
$23
Brad Scott
$23
Megan
Dance your heart out baby girl 💜
$23
Bails
$20
Liz Noakes
Great work girls, thankyou for dancing to help other little people!
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Anonymous
$20
Matched By Generous Donors
$20
Beryl Leitch
Great work Maddie
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Amanda Tanswell
$20
Craig Judge
$19
Rhiannan Townsend
Love aunty step and uncle Alex
$18
Ashley Hodge
$17
Anonymous
Well done little lady, dance your heart out. It’s for a wonderful cause
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Kylie Hall
Beautiful work Bella, we are so proud of you ❤️
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Kylie Hall
So very proud of you miss T, keep on dancing beautiful girl ❤️
$17
Renee Powell
$17
Renee Powell
$14
Ken
Dance for those who can't
$12
Kim Oliver
So proud of you Maddi ♥️♥️
$12
Michelle Finnegan
Dance like no ones watching Stella
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Ceane Towers
That's in good spirit Charlotte. Well done.
$12
Michelle Finnegan
Dance like no one's watching lotti
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Jen Schaefer
$12
Brooke Tanswell
$12
Jaimee Timmins
Dance away cutie pie 🥰
$12
Erin Mccracken
Keep on dancing, superstar ✨
$12
Emily Peters
Thank you for supporting this amazing foundation, have fun kylah 💐
$12
Anonymous
$12
Matched By Generous Donors
$12
Kylah Mcewen
$10
Melissa Young
$10
Amanda Butler
$9
Abbi Downes
$6
Abbey Jones
$6
Anonymous
$6
Isla And Hallie Barber
Go Kylah x
$6
Riley Hood
well done iylah proud of you
$6
Tara Adam
Dance your little heart out Kylah!
$4
Anonymous
Our Team Members
Jessica Kinsela
$618
Gracey Jones
$120
Savannah Ross
$268
Brianna Celledoni
Hollie Hayward
$871
Kiarah E
$279
Isla B
$720
Maddison B
$823
Charlotte T
$1,115
Iylah H
$869
Bella A
$40
Tennessee-rose L
$104
Kassidy Cole
$449
Melinda & Evie
$296
Abbi Downes
$9
Eva Paradowski
$562
Roslyn R
$378
Isabelle P
$285
Breanna P
$285
C&K K
$297
Aubree V
Ariya Simpson
$164
Layla M
Stella M
$365
Lotti M
$365
Isla M
$73
Kylah M
$510
Sophie S
$110
Kennadie S
$54
Harleigh B
$54
Maddison B
$823
Isla B
$720
Jessica Kinsela
$618
Eva Paradowski
$562
Kylah M
$510
Kassidy Cole
$449
Roslyn R
$378
Lotti M
$365
Stella M
$365
C&K K
$297
Melinda & Evie
$296
Breanna P
$285
Isabelle P
$285
Kiarah E
$279
Savannah Ross
$268
Ariya Simpson
$164
Gracey Jones
$120
Sophie S
$110
Tennessee-rose L
$104
Isla M
$73
Kennadie S
$54
Harleigh B
$54
Bella A
$40
Abbi Downes
$9
Brianna Celledoni
$0
Aubree V
$0
Layla M
$0
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.
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