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What if your move could change a life?
This year, I’m turning my space into a stage and dancing for 2 hours a day, every day for 7 days to raise money for sick kids and their families. That’s 7 days, 14 hours, countless body rolls, fresh footwork, and a whole lot of soul.
Why? Because when a child is seriously ill or injured, the whole family feels it. And no one should have to face hospital corridors, scary diagnoses, or long nights alone. Ronald McDonald House Charities gives families a place to stay close to their child, emotional support when they’re running on empty, and financial relief when stress is sky-high.
This isn’t just about dancing. It’s about turning my pops and locks into purpose.
Here’s the deal, I’ll post a new dance reel every day of the challenge on my Insta (@poonamcollett). You donate what you can—big or small, it all helps. Together, we help keep families close when they need it most.
Whether you’re here to support the cause or just curious to see if I can survive 14 hours of hip-hop without collapsing, hit that donate button. It's tax deductible, heart expanding and world changing.
With absolute gratitude, thank you for your support.
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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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Well done Poonam, you are an inspiration!