Time Danced:
360minutes
Make a move and support my Dance 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 we're joining Ronald McDonald House Charities to Dance For Sick Kids this year.
we will be making a move every Kinder session 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.
My Achievements
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Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to my challenge.
$168.80
Robyn Brasher
$116.05
Merrin Wingfield
$116.05
Catherine Cohen
Good luck dancing!
$114.40
Lalla Broadbent-Walshe
$105.50
Anthony Biondo
Fantastic x keep dancing
$105.50
Doug & Eliza Sadler
Dance like you've never danced before :) Well done kids!
$100
Ollie Perry
$100
Frankie Bennett
$60.14
Holly Webb
Well done Wattle Group! Keep on dancing! :-)
$59.28
Mrs Brigid Jellis
Keep on dancing kids!
$58.03
Olivia, Caleb And Olivia Abrahams
To James Dunlop and all the kids at Gardiner Preschool- so amazing you are supporting such a great cause! Dance away x
$58.03
Eve Martin
What an amazing effort you little dance stars!
$57.20
Jane Black
Great work Cilla and kids.
$55
Danni Brown
Go Wattle Group! You are all legends and are doing something really special to help children who are sick in hospital. Be very proud of yourselves, as we are of you. From Miss Danni
$50
Andrew Scott
Go Wattle group!
$50
Trent Skurrie
$40
Anonymous
$30
Yali
$26.38
Anonymous
$26.38
Sophia Tahir
Go Wattle group,you all Rocks!
$26.38
Kelly And Joel Laing
$21.10
Jessie Morgan
Enjoy dancing for the kids James & all the children at Gardiner Preschool 🤗
$20
Emily Tame And Mary
$20
Nanna Dunlop
$20
Anonymous
$20
Noah Burke
Let's Get Dancing!
$20
Sally Carydias
$15.60
Jess Hutchison
Great job everyone.....keep dancing💃👯♂️
$10
Anonymous
$10
Milton Craigie
MEET ANUNTA
At just 11 years old, Anunta was 100km from home, and learned that the cyst on her ankle was, in fact, a cancerous sarcoma.
With no clothes, and nowhere to stay, Anunta’s parents, Doungnead and Anthony, didn’t know what to do.
Thankfully, Ronald McDonald House Charities were able to provide a room for the family. When Anunta started chemotherapy, Doungnead was able to provide a taste of home, cooking fresh meals in their own little kitchen while the family focussed all their attention on her treatment.
“Being in a place where everyone cares about you, and is there for you, was so special. It became our second home” Anunta's Mum, Doungnead
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.
Make a tax-deductible donation today!
* 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.
Keep dancing you little cherubs. What a great cause ❤️