Time Danced:
1350minutes
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.
$300
Pulse Performing Arts
$169
Ninny N Poppy
Dance up a storm kiddos 💃🕺💃
$169
Matched By Generous Donors
$160
Bek Andrews
$116
Davisons
To the most beautiful niece in the world, Minnie, Milo, Jodi, Cody and Andy love you
$102
Reece Thompson
Love you Proud of you ruby
$65
Jessie Earl
$65
Frazer Family
Way to go Rose clan!
$65
Lindsay Chicken
$65
Kwinn
Great work beautiful girl so very proud of you 🫶
$65
Megan Clarke
$65
Helen Thompson
Great work Ruby. We are very proud of you. xxx
$65
Scott Ryan
$65
Misty Rose
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$63
Amanda Rose
$60
Daniel Seng
$60
Demi Elliott
$54
Marie Dowie
$54
Jason Yarrow
You go Ruby Girl, good luck
$44
Nan & Uncle Jas Zillmann
Way to go kids
$44
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Chelsea
❤️
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Petrea Drew
Great work, Ruby! You've got this!!
$33
Anika
You go girl!
$33
Sherryl Clarke
You got this bubba love mama & poppy.
$33
Karen Waterworth
⁹
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Alexis Kirwan
$33
Shea Andrews
$33
Matched By Generous Donors
$33
Sharyn Thompson
So proud of you Rubylicious!
$33
The Ellis’
$33
The Ellis’
$33
Gracie And Bailee Bloomfield
$33
The Ellis’
$30
Kye & Eden Impson
$25
Elise And Baylee
Such a beautiful charity. One we have used many times. You are an inspiration to everyone beautiful girl. Keep dancing 🥰
$25
Elise And Baylee
Such a beautiful charity. One we have used many times. You are an inspiration to everyone beautiful girl. Keep dancing 🥰
$25
Elise And Baylee
Such a beautiful charity. One we have used many times. You are an inspiration to everyone beautiful girl. Keep dancing 🥰
$23
Kyle Russell
$23
Nana & Poppy
Dance your heart away darling. 🩷
$23
Nana & Poppy
Dance your heart out darling. 🩷
$23
Nana & Poppy
Dance your heart out gorgeous. 🩷
$23
Gran & Pa
Love you Edith! Gran & Pa
$23
Amie Raymond
Good work Ruby!
$17
Amy Campbell
Divaaaaa!!!!!!! Love you Andie:) keep up your amazing work<3
$17
Harvie Finn
Go Harvie girl! Love Mum and Dad
$15
Rachel Hill
$15
Rachel Hill
$15
Love Mrs Sutton
Proud of your Nakoa!
$12
Grandma & Grandpa
Hope you get too dance to Michael Jackson. Go Harvie. X
$12
Grandma & Grandpa
Dance away Nakoa show them your moves. Great job. X
$12
Bex Punter
$12
Bex Punter
$12
Beth
Good job Nakoa! We want to see you boogie to Wild Thing! Love the Filewoods x
$12
Beth
Good job Harvie! We want to see you dance to Born to be wild! Love the Filewoods xo
$12
The Steens
Dance your heart out Nakoa! Love The Steens.
$12
The Steens
Happy dancing Harvie! Love The Steens
$12
Lainey Brown
$12
Addison Brown
$12
Elyse Brown
$11
Nakoa Finn
Go Nakoa. Love Mum and Dad x
$10
Kelly Chalmers
Love you ruby
$6
Catherine Tischer
Aubrey and Emmie have requested Rocket Man!
$6
Mor Mor
Have a good dance Harvie Hoody Goody!!!
$6
Mor Mor
Keep dancing Nakoa my Crazy Horse!
$6
Ashleigh Brown
$6
Ashleigh Brown
$6
Ashleigh Brown
Our Team Members
Miss Bek
$460
Edith C
$401
Rose Kids
$807
Andie C
$82
Nakoa F
$133
Harvie F
$76
Adeline H
$15
Eleanor H
$15
Ruby T
$573
Lainey B
$98
Addison B
$98
Elyse B
$128
Breanna S
$60
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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