We're dancing to make a difference for sick kids!
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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, 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.
$137
Anonymous
$116
Vicki Hanson
Great work Rich, dance your ❤️ out.
$116
Roberts
Do we get to see a video?
$80
Christine Boonphone
Well done great cause!
$65
Ian Hanson
$65
Peter Johnson
Do "The Elaine"
$65
Ian Neal
I want a ring side seat
$65
Barbara Ryan
$65
Jon F
On ya Rich! Break a leg!!
$60
Christina
Great cause George!
$60
Hayley & Cameron
Keep on dancing!
$60
Timbo
$60
Kylie Johnson
$50
Chris Tsokos
Go George
$50
Carrie Farrugia
$35
Anonymous
$33
Ashley So
Love the spirit!! 💕
$33
Alyssa
$33
Anonymous
$33
Jessica
Woo hoo, go Shell!
$33
Iskandra Hanson
Such a great cause. Looking forward to see you get your groove on 🕺🏻
$33
Richard Hanson
Go Amy
$33
Richard Hanson
Go George!
$33
Sorphon Nguyen
$32
Anonymous
$30
Anonymous
$30
Anonymous
$30
Denise L
Great dancing Richard!
$23
Ben Farrugia
Great dancing dad, really inspiring me to become a dancer myself!
$20
George Tsokos
Go Michelle!!
$20
George Tsokos
Forza Liverpool FC!
$20
Larissa
Go Richard! Dancing with the Stars next!!! 😬🤩
$12
Jeff Thomson
💃
$12
Elisabeth Biro
Go Michelle ! Can’t wait to see the dance !
$10
Anonymous
$6
Amy Holton
$2
Anonymous
$2
George Tsokos
$2
James Duffy
Our Team Members
Amy H
$39
George Tsokos
$215
Sophie Smith
Melanie Regan
$170
Krystal Ammann
James Duffy
$62
Joyce Yu
Michelle Boonphone
$211
Kylie Johnson
$241
Alan Farrugia
$133
Barbara Ryan
$65
Lara Thomson
$22
Richard Hanson
$507
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.
