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Make a move and support our 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 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 making a move 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.
$1,000
Paul M (volunteer)
$1,000
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$260
Adventure
$250
Xponential Group Pty Ltd
Thanks again for speaking at the Capital Campaign Intensive.
$211
Iain Fynes-clinton
$166
Belinda Woolford
$119
Ash Southwell
$116
Helen Hamilton-james
Enjoy your boogying :)
$116
Kim Forwood
$116
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$114
Nicola Fynes-clinton
$60
Kim Forwood
$60
Anonymous
$60
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$60
Sam Starrett
Good luck Nicola!
$59
Tim Mannah
Disco Disco.
$58
Ash Southwell
Thanks so much for your amazing support ❤
$58
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$58
Georgia Brito
$58
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$57
Mark Kelly
So proud of you!!
$57
Claire Gordon
$52
Tiina Raikko
Enjoy!
$52
Luke Pollkehn
Nice work, sis! Mucho love
$50
Kathleen Donohoe
$37
Amal
Shake shake shake it!
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Amal
GO Ash!
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Amal
Go George!
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Amal
Go Girl - shake it
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
George Tsokos
Go Mick!!!! 💃🔥🥳
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Amal
Shake it!
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Amal
Go Mick - shake, shake, shake
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Amal
Go Rach!
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Josh Binns
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Amal
Shake it Claire!
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Amal Maait
Go Nicola - shake that booty
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Anonymous
$37
Jenni Goodwin
Awesome!
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$37
Fifita's Bigger Brother
Keep up the fancy moves!!
$37
Jenni Goodwin
Great dancing!
$37
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$36
Jenni Goodwin
$36
Gina Prendki
Happy to support you shakin' your booty for the kids! Have fun Belinda, and kudos to your team for another successful year.
$36
Rachel Jamieson
$36
Alice Avery
$36
Monica Crismale
$36
Karen Kalpage
$36
George Tsokos
$35
Rach Jamieson
Go Mon! Thanks for being such a rockstar on and off the dancefloor!
$35
Apg Workforce
Keep dancing!
$35
Rach Jamieson
Go George! Your dance moves are almost as good as your soccer skills. #goraptors #jlameriout
$35
Michaela Britt
$32
Leoni
Go for it baby girl 🥰
$26
George Tsokos
KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK JENNI!! QUEEN OF THE DANCE BREAKS 🪩💃
$26
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$21
Arani Duggan
$21
Rosanna Lamotta
$20
Sheree
Well done Jenni
$20
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$10
Mel
Dance Jenni Dance 💃
$10
Generous Corporate Partners
Let's dance!
$2
Mel M
Our Team Members
Ash Southwell
$252
Rach DFSK
$110
Belinda Woolford
$3,012
Claire Gordon
$251
Nicola Fynes-Clinton
$606
Alice Avery
$88
Monica Crismale
$180
George Tsokos
$356
Karen Kalpage
$36
Michaela Britt
$257
Dave Hagger
Murtaza Jaf
Jenni Goodwin
$371
Helena Citroni
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.
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