Time Danced:
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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.
$338
Sarah Sawdy
$317
New Image Kitchens
$208
Cleanway Group Pty Ltd
Good luck Eva!
$208
Cleanway Group Pty Ltd
Good luck Grace!
$201
Chris
Goodluck Isla, dance your little heart out!!
$200
Douglass Civil
Well done 👏🏼
$166
Catherine Wallace
Hi Amelia, We are so proud of you and the difference you are making by helping sick kids. Love, Uncle Guy & Auntie Cathy
$100
Mum & Dad
Proud of you
$100
Marcus Auckland
good luck Eva
$100
Marcus Auckland
good luck Grace
$79
Aunty Anna + Uncle Nick X
Keep dancing Eva!
$79
Matched By Generous Donors
$79
Aunty Anna + Uncle Nick X
Keep dancing Grace!
$79
Matched By Generous Donors
$63
Nixon Delios
$63
Tim Delios
$63
Donna Kelly
Happy dancing Amelia x
$63
Leanne
Congratulations Isla, proud of you x
$63
Jenaveve Foster
$63
Jade Bray
Keep Dancing 🩷
$62
Bree Barlow
$60
John Carr
Well done Olivia
$60
Marcus Auckland
$60
Marcus Auckland
$56
Dan & Julz
Way to go Isla!
$53
Jo Ryan
Great cause Mikayla Go girl
$53
Mum And Dad
Dance like no one is watching gurl!! Love you 🥰
$53
Caydn Foweraker
$50
Elaine Barlow
$46
Erin Clinch
Be the albatross
$36
Tyler O
Dance your heart out
$32
The Mcmullans
Go Eva!
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$32
The Mcmullans
Go Grace!
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$32
Deb, Craig, Tia And Bella Xxx
Good on you gorgeous girl 💕💕
$32
Lorraine Mellin
$32
Jess M
$32
Olivia Edwards
Kee smashing your goals Dakota!
$32
Clare Fidler
$32
Erin Whiddon
Great work Miki!
$32
Amelia Fidler
$31
Sharon Barlow
$31
Kelly P
Happy Dancing Miki xxx
$31
Shane Moretti
go beeva we love ya
$31
Shane Moretti
go gracie we luv ya
$30
Deborah Clair
Go Eva!!
$30
Deborah Clair
Go Grace!!!
$26
Anna Barrell
Fantastic cause to help these kids Grace.
$26
Anna Barrell
A fantastic cause to raise money for Eva.
$26
Colvol Pty Ltd
Well done Eva. Fantastic charity to fundraise.
$26
Matched By Generous Donors
$26
Colvol Pry Ltd
Wonderful cause Grace. Well done.
$26
Matched By Generous Donors
$22
Lentini Family
$21
Nanny &poppy
Great work Mikayla such a worthy cause
$21
Simone Clinch
Go Moozy 🤩
$21
Matthew Fidler
Well done Sis
$21
Amelia Fidler
$21
Vicki
Well done Isla...what a great cause...what a great kid you are
$21
Shauna Ellul
Proud of you Dakota 😍
$20
Granny & Poppy
Well done Dakota 👏🏼❤️😘
$20
♡ell & Lan's♡
Well done Graikie xxxx
$20
Matched By Generous Donors
$20
♡ Ell & Lan's ♡
Well done Dit xxx
$20
Matched By Generous Donors
$20
Alison Jenkins
I love how you are supporting sick kids - well done Eva xx
$20
Alison Jenkins
I love how you are supporting sick kids - well done Grace xx
$20
Sharon
$20
Dakota Douglass
$11
Rachel
$11
Rachel
$11
Sarah Demenezes
what a beautiful thing to do isla x
$11
The Toole Family
Well done Grace ❤️
$11
The Toole Family
Well done Eva ❤️
Our Team Members
Annette Hill
Mikayla C
$320
Dakota D
$543
Amelia F
$345
Grace M
$874
Eva M
$874
Isla H
$383
Bree Barlow
$513
Olivia S
$419
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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