Time Danced:
1200minutes
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.
$500
Nswta
$126
Rebecca Mawdsley
Go Willow!!
$118
Capri Racing & Syndications
Love your work Willow .
$110
Bligh Veterinary Services Centre
Ronald McDonald house is a great cause that has helped my family :)
$104
Mjr Transport
$101
Meg Dalrymple
$101
Claire Lever
❤️
$66
Rachel
Get those dancing shoes on Willow!
$66
Louise Day
Keep dancing Willow 🙌🏼😍
$63
Beau Amor
$63
Matched By Generous Donors
$63
Tara Fitz
$63
Riley & Kegan
Go willow X Riley & Kegan
$63
Frances Dalrymple
Go Meg GF
$63
Willow Ohalloran
Go Ms Meg Love Willow 🧡
$63
Abby Bennett
So proud of you!! I was part of this great initiative for years & what you’re doing makes such a difference!! Love dancing alongside you x
$62
Milissa Widdup
$61
Noel Frogley
Dance up a storm Meg
$60
Precision Uplift Emma Jarvis
$56
Zachary Wadick
$56
Scott Dent
Willow 👏👏👊
$53
Sheralee
A great cause Meg
$53
Maryanne Galea
Omg Good luck Keep dancing sweet girl !!!! such a great cause, I spent so Much time in the children’s hospital with my son, they are the best xx
$53
Amelia Handley
Go Miss Meg! You got this Love Mills
$53
Louise Livingstone
Well done Willow, this is amazing 👏🏻 good luck Beth & Libby Xx 💕
$52
Sharon
$52
Matched By Generous Donors
$50
Matthew Vella
$44
Anonymous
$36
Kylie Smallwood
Good luck Willow
$36
Amanda Good
$36
James Callen
$36
Tania Rouse
Well done willow
$36
Jordan Van Overmeire
Well done Willow xx
$34
Lauren Dilmi
Go Willow!
$32
Michelle Jones
$32
Stella Sufong
Keep on dancing Meggy!
$32
Stevie-jo Whitaker
$32
Gillian Martin
Good on you Meg
$32
Anna Dambros
So proud of you Miss Willow
$32
Maddi Widdup
So proud of you Willow🫶🏼
$32
Lucy Jojart
You are so kind for doing this Miss Meg. Love Lucy
$32
Matched By Generous Donors
$31
Paul Oh
Go Go Willow!
$31
Julie Pullan
🩷🩷🩷
$31
Everly And Sadie Theobald
$31
Belinda Azzopardi
Great cause Meg well done ❤️
$30
Jordan Cruz
$30
Matched By Generous Donors
$30
Emma Mcmullan
$26
Levi Mulligan
Go Willow! From Levi 🫶🏻
$24
Holly Durante
Amazing work Willow! So proud of you.
$21
Ningara
$21
Addison Tapara
Great job Miss Meg 😘
$21
Rachel Scarlett
Love you Meg !
$21
Jane Cully
Dance your little heart out Willow! 🤗
$20
Jg
Go Willow
$20
Sophie Bird
Good luck ❤️
$16
Sarah Cunningham
Great work Willow - you’re making a difference!! 🩷
$11
Evanna O'neill
Well done Willow
$5
Jodie O'brien
Our Team Members
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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Making a difference is what special people do. Congratulations Willow on being a special person. Good luck from the NSW Trainers Association