Time Danced:
3520minutes
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 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 can support even more families with a seriously ill or injured child when they need it most.
OUR IMPACT
So far, this year we have provided:
53
Nights for sick kids and their families
448
Hot meals from the family kitchen
426
School lessons for sick kids
Thanks to all the generous people who’ve donated to our challenge.
$529
Mum & Dad Xx
$529
Brax, Brooklyn & Beau Beau
Great work auds!! Beau said ‘do a backflip & a rolly polly & a hand stand & a front flip’
$500
Matched By Generous Donors
$500
Matched By Generous Donors
$173
Kelly O'meara
“Let’s Dance” tell what movie this quote comes from? You may need to go back to the 80’s to find out
$173
Anonymous
Donation from Dad
$173
Matched By Generous Donors
$173
Mum
Keep dancing 💃
$173
Matched By Generous Donors
$165
Chelsea Windon
$163
Glenn Dobson
$163
Matched By Generous Donors
$163
Anonymous
Good Work Olivia
$117
Sophia Jude And Adriana Bartolo
Go Auds you are amazing ♥️
$117
Steve Hirst
Great work Tils. Keep the awesome work up. Hirsty. X.
$117
Ellie Bickford
Every step, every rehearsal, every performance is for the brave little warriors and their families. So proud of you Auds for using your passion to make a difference. 🫶🏼
$117
Alexis Gillies
xxx
$117
Matched By Generous Donors
$117
Charlotte
Great cause Audrie-Lee, very proud of you xx
$117
Janina Zahra
$106
Anonymous
Go Liv so proud
$106
Matched By Generous Donors
$106
Anonymous
Go Liv
$106
Matched By Generous Donors
$106
The Husars
$100
Mum And Dad Xo
So proud of you for dancing your heart out for such an amazing cause. Go my little dancing queen xo 💖
$100
Matched By Generous Donors
$100
Love Mum
$100
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Alicia Mcavoy
Well done Tills very proud to support you in this cause.
$65
Merry
$65
Anonymous
$65
Michelle Salsbury
So proud of you Audrie, way to go!! Love ya, 🩷 Aunty Shell xx
$65
Miss Imogen
Go Miss Chelsea!🩷🖤
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Julie Rae
Very worthwhile cause . Well done Nataley 👏
$65
Garry Unsworth
Dance your heart out Liv
$65
Vanessa Gray
Go Tils
$65
The Marlows
Forever proud of you Auds! Xxx
$65
Matched By Generous Donors
$65
Olivia Breeze
$65
Taryn Jackson
$65
Paige Pace
$64
Mel Wilkat
Another year of being amazing! Proud of you Liv.
$60
Karen Busby
Get dancing 👊
$60
Sarah Ashton
Go Ruby 🩷
$60
Matched By Generous Donors
$60
Sarah Ashton
Go Hallie
$60
Matched By Generous Donors
$60
Melinda R
$55
Ray Busby + Amelia
KAKAWWWWW EAGLES FOREVER DANCE FOR THOSE LITTLE KIDS !!!!!!! 🦅
$55
Hanna
Smash it up Tilds. Xx
$55
Mel& Obie
Great cause Matilda. Have fun while dancing. Love Mel & Obie.
$55
Nana & Grandad Cranstoun
Well done Auds 💓 Such a worthwhile contribution xx
$55
Danielle Hood
Such a wonderful thing you’re doing Aud!
$55
Virginia Bazon
Very proud of you Auds 🩷
$55
Cracker & Rach
Best of luck, Tilds. What a great cause.
$50
Lisa Evans
Well done beautiful xx
$50
Justine Drew
So proud of you! 🥰🥰
$50
Hawks2o Water Cartage
$45
Matilda
$45
Colleen Turner
Love you Rubes ❤️
$45
Matched By Generous Donors
$45
Colleen Turner
Love you Hallie ❤️
$45
Matched By Generous Donors
$34
Tracy King
Just keep Dancing
$34
Stephanie Thomson
Go Aud’s so proud of you…. Love Gma xx
$34
Kim Norton
So very proud of you Koa. We love you beyond words. Love Aunty Kim, Uncle Matt, Sum, Bon and Rory xx
$34
Maria Reynolds
Well done Koa xx so proud of you! Love Ben, Maria, Connor and Kaylah xxx
$34
Frankie Sc
$34
Kelly Bow
Whoohoo ! You got this ! 🌟
$34
Rebekah Lloyd
Well done Chelsea x
$34
Matched By Generous Donors
$34
Eliza Jacka
$34
Julie Bray
You are amazing Audrie lee 💕
$34
Carly De Pyper
Well done team!!
$34
Donna S (sadie’s Nana)
$34
Myra & Brett
$34
Diane Thornton
$33
Lauren Harvey
Get it girl ❤️ you always x
$33
The Robinson's
Love watching you dance Natty. Keep up the awesome work. Proud of you, always. x
$30
Maria Hughes
Well done Auds xxx
$30
Zoë Sygrave
$30
Eloise Tasses
Love Aunty Ellie
$30
Eloise Tasses
Love Aunty Ellie
$30
Amanda Regan
Go Tilds! 👏🏼
$30
By Empeiria
Legend ! Keep smiling Jacinta
$24
Rebecca Langham
$24
Georgiana Zahra
Go Jacinta
$24
Yvonne Whalan
Good luck! What a fantastic thing to do!
$24
Elysia Zahra
Have fun dancing Jacinta
$24
Tilly Lynch
🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
$24
Anonymous
$24
Matched By Generous Donors
$24
Harley, Poppy & Lincoln Xxx
Well done Chels.
$24
Iona Williams
Great job Auds xx
$24
Amy
Shooting for the stars well done KOA xx
$24
Yvonne Whalan
You're an amazing young dancer to do this for such a worthy charity.
$24
Matched By Generous Donors
$23
Chant Girls
Go get em Natty!!!
$20
The Jenkins
Go Auds!!! Forever proud of you girly!
$20
Amelia Refalo
Go Nat 💗💗
$12
Alex Zahra
Keep dancing Jacinta
$12
Matilda Hawke
$10
Kiara Tulk
$2
Billi
Hi Matilda
Our Team Members
Chelsea Windon
$1,222
Kimberley Dobson
Catherine Sammut
Audrie-Lee B
$2,910
Nataley H
$282
Matilda H
$1,018
Jacinta Z
$205
Chelsea P
$664
Ruby A
$239
Hallie A
$239
Koa I
$408
Olivia B
$866
How Your Donation Helps
A global research team* worked with Ronald McDonald House 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 Ronald McDonald House Impact Research – the name for a suite of studies on the impact of Ronald McDonald House around the world. The summaries provided here provide a snapshot of the findings from each of the key Ronald McDonald House Impact studies.
CONTACT THE DANCE FOR SICK KIDS TEAM
If you have any questions about Dance for Sick Kids or need a hand with anything, please reach out. We're here to help!
In the spirit of reconciliation, Dance for Sick Kids respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands, skies and waterways where we work, live and dance. We honour their enduring connection to this land, its communities, and the surrounding waterways. We recognise and respect the diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples within the families we support, as well as our employees, volunteers, and supporters. We extend our deepest respects to their Cultures and to Elders past and present. We affirm that the land we stand on has always been, and will always remain, Aboriginal land.
Dance for Sick Kids welcomes people of all abilities, identities, and backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful, and safe space for everyone to participate and belong.
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So proud of you auds, another year helping sick kids xx