Dear friends, family, and community,
My friends Anna and Michael with their beloved daughter Adeline carry more courage in their hearts than I’ve ever seen. At nearly five years old, Adeline has never experienced a seizure‑free day. Since that terrifying moment two weeks after birth, she’s lived with relentless, refractory epilepsy, severe seizures that defy treatment. She cannot sit, stand, walk, talk, or use her hands. Her vision is silenced by cortical visual impairment, and she needs loving care for every action, every breath, every moment.
Adeline lives with CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD), one of the most devastating forms of genetic epilepsy. It arises from a spontaneous mutation affecting a gene crucial for brain and neuron development. There is no cure, but there is hope.
In 2023, I took on the “100 Skips a Day in August” challenge and raised $5,000 for the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI). Now, in 2025, I’m skipping again, committed to honoring every precious moment Adeline has and supporting cutting‑edge gene therapy research that could change the future for children with CDD.
While treatments like ganaxolone offer symptomatic relief, and are now FDA and EMA approved (since March 2022 and July 2023), true cures remain in development. Preclinical work on gene replacement therapies (such as Ultragenyx’s UX055 and others) shows encouraging early results, but clinical trials may still be years away.
Every skip you make, every share, every dollar donated brings us one step closer. Even if Adeline may not yet benefit directly in her lifetime, there’s a chance that another child tomorrow will. That possibility alone is worth everything.
Join me this August!
Skip 100 times a day. Share our story. Donate what you can.
No gesture is too small. Your support gives Adeline, and all children like her, a fighting chance. From Anna, from Michael, from Adeline, from all of us: thank you for your support, thank you for believing in hope.
My Team Members
Renee Moles
Raised so far:
$197
Anna Pitman
Raised so far:
$2,487
Rhi Harby
james Reti
Raised so far:
$4,300
Nicole Heffernan
Raised so far:
$541
Chantel Heldt
Raised so far:
$1,077
Michael Leith
Raised so far:
$1,069
Lea Happes
Raised so far:
$28
Zoe Munce
Raised so far:
$374
Shaylee Munce
Raised so far:
$17
Mikaela Pitman
Zoe Alvey
Raised so far:
$190
Airlie Eastwood
Raised so far:
$266
Allyce Wright
Raised so far:
$671
Mya James
Raised so far:
$558
Megan Fenwick
Raised so far:
$745
Hamish Johnston
Raised so far:
$499
Helena Margarita Guarin Nuñez
Raised so far:
$210
Angela Joyce
Raised so far:
$435
Angela Leta Kaye
Raised so far:
$532
Taylor Hatch
Steve Gauci
Raised so far:
$106
Max Tamatoa
Raised so far:
$54
Jarrad Raddon
Raised so far:
$2,005
Kelly Skinner
Sonja Grovermann
Raised so far:
$63
Emma Bacon
Raised so far:
$818
Brittany Campo
Brittany Anderson
Raised so far:
$211
Alyssa Woodley
Raised so far:
$2,498
Talia Henshall
Holly Escott
Raised so far:
$266
Olivia Ashworth
Raised so far:
$1,285
Jenna Lippert
Raised so far:
$362
Candice Marsden
Raised so far:
$1,508
Catherine Anselmo
Raised so far:
$54
Brit Wood
Paige Leith
Raised so far:
$518
Kelly Skinner
Raised so far:
$2,336
Isabelle Charter
Raised so far:
$211
Eve Curtis
Raised so far:
$534
Thank you to our Sponsors
$54
Kayla Mcnaught
$100
G
$106
Jack Frater
Good stuff legend! Keep skipping!!
$33
Nadene Winchester
Awesome effort e hoa - for such a worthy cause.
$12
J Brown
James u are a champ
$106
Lena O Hagan
$100
Anonymous
Good on you e hoa, I wish there were more people in the world like you
$54
Mams, Beaudy & Kenny
On ya, Reti!
$106
Shana
$28
Chuddy
Awesome mahi cuz
$104
Daniel Casella
Love your work James!
$54
Vannessa Felix
Ka pai James. Keep it up x
$106
Bubba
Awesome work bro! Keep it going
$106
Holly Reti
Love your work, such a great cause! Love to beautiful Adeline & her lovely family.
$33
Warren August
$54
Kylee Stewart
$54
Sian Wiley
Very nice of you to be raising money for such a beautiful family. Happy to donate. Hope you and the family are well.
$20
Selena Mclaren
$54
Matty Markwick
$106
Michaela Johnstone
$520
Matched Gift
Your donation has been doubled by our sponsors!
$520
Sustainable Future Solutions
Let’s skip to a cure
$54
Matched Gift
Your donation has been doubled by our sponsors!
$54
Jenna Reti
$54
Matched Gift
Your donation has been doubled by our sponsors!
$54
Joanne Reti
$54
Matched Gift
Your donation has been doubled by our sponsors!
$54
Anonymous
just keep skipping , just keep skipping Chur rah
$53
Matched Gift
Your donation has been doubled by our sponsors!
$53
Gene Convery
You can only have this if you keep working out in your work clothes hahaha Proud of you bro!! Keep pushing!
$106
Matched Gift
Your donation has been doubled by our sponsors!
$106
Shannon
❤️❤️❤️
$50
Matched Gift
Your donation has been doubled by our sponsors!
$50
Maiwa Kitchen
Practise for your skips to the bar in November
$33
Leash & Remy Semenoff Friconnet
Keep up the skipping Uncle J!
$54
Kyle Antony
Slay
$54
Gaby Risco
$100
Sarah Nixon
Get it big guy
$54
Richie
What an awesome cause brother! Keep up the good work.
$104
Michael Borg
$106
Ollie & Cliffy
Good on’ya Mr Reti 🤗
$54
Ryan Ng
$106
Mark Gaskin
Well done bro 🫱🏼🫲🏽
$106
Baby Spa Perth
We need more people like you James. Sending all my love and strength to the family 🤍
$12
Geoff Tolo
Good on bro
$54
Brittanie Antulov
$23
Keira Istead
$33
James Berking
Get going brother 😂🤘🏾
$59
Lena Mcclory
🙏💕
$54
Shinade
Get it Hemi!!!
$54
Sophia P
$54
Kate Maclean
$12
Caitlin Broad
Amazing well done Reti 🤗
