Why we’re skipping
We’ve signed up to do 100 skips a day throughout August to raise money for Children’s Medical Research Institute and help save more kids’ lives. Can you help by sharing this message with the people you know and asking them to donate too?Here's just one story explaining why this cause is so important:
Harrison was a healthy, active child, until one day out of the blue, “He wasn’t quite right, and then the next day he just stopped walking, and we knew something was very wrong,” said his father, Adam.
Doctors found something wrong with his blood, and when his parents were told it could be leukaemia “everything stopped.” As terrifying as that word was for them to hear, it got worse as Harrison’s case was unique, and it took many DNA tests to determine he had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). They were lucky to get the right treatment after the right diagnosis, but it could have gone very differently if that work had not been done.
“Medical research is so important to get any answers for any genetic condition,” said his mum, Naomi. “For Harrison, the research done prior to him getting sick is what helped save our son. Research needs to continue so the next child diagnosed with a rare form of AML or any cancer—it can help them.”
We care about the 1 in 20 Aussie kids who face a birth defect or genetic disease, like cancer. Most people don’t know that cancer is caused by changes in genes—but almost everyone will be touched by it. So, the research you and I support today may one day help someone we know, someone in our family.
There’s lots of work to do, but there is also lots of hope.
Join us. Share this message. Donate. Thank You!
Raised so far
With your help, we have raised...
$2,274
You’re helping fund research to find cures for kids with genetic diseases. Every dollar counts!
Biggest Donor
Malcolm Hurst
$323
Thank you so much to our biggest supporter, Malcolm Hurst, for donating an incredible $323 to help fund vital research into curing children’s genetic diseases.
Our Impact
So far this year, we've helped fund...
45
Hours of research
Every $50 raised funds an hour of vital research.
Our Team Members
Thank you to our Sponsors
$24
London And Stella
$61
Sarah Sim
$66
Sc Ac/dl
"The days you feel like skipping are often the days that matter the most."
$100
Joanne
$24
Christine And Caleb Stone
$249
Cavan Wee | W Private
Go Team Yeoh!
$117
Lee Chin
Good work, Caleb and Charlotte!
$24
Mary T
Good job, Caleb and Charlotte!
$12
Hz Pek
Great work, Charlotte!
$12
Hz Pek
Great work Caleb!
$100
Jason Wong
Way to go Yeoh siblings - get those ankles nice and high!
$34
Kevin Leng
You can do it.
$34
Kevin Leng
Gambatte!
$61
Derrick Chua
Way to go you both!
$120
Hengz
Great job, super skippers! Keep up the fantastic skipping! :)
$61
Siblings Xian Jk
Awesome work, Caleb and Charlotte!
$61
Junny Ebenhaezer
Thank you for skipping 100 times a day to enlighten the world through much needed research that many families will find super helpful! I personally know a few of them and their courageous journeys, supported by brave doctors and institutions that care a lot. This initiative means a lot to them.
$50
Chris Yong
Keep up the good work and skipping, Caleb & Charlotte!
$220
Zr Leong
$61
Steve Molnar
Go skip
$61
Steve Molnar
Happy skipping
$61
Uncle Kelvin
Uncle Kelvin, Auntie Jas and the cats are proud of you
$61
Leon Hechtman
$61
Koning
$110
Mo
$323
Malcolm Hurst
Go Team
$40
Winnie Lim
$40
Jeff Yap
$24
Great job Charlotte and Caleb!