Aviation Australia's Jeans for Genes Team - together we can make a difference to medical research for Aussie kids
Our team cares about the 1 in 20 Aussie kids who face a birth defect or genetic disease. That's one in every classroom, maybe someone you know or love. Every day, many of these kids wake up to pills, injections, hospital visits (or worse). They don't get the chance to run around and just be kids. If they can endure that, and keep smiling, then the least we can do is fight alongside them. That's why we're doing Jeans for Genes and raising money for Children's Medical Research Institute. We want to give these kids better treatments and maybe even a cure.
We’ve signed up to Sofa to 6K, so we can raise awareness and start the conversation—we need to do all we can to help save more kids’ lives. Can you help by sharing this message with the people you know and asking them to donate too? We (and millions of Aussie kids) thank you for it!
Here's just one example of how, together, we can change things:
When Kalarny was born, he couldn’t hold his head up. He couldn’t move. He was fighting just to breathe. He was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and his parents were told he wouldn’t survive to his first birthday. Thanks to research he survived, but he needs regular spinal injections and a wheelchair to get around. If he’d been born just a few years later, he could have received gene therapy. Infants treated with just one injection of gene therapy seem to be cured. It’s early days, but signs indicate that they will go on to lead normal, healthy lives. It’s so effective, SMA has been added to newborn screening and the gene therapy treatment is covered by PBS. An incurable disease just a few years ago, is now curable. Amazing. That’s what we want for more kids and more of the 6000 genetic diseases out there.
There’s lots of work to do, but there is also lots of hope.
Join us. Share this message. Donate. Thank You!
Our Impact
So far this year we helped provide...
192
Hours of research
For every $55 raised, one hour of research is funded
Our Team Members
Jean-ius Club
Kerrie Fiechtner
Raised so far:
$791
Jean-ius Club
Noah MacQueen
Raised so far:
$112
Jean-ius Club
Jill Thorpe
Raised so far:
$21
Jean-ius Club
Sean Yap
Jean-ius Club
Maddison Tanner
Raised so far:
$657
Jean-ius Club
Melissa Regano
Raised so far:
$72
Jean-ius Club
Julie Nethery
Jean-ius Club
Brenna Byrne
Raised so far:
$304
Jean-ius Club
Amy Scanlan
Jean-ius Club
Leon Hansen
Jean-ius Club
Jay Hartnett
Raised so far:
$106
Jean-ius Club
Gordon Brown
Raised so far:
$161
Jean-ius Club
Jane Sherry
Raised so far:
$724
Jean-ius Club
jodie hinchliffe
Jean-ius Club
Ama Faatoe
Raised so far:
$30
Jean-ius Club
Julieana Simunic-Rocks
Raised so far:
$111
Jean-ius Club
Judi Tenison-Woods
Raised so far:
$443
Jean-ius Club
Nick Brown
Jean-ius Club
Rae Byrne
Raised so far:
$104
Jean-ius Club
Leif Mawson
Raised so far:
$238
Thank you to our Sponsors
$11
Lili Pringle
$52
Jo Burns
Go team AA! 👏🏻
$56
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$56
Chris
$21
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$21
Luke Chapman
Great work, team!
$53
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$53
Jay Hartnett
$110
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$110
Shabe Fairweather
Well done Jude
$56
Noah Macqueen
$56
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$56
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$56
Lh
$32
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$32
Rebecca Reynolds
$211
Jane Sherry
$211
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$3.02k
Bill Horrocks
$3.02k
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$127
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$127
Sarah S
Go Maddi!! Very proud 💗
$21
Jacinda Baird
Amazing job Mads!
$21
Sammy
Great work everyone!!
$55
Barbaros Bayram
Make us all proud!
$56
Julieana Simunic-rocks
$211
Jane Sherry
$91
Mirri Tanner
$56
Linda Bice
Well done Kerrie.... you're awesome!!
$55
Daniah Atkinson
$51
Belinda Pickard
$89
David Pollard
$56
Vicki Seccombe
$56
Sophie
Good on you Kerrie😘
$21
Anonymous
$110
John Howard
$32
Graham & Tracie
$56
Alison Mcdonald
Awesome stuff Kerrie xx
$26
Petra
Go Kerrie and team!!!
$21
Kylie Richardson
🩷
$21
Kylie Richardson
🩷
$21
Kylie Richardson
🩷
$21
Kylie Richardson
🩷
$21
Kylie Richardson
Go team AA
$32
Sheree Tanner
As always, so proud of you Mad’s 🥰
$30
Facebook Donation
$21
Iris Ma
Go Maddi! ❤️
$21
Amanda Brooks
Good luck Leif and team. A great cause.
$25
Melissa Keating
Go Bren! x
$21
Kate
$20
Facebook Donation
$56
Michael Lehane
$11
Jess Hewitt
Go Bren!
$25
Colleen Keating
Go Brenna! Good on you for helping to raise money for such a great cause.
$56
Steven Spina
Great cause Kerrie, thanks for organising support.
$10
Harley Walters
$11
Anonymous
$30
Loluama Faatoe
Letssgooo Team🫶🏾
$89
Aviation Australia
Awesome cause 🥳 let’s go team❤️🔥👊🏽
$110
Anonymous
Best wishes from my family to yours
$21
Ama Faatoe
$108
Muzza
C'mon Kez you can run this!
$16
Addie Fenech
Love your work Bren x
$20
Anonymous
Go get it Bren x
$11
Rois Byrne
$110
Jack Harvey
Get it sis
$5
Anonymous
$56
Jack, Rach & Gus
Great work Grandma!
$53
Nixon Byrne
Go hard Mum!
$30
Rae Byrne
$56
Thomas Fairweather
Go mum!
$91
Judi Tenison-woods
$56
Sherone Brown
Go Gordy! I’ll try to accompany you as often as possible. This is a great cause.
$53
Steven Mikael
So good and so proud of you doing this Maddi!
$110
Tom G
Good luck Maddi 👟 🔥
$91
Jane Sherry
$106
Gordon Brown
$51
Melissa Regano
$55
Maddison Tanner
$21
Jill Thorpe
$53
Nicole Markham
$106
You go girl x