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...
$3,158
You’re helping fund research to find cures for kids with genetic diseases. Every dollar counts!
Biggest Donor
Jen Ming
$238
Thank you so much to our biggest supporter, Jen Ming, for donating an incredible $238 to help fund vital research into curing children’s genetic diseases.
Our Impact
So far this year, we've helped fund...
63
Hours of research
Every $50 raised funds an hour of vital research.
Thank you to our Sponsors
$179
Anonymous
$100
John Corby
Ethan, you are very brave!!
$107
Tim Lennon
Go team, all the best in your efforts to help out Ethan the Brave!
$117
Jim Harding
All the best Ethan
$100
Michael Beattie
All the very best
$55
Lindsay Drew
All the best Ethan.
$117
Mick Crowe
You’re terrific Ethan the Brave
$117
Phil Mccoll
$117
Vilay Boualibane
$24
Anonymous
$110
Scott Dillon
$61
Paul Harding
$61
Paul Harding
$117
Chantel Anderson
Proud of you guys doing this for little Ethan 🩵
$40
Olivia Bryant
$50
Kelly Scandrett
$100
Ariki W
So proud of you our little buddy!
$107
Rodney Nairne
Good luck qith it all.
$29
Lottie & Billie Leonard
Go Aunty Flip! What an awesome thing to do!
$40
Nicole Taber
$117
Rosemarie Mann
$61
Matched Donation
$61
Phillipa Nairne
$61
Ben Roets
Big love to the little man Ethan as well as the rest of the extended family x
$212
David Strudwick
The Struddy Buddies are so proud to support you and cheer you on as you skip for such an important cause. We’re all behind our little mate every step of the way and hope this helps make a difference 💙
$61
Jamayne Tunks
$117
Aunty Titty
For the bravest little buddy I know 🥹💕 Xxxx
$61
Matched Donation
$61
Lara Mann
$117
Aunty Titty
Thank you Jammy Jam for doing this for Ethan he really is one of the bravest little boys I know and is so blessed to have so many amazing people surrounding him who show so much love and support. This is amazing Xxx
$238
Matched Donation
$238
A very big Thankyou to the team ETHAN you are the bravest