Why we're doing Jeans for Genes’ Sofa to 6k
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...
184
Hours of research
For every $55 raised, one hour of research is funded
Our Team Members
Jean-ius Club
Andy Garnam
Raised so far:
$1,173
Jean-ius Club
Joao Alfredo Santos
Raised so far:
$47
Jean-ius Club
Lily Cheng
Raised so far:
$21
Jean-ius Club
Felicity Everest
Raised so far:
$196
Jean-ius Club
Christine Brennan
Raised so far:
$232
Jean-ius Club
Umanga K.
Raised so far:
$669
Jean-ius Club
Andrew Knight
Raised so far:
$289
Jean-ius Club
Veronica Zamudio
Raised so far:
$47
Jean-ius Club
Alex Reeman-Clark
Raised so far:
$223
Jean-ius Club
Diana Tantaeva
Raised so far:
$55
Jean-ius Club
Michele Jardim
Raised so far:
$246
Jean-ius Club
Sally Asbanu
Raised so far:
$143
Jean-ius Club
Nereshnee Shunmugam
Raised so far:
$686
Jean-ius Club
Vaiva Klumbyte
Raised so far:
$77
Thank you to our Sponsors
$5.72k
Rob Regan
$107
Murli Viswanathan
$11
Elizabeth Na
$11
Elizabeth Na
$53
Denise Van Der Westhuizen
Well done Nereshnee, and Benjamin in supporting role :)!
$56
Jonny Hunter
$26
Grace Herraghty
Best of luck in the City2surf Alex
$26
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$26
Prashansa
$89
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$89
Hannah Drover
Awesome job team!
$55
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$55
Grace Herraghty
Congratulations Andrew on completing the challenge
$56
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$56
Michele Jardim
$11
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$11
Sia Tuineau
$11
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$11
Sia Tuineau
$53
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$53
Holly Mclean
$47
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$47
Alex Reeman-clark
$21
Tara S
Run Felicity, run! Well done babe xx
$56
Reema Sehgal
Good going Alex!
$55
Linda Seng
Love your work Christine!
$56
Melanie Dolman
Excellent effort x
$26
Pen North
$26
Pen North
$21
Pen North
$21
Ahmed El Rakshy
Great effort for a great cause. Good luck.
$21
Fari
All the best !!
$29
Trong Bui
Hi madam
$56
Fran Adema
Good on you 👏🏻
$106
Rob Regan
$53
Davif
$110
Hels
$53
Jack Boswell
$26
Anonymous
$11
Sean
$11
Sean
$21
John Telios
Great effort Andrew
$56
Anne Parsons
Go for it !
$10
Teresa Phung
Hi Felicity, well done for taking the challenge, good luck!
$21
John Telios
Great cause Alex
$21
John Telios
Great cause Michele
$56
Bec Cusack
Great work Andy, a very important cause close to my heart.
$40
Kerri W
Well done Nereshnee!
$21
Lily Cheng
$55
Fatima Reyes
All the best, Nereshnee!
$21
Rowena Manalo
Run, Felicity. Run! :)
$30
Liz Ward
Sharing the load - you do the running, I'll do the sofa!
$21
Tiff And Raf
Onya honey!! Looks like you’re going great guns on the fund raising! Certainly not easy getting into running in winter! Xx
$41
Kate Flindall
Good job..keep on running 🏃
$105
John Grice-pym
$110
Rach Williams
Nice one Andy!!
$53
Aaron Stinson
Good on you Andy! Cheers, aS
$56
Diana
$56
Diane Christensen
$104
Monika Branagan
Happy to support a great guy and a great charity!
$87
Julie Phung
Goooo Michele!! Love your energy x
$31
Tc
Good on you Andy! X
$32
John Telios
$11
Anonymous
$26
Dianne Short
$42
Derek Milligan
$89
Colin Brennan
Proud of you babe!
$11
Zoe Swinton
Good luck Christine :)
$91
Margaret Garnam
$21
Pen North
Run Nereshnee! Run! :)
$11
Zoe Swinton
Good luck Felicity!!
$16
Anonymous
$52
Daniel Herrmann
$56
Christine Brennan
$20
Kimberley Zerella
$55
Sim Saens
❤️
$56
Anonymous
$53
Brandon
Good on you!
$50
Nicole S
All the best mum, good on you
$42
Andrea Parsons
$53
Anonymous
$101
Panduka De
Nice work babes! Keep it up 😘👍
$56
Corrina R
Run like the wind Felic! Go girl! xx
$21
Kowthami Purusothaman
Run baby Run!
$56
Gobi Muthusamy
Good luck Nesh!
$31
Umanga Kahandawaarachchi
Keep it up, Nesh!!! love from Umanga
$42
Susan Essau
With love from Susan and Nesh
$106
Nesh And Susan
Susan and Nesh
$21
Umanga Kahandawaarachchi
$21
Cheeky Cherry
What a worthy cause. Best of luck with this Felicity…
$16
Kylie
Go Joao!!
$16
Kylie
Go V!
$56
Vaiva Klumbyte
$53
Katherine Ryan
$55
Diana Tantaeva
$21
Sally Asbanu
$32
Claire
$108
Adam Riddell
$60
