1 in 20 Australian kids face a birth defect or genetic disease. That’s
why I’m doing Jeans for Genes and raising money for the Children’s Medical
Research Institute. Unfortunately, the only jeans I own are too skinny for 2023
and I haven’t worked out how to style a pair of wide legs so I’ve signed up to
Jeans for Genes Sofa to 6km, so I can raise awareness, start a conversation,
and support research that gives kids better treatments and maybe even a cure.
I won’t be sharing many stories of tragedy or families going through the
hardship of supporting a child affected by a genetic disease; there are far too
many and honestly hearing these types of stories affects me way more than I expect.
But the reality is there are more than 6000 genetic diseases and we have
amazing medical researchers and institutes dedicated to solving this problem,
we just need to the financial support to make it happen.
So instead, I will be keeping you updated on my personal struggle: learning how
to run 6k in a month. Many of you would know I’m a boxing fanatic and I’m
hoping to have my first official fight this year. Roadwork (running) is a vital
part of that training so I’ll be using this to help spur me on and get myself
into the ring faster. I’m not too keen to invite too many people to my first
fight for fear of getting knocked out in round one in front of all my friends and family 😅 but if it’s an incentive to support
the cause, I’ll be inviting anyone who donates to my page to said
fight regardless.
I’ll be honest with you, I think I’ve gone for runs less than 10 times in my
entire life so I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to do here (not to mention
it’s winter and I’m struggling to get out of bed in this weather let alone leave
the house!!) but I’m feeling ambitious and full of hope so please lend me your
support and I’ll use it to keep me going. I’ll also be looking for run partners
so hit me up or join my team if you’re feeling as ambitious as I am! The
research you and I support today may one day help someone we know, someone in
our family, or a someone we’ll never know who deserves a better future.
Join me. Share this
message. Donate. Thank You!
My Impact
So far this year I helped provide...
38
Hours of research
For every $55 raised, one hour of research is funded
My Team Members
Jean-ius Club
Ting Lee
Raised so far:
$533
Jean-ius Club
Philippa Paull
Raised so far:
$53
Jean-ius Club
Julie will likely trip over nothing
Raised so far:
$66
Jean-ius Club
Isla Nairn
Raised so far:
$40
Jean-ius Club
Tim Helander
Raised so far:
$208
Jean-ius Club
Gwenllian Towart
Jean-ius Club
Vaibhavi Deshpande
Raised so far:
$1,002
Jean-ius Club
Lily <3
Raised so far:
$2,083
Jean-ius Club
Natalia Uribe
Raised so far:
$453
Jean-ius Club
Mariateresa Pellegrino
Jean-ius Club
Isobella Brun
Raised so far:
$108
Jean-ius Club
Rachel Procter
Jean-ius Club
Francys Arancibia
Raised so far:
$26
Jean-ius Club
Lavinia Liclican
Raised so far:
$123
Thank you to our Sponsors
$21
Jade Chan
🏃♀️🏃♀️
$56
Ggg
💪🤘
$5
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$5
Ailee Calderbank
Had to get you over 2 grand
$91
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$91
Julia Gretton-roberts And Nick Roberts
Congratulations Lily! What a great achievement for an important cause Cheers Julia
$37
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$37
Jon Lim
$106
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$106
Claudia Wade
$56
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$56
David Innamorati
You can do 6ks in your sleep!
$15
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$15
Kiefer Guy-lindlar
$25
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$25
Anonymous
Good work on reaching your donation goal! Have fun on the run ;)
$56
Jeans For Genes
Your donation has been doubled
$56
Grace Wilkie
Get it Lil!!
$31
James
$20
Anonymous
$21
Harrison Vesey
$56
Maddie And Jamie Chippendale
$20
Belinda Locke
Go Lily! Giving you my full support in this endeavour as someone who is a non-runner too x
$26
Anica
Get it, queen! ❤️
$53
Steven B
Amazing effort running this far already! Win-win-win! Get fit, train for your fight and help kids! Good on you!
$20
James Mcgloin
red shoes make you run faster
$91
Babette Pearson
$10
Katharine Pang
$10
Jeremy Hill
You got this Lilly 🥊💥
$56
Shamim Islam
Your goal is for a great cause, highly admirable. All the best Lily! Shamim
$56
Tom
Good job and good luck with the run
$89
Nina
Go Lily! Skinny jeans are still cool in 2023!
$32
Arina
I unfortunately received a clinical diagnosis of being allergic to running, so I’ll just be cheering you on from the couch!
$21
Anonymous
$31
Anonymous
SLAY
$53
Anonymous
$56
Ailee Calderbank
You’re always up for a challenge! Thanks for making the effort ❤️
$91
Tasha
All the best in your training & achieving your goals. You got this!!!
$31
Anonymous
All the best
$20
Clay Mckinnon
go Lily!! a good pair of goggles helps you run faster.
$91
Pb
Go Lil
$42
Isobelle Montague
Get that 6km
$56
Stella Calderbank
Go Lil!
$53
Arnab Ahmed
You can do it! Go beyond! Plus Ultra!!
$91
"🏃♀️🏃♀️"