Why we're doing Jeans for Genes
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 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 Jeans for Genes, 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...
869
Hours of research
For every $55 raised, one hour of research is funded
Our Team Members
Thank you to our Sponsors
$7.84k
Lycopodium Event
$13.08k
Lycopodium Event
$160
Talia Pantalone
$2.1k
S Kyriakou
Monadelphous gratefully support the good work done by team Lycopodium at its Jeans for Genes quiz night!
$56
Penny Horsfield
Congratulations Denise and the Lycopodium team on your amazing fundraising efforts over the years!
$110
Terzi Dental
Fantastic
$56
Marnu Lombaard
Thanks for the great work you do.
$500
Limesystems
$50
Jennifer Philps
$50
Steven Wang
$100
Paul Anderson
$50
Carl Mondello
$100
Halina Sweeney
$106
Kenneth Michael Sanders
$110
Angela Silich
$52
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$52
Simon Geldart
$50
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$50
Alan Finnie
$56
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$56
Dan Di Perna
$110
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$110
Dan Di Perna
$50
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$50
Ai Chen Lee
$104
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$104
Dinkar Ashani
$50
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$50
Carl Mondello
$158
Michael Spencer
$158
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$53
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$53
Trevor Lee
$91
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$91
Anonymous
$100
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$100
Matt Sivills
$100
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$100
Adrian Brewster
$42
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$42
Chad Smith
Quiz Night - Table 2 Sherwood
$53
Jeans For Genes
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$53
Linton Jaffe
$232
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$232
Bruno Ruggiero
$5k
Yao Chin Choo
$5k
Jeans For Genes
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$1.02k
Jeans For Genes
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$1.02k
Jennifer Philps
Denise you are one very special person with a heart of gold and an inspiration to all at Lycopodium. Good luck with the Trivia night.
$110
Tony Anastasio
Great to see Lycopodium Support Jeans for Genes
$55
Rika Maulida
$208
Table Templeton
$200
Justine Campbell
$201
Cicanese Group
$205
Slavica Ciffolilli
$200
Mondium
Team Mondium - Jeans for Genes Quiz Night. Looking forward to it!
$84
Peta Lunt Table
$42
Anonymous
Sherwood Table
$845
Event Funds
$208
Aaron Teo
Kindest regards from AVID Group team :)
$56
Anonymous
Lyco Quiz night (with Peta Lunt)
$200
Mark Cummins
$211
Marshall Lague - Fls
Kindest regards from the team at FLS.
$518
Antrak Logistics Pty Ltd
Good luck and congratulations on the great work you do
$208
Carolyn Gahgan
$400
David Watt
$208
Keryn Lawless
$208
Beaver Process Equipment Operations
$211
Phil Gilbert -transmin
Genes Quiz Night
$400
Carey O'keefe
Keep up the fantastic work
$210
Increva
$208
Jon Bowker
$1,000
Joshua Chan
$200
Krohne Australia Pty Ltd
$208
Maureen Boril
$210
Dave Morris
Payment for table at Jeans for Genes Quiz Night
$211
Jeff Van Summeren
Bray Controls Pacific
$213
Mclanahan
Team McLanahan are looking forward to the Lycopodium Jeans for Genes night. Thanks, Lee
$200
Stantil Engineering
$211
Laurie Cranston
Donation for quiz night table - Como Engineers
$210
Minprovise
Minprovise donation for J4G Quiz Night - Lycopodium
$211
Caps Perth
Looking forward to being part of the Jeans for Genes Quiz Night, this year on Friday 11th August.
$201
Adam Briggs
Table Payment - Adam Briggs
$201
Denise Johnson
Table payment
