Why we’re doing Jeans for Genes’s Bake it Blue
Our team signed up to Jeans for Genes Bake it Blue. This raises money for Children’s Medical Research Institute and helps 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 own families.
There’s lots of work to do, but there is also lots of hope.
Join us. Share this message. Donate. Thank You!
Thank you to our Sponsors
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Christopher Jenman
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Fionn
Fionn rankin Room 4 3 jelly 4 cupcakes 3 brownies
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Sunny
Donation from Huon and Jarrah. Could we please have 2 jelly cups and 2 brownies, to collect at OSHC after school.
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Sarah Burgan
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Jan Millette Yamuta
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Dorna Sonbaleh
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Bec Methven
On behalf of Jas & Cam
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Ruby Milne
2 x jelly cups Thanks
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Dana Wright
4 cupcakes please and I will pick up from oshc after school Xander Huybregts Rm3
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Eadie Webb
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Asher Wundersitz
Two cupcakes for Asher W in Rm 11 :)
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Fred Nankivell
Cupcake Fred 1 and 1 Ida
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Alannah Wallace
Alannah Wallace rm19 1 x cupcake 1 x jelly cup
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Kyrrin Starke
Flynn Starke rm 4 1 x cupcake
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Megan Charlton
1cupcake Hugh Charlton room 3 1 brownie Maurie Charlton room 19
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Amy
1x brownie for Nash, rm 10 1x jelly cup for Abbey G, room 18/19
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Lola Walsh
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Kristy Gibbs
Ivy Gibbs Room 0 X3 Cupcakes Thank you x
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Ellen Boswell
Charlee Boswell rm 4 - 1x cupcake Lily Boswell rm 10 - 1 x cupcake The rest is donation
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Anonymous
Sebastian Pavlik, Year 3, Room 0, Jelly Cup
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Patrice
Thanks Sarah! 2 x Jelly cups for Alilah and Quinn. I’ll let them know to come and see you at lunch! Thanks for arranging this important fundraiser x Patrice.
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Aisha And Zahli Hand
Aisha Hand rm 18/19 chocolate cupcake Zahli Hand rm 5 chocolate cupcake
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Jasmin C
Ava rm0 Hugo rm1 a jelly cup each please.
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Anonymous
Van and Arthur at oshc
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Sherry & Josh
Josh Jackson Room 0 2 Cupcakes + 1 Brownie We will collect after school at oshc
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Joanna Karagiannidis
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Benjamin Coppock
Benjamin Cup cake and jelly cup
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Sarah Lindsell
Zac Lindsell Room 0 2 x Cupcakes
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Josh
2 x Brownies please Josh Room 0 Can we collect at afternoon oshc please
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Rachel Brennan
Hi Sarah a cupcake and a jelly for Cecelia please
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Sarah Walkley
Hello, can I please order 1 x jelly cup for Imy (room 11) and 1 x jelly cup for Ethan (room 3) to be collected at lunch on Tuesday please
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Sue Foote
2 brownies please Sarah. Eli and Lily rm 16.
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Juliette East
2 x jelly cups for Jack (0) and Lila (2) please
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Penny Hammer
Penny Hammer Room 19 Brownie
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Michael Myers
Louis Myers Room 16 1x brownie
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Joanna Karagiannidis
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Shannon Kearney
Cupcake Agnes Kearney Room 4 please
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Laura Welsh
Thomas Welsh, room 14, cupcake or jelly cup, he’s not fussy 🤣 Thank you!
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Anonymous
Lucy Evans Room 19 Brownie please!
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Julie Ford
Jelly cup purchase
Great cause. We won't be able to pick anything up today so maybe hand some out to some of the other families/children :) From Oliver Jenman and Fam