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...
$5,742
You’re helping fund research to find cures for kids with genetic diseases. Every dollar counts!
Biggest Donor
Daz
$217
Thank you so much to our biggest supporter, Daz, for donating an incredible $217 to help fund vital research into curing children’s genetic diseases.
Our Impact
So far this year, we've helped fund...
115
Hours of research
Every $50 raised funds an hour of vital research.
Thank you to our Sponsors
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Blake
$29
Carlie
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Danielle Pedersen
Well done Mel
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Aubs
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Jasmyne Douangdara
GET SKIPPING BRO😛😛
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Cindy George
Awesome work !! Happy skipping 😊
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Adelene Chuah
You better actually do the skipping
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Sharon Young
Good on you Mel, a very worthy cause 💜
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Anonymous
$100
Fred Li
Goodluck
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Daz
Hey cuz! 💙 Awesome work getting behind Jeans for Genes! Such a great cause and every little bit helps. Hope you smash your fundraising goal – you’ve got my support. Good on you for making a difference! 👖🧬💙
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Emily De Cruz
love the skipping :) so proud of all of you !!
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Joy Duncan
Proud of you 👏
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Jordan Lee
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Christina
You’re the best skipper, you’re my biggest inspiration, I skip for you and you only <3
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Mazzie
Let's get it team!!!!
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Isabelle Baluyot
Keep going! I’m so proud of you hehe 😊
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Simon
Good job skippy 🦘
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Jason Do
Go Jenna!!!
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Peter Almelor
you skip like a girl
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Christina Chou
May the best skipper win
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Kimn
Bonus for your xcross skipping technique 👏
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Yuan
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Maggie
So proud of you Dom!! 👏👏
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Vithushya Nagendran
Great job SGD 🫶
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Karla Herrera
You can do it Mazzie!! FIGHTING 🫶
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Anastasiya Flyak
Go MARIA
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Nicola Venn
Good on you guys, you are smashing it!! Keep skipping!!
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Kisses
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Dorothy Hung
You are awesome!
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Troy Bolton
Let’s go Jordan Fisher!
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Charlotte W
Great job Cyto team 🧬 Keep up the skipping!
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Marcus Ashley
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Nadine
Go team! Keep skipping 😃
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David Jones
Skip till you drop x
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Praveen Sharma
Great job guys happy skipping
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Jeremy Haralambidis
Love you
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Mia
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David Le
Let's go! Keep going!
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Anthony Baluyot
Keep at it, proud of you!
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Tori Pham
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Hn
Hope you can skip all the way back to Greece
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Dianna Jariv
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Megan Gradden
$24
Carly Martin
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Kimn
Great effort WSGD Team. Happy skipping 🫶
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Patrick Vann
Good luck on your skips!
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Anonymous
Well done Mel
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Vanessa Thode
$64
Jacinda
What an amazing cause, well done Christina!! 🥳🎉🫶
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Andrew
:p
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Selina
You’re the best skipper Christina!! 🤩
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Anonymous
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Ace
🔥 lessss gooo
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Jenny
The staff in Cytogenetics Lab do amazing work, especially with their "Skipping"
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Kerry James
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Jordan Facey
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Akira Gokoolparsadh
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Josh Pham
You never fail to show why you are the man
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Jayden Douangdara
City 2 surf but skipping 👀
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Anonymous
In your training arc era! Pop off king
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Krysxan Silang
Corbin Bleu has nothing on you
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Anonymous
Well..get to it
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Anonymous
Don't JUMP to conclusions now !
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Anonymous
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Cj Fernandez
Let’s go!! 🔥
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Timothy Reyes
get skippin'!
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Kylie Gibson
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Cathy Bedford
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Beverley Hewitt
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Julie Jackson
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George Cleanthous
Kick ass! I know you’ll do great
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Anonymous
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Sarah Allen
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