Why we're doing Jeans for Genes' Wear Your Jeans
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 Wear Jeans, 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...
20
Hours of research
For every $55 raised, one hour of research is funded
Our Team Members
Thank you to our Sponsors
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Danielle Mcgrogan
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Danielle Mc Bride
Go lisa
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Niamh Blaney
Well done Lisa xx
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Tall Tree Parents Banksia Grove
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Emma Boyle
We’ll done to all involved❤️
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Jeannette
Well done Tall Trees xx you are awesome!
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Crystal Hughes
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Anonymous
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Ebany Jones
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Manpreet Virk
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Shai White
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Simon Callaghan
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Sophie Highet
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Jade Irving
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Tara Foster Knighton
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Madison Smit
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Tyra Graham
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Eleni And Katina Boutsis
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The Gracie’s
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Claytons
Love Hank, Jess and Matt Clayton
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Cheradahn Willoughby
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Parents Of Tall Trees
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Katie Mckay
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Simone Meyer
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Tegan Bright
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Caitlin Rupert
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Caity Steele
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Paige Black
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Grace Kirkbright
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Cristin Mallon
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Missy & Carson Tibbett
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