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Jeans for Genes Day Friday, 7th August

Dare to Do More!

By generously signing up to raise money through Jeans for Genes, you’re directly helping Children’s Medical Research Institute to find cures and treatments for children’s genetic diseases, like metabolic disorders, autism, blindness—and even cancers.

Genetic diseases affect more children than most people realise.

1 in 20 kids is born with birth defect or

genetic disease.That’s one in every classroom! You likely know and care about someone living with a genetic disease.

Genetic diseases are one of the leading causes of death in kids under four and the main cause of ongoing hospitalisation. We are determined to improve these statistics for future generations. We cannot find the cures without medical research, and we cannot fund the research without your support.

Jeans for Genes Day is officially held on Friday, 7th August, but you can hold your Jeans for Genes Day anytime.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A SUPPORTER OF JEANS FOR GENES

Charlie, 5Cystic Fibrosis

HI THERE, I’M KYLIE!I’m one of the team here at Jeans for Genes ready to help you smash your fundraising goals! Here are my quick tips to get started now.

Set the barKick in your own donation right now to show your passion and set the bar for your family and friends.

Share the newsOnce you’ve sponsored yourself, link your friends, colleagues and family to your fundraising page. Feeling daring and millenial? Make a short video to go with your post that says why you are supporting Jeans for Genes. Videos can bring in 50% more donations!

Join our exclusive “Team Jeans for Genes” Facebook groupShare your story and meet more of the community. Everyone is keen to help you and support your fundraising!

We’re only an email or call away, so get in touch if you need any extra help!

info@jeansforgenes.org.au

1800 436 437

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Snap a pic, record a video or even paint a picture! Share your fundraising page with family and friends with the reason you are fundraising!

The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll hit your goal, and the more you’ll raise. Lead the way by making your own donation - and dig deep! Most people will match your donation!

Plus if you raise over $50, you can then enter our competition to win $50 worth of Jeans for Genes gear (terms & conditions) by posting your image/video/painting on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with a link to your fundraising page, tag @Jeans for Genes Australia and include the hashtag #J4Gdaretocare to make it easier to find!

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We’ll be picking the most creative ideas, highlighting them on our channels and one lucky person each week will WIN! So start now and Good Luck!

We’re looking for the most creative use of denim in a fundraiser! Raid your closet and layer up that denim! Camera shy? Why not dress up your pet? For the daring, wear your outfit while you surf, run, swim or even jump out of a plane!

Check out what other fundraisers are doing by searching #jeansforgenesau and #J4Gdaretocare on social media.

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DARE TO CARE & WIN!Whatever In-jeanious challenge you are taking on, it's easy to take part!

RAISE MONEY. FIND CURES. JEAN-IUS.

Charlie, 5Cystic Fibrosis

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JeansForGenes.org.au

A BRAND NEW WORLD OF FUNDRAISINGIf you haven’t already done so, jump online and register as an official Jeans for Genes fundraiser at myjeans.org.au You’ll get access to an exclusive one-stop online fundraising hub with all you need to make your fundraiser a success!

• Find all your resources and downloads in one easy spot

• Quick links to buy exclusive Jeans for Genes apparel in our shop

• Easy links to pay in money you’ve raised

• Update your fundraising goal, post updates and share your page

RESOURCES TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINTYou’ll find lots of useful resources in your online fundraising hub - just go to myjeansforgenes.org.au/dashboard. You’ll find posters, bunting, DIY donation jar labels, fundraising guides, easy to share social media and newsletter images and more!

If you need anything else, just email or call us and we’ll do all we can to help.

Charlize and her twin brother, Isaac, were born with a genetic condition known as Propionic Acidemia, with no known cure. Mum, Julie, thought their situation was hopeless.

Within two years, she had lost her only son, and Charlize needed two liver transplants to survive. But when Julie heard that Charlize’s liver cells were being used by scientists at Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) to investigate how gene therapy could save the lives of future generations—she was filled with hope.

YOU’RE HELPING KIDS LIKE CHARLIZE

“CMRI is trying to get to the point where, instead of children with

Propionic Acidemia needing a risky liver transplant, they could be cured

by a simple injection,”

“Gene therapy can edit or replace a faulty or missing gene, and children can go on to have a happy, normal life, before there is damage to their heart or brain—that’s what takes the biggest toll on their bodies.

“Supporting this research means so much to our family.’’

Paul, Charlize, Julie and Amelia Gravina

WHAT IMPACT WILL I MAKE?

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR AMAZING

FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.If you have any questions, or need anything to help your fundraising go the extra mile, don’t hesitate to get in touch via email or phone.

info@jeansforgenes.org.au

1800 436 437

Every minute, 12 kids globally are born with a birth defect or incurable genetic disease.The funds you raise make a difference.

$30 PREVENT BLINDNESSBy sequencing one child’s DNA to diagnose an inherited eye disease, we can provide hope and the possibility of a cure.

$50 UNRAVEL UNKNOWN DISEASESFund stem cell and organoid research needed to understand and develop treatments for rare genetic diseases in children where currently little is known about their condition.

$80 REVOLUTIONISE CANCER TREATMENTPurchase one “big data” scan that allows us to see more than 7,000 proteins in a cancer cell and improve cancer diagnosis and treatment planning.

$120

CURE GENETIC DISEASESHelp fund Gene Therapy research, ‘the medicine of the future’, which can cure previously incurable genetic diseases with a single injection.

Ben, 5Burkitt’s Lymphoma