Jeans for Genes Day
July 25, 2007 · Print This Article
Next week, Friday 3rd of August is Jeans for Genes day.
Chances are you probably know of someone who has a genetic disease, because one in twenty children are born with some form of genetic fault. There are children with leukaemia, muscular dystrophy, genetic defects and many other disorders.
Jeans for Genes is a major fundraiser of the Children’s Medical Research Institute. The scientists at the Children’s Medical Research Institute are working to try to prevent these diseases before they occur in our children, or where that is not possible to develop better treatments.
Jeans for Genes Day is held on the first Friday of August each year, and it’s fun and easy to get involved. Just wear your jeans to work or school and make a donation, or buy merchandise to help raise funds to allow scientist to continue with their wonderful work.
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What a wonderful excuse to allow your employees to dress casual for one day, such a worthy cause, too. I wasn’t aware that’s what the day was, however.