Lions Club of St George Jeans for Genes Campaign

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-103134

Hansard session: Fifty-Sixth Parliament, First Session (56-1)

Lions Club of St George Jeans for Genes Campaign

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley) (13:30:22):

I acknowledge the outstanding contribution of the Lions Club of St George in my electorate. Recently, I had the privilege of attending its Jeans for Genes breakfast fundraiser. This year commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the iconic Jeans for Genes campaign. During the past 25 years more than 12,000 schools, 20,000 individuals and 41,000 workplaces have taken part in Jeans for Genes and have raised more than $60 million for vital medical research. One in 20 children worldwide are born with a birth defect or genetic disease.

The Children's Medical Research Institute is dedicated to advancing the treatment and prevention of childhood diseases, so every child has the opportunity for a healthy start in life. I thank everyone who wore denim last Friday to help those one in 20 kids. This year more than 40 people attended the breakfast in support of the Lions Club of St George and the Children's Medical Research Institute. We raised more than $1,500 at the fundraiser and a couple of local businesses donated generous raffle prizes. I thank Tina Harrison and everyone involved at St George Lions for bringing attention to this research and raising funds in the community.