Selling sausage sandwiches and home baked slices, muffins, scones and cakes at a Bunnings BBQ meant lots of teamwork for Children’s Medical Research Institute’s Gerringong Committee.

In typical CMRI style there were plenty of members working from 8am to 5pm on the day across 3 shifts on two stalls while lots of members sent along their baked goods that proved very popular. 

The first fundraiser for 2025, it was a new venture with cakes being sold. Plenty of credit goes to Brenda Davy and Sue Dmetreson for organising and a big thank you to the public for their generous support.

There are many significant research projects underway at the Children’s Medical Research Institute with over 200 scientists committed to finding treatments and cures for serious conditions affecting kids. 

Just some of the accomplishments in the past 30 years have been a world-first project to transform cancer diagnosis and personalise treatment planning, and Australian-first gene therapy treatments providing more gene therapy cures for genetic disorders in children.

Over 6000 genetic diseases and other conditions could be cured with gene therapy and this ground-breaking research inspires the CMRI Gerringong committee members to

continue to organise fundraising events that will support these projects. 

Go to www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au for more information about the ongoing research.

The next big event is the Mother’s Day weekend High Tea at Gerringong Town Hall on 10 May from 2pm. Tickets are $30 each with tables available of up to eight people. 

Tickets go on sale from 28 April at https://www.trybooking.com/CZYKA and we would love for you to come along and enjoy lots of delicious home made treats, sandwiches and good company while supporting a great cause.

New members are always welcome with our next meeting on 7 April from 7pm at Gerringong Town Hall.