are you ready for a challenge?
Now is your chance to do your part to support vital Chromosome 18 research and have fun at the same time! Are you ready to challenge yourself, see how much you can grow in 18 days, and support chromosome 18 research all at the same time? Join us from anywhere in the world and let’s take on the 18-day challenge to raise $30,000 together!
You don’t have to raise a lot to make a big difference:
- $18 buys cold storage for one week for our irreplaceable biobank, the heart of our 33 years of research
- $50 buys enrollment in the lifesaving chromosome 18 research study for one U.S. family.
- $100 allows one international family to enroll in the vital research study.
- $500 funds establishing the cell lines necessary to study one child’s rare chromosome 18 abnormality
- $1000 buys one child’s microarray, which provides essential information about their rare condition
How does it work?
What kind of challenge can I do?
Anything you like!
Some examples include…
- Run 1 mile per day for 18 days
- Run 18 miles total in 18 days
- Swim 10 laps per day for 18 days
- Swim 180 laps total in 18 days
- Create 18 paintings in 18 days
- Row for a total of 18 hours
- Attend 18 fitness classes in 18 days
- Do 18 jumping jacks every day for 18 days
- Walk 180,000 steps (or 10,000 steps per day) in 18 days
- Dance for 1 min each day for 18 days straight
- Knit 18 items
- Sell 180 cookies
- Bike 18K per day for 18 days
- Pratice a new skill for one hour per day for 18 days
- Hike 18K in one day
- Read for 1 hour per day for 18 days
- Golf 18 holes
- Perform 18 acts of kindness
…Or pick any other challenge that sounds fun to you, the choices are endless!
Get ready to start your challenge on August 1st!