One in 12. That's right one in 12 Canadians have a rare disorder, a debilitating disease. By simply wearing your favourite jeans (or a jeans ribbon), you can help provide research and treatment. Each Jeans Day donation to the Global Genes Research Fund will be matched by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, a five year, five million dollar commitment to help fuel the fight against rare disease. Sign up, start a team, sponsor a group, spread the word or simply donate. Do it now. Do it weekly. Do it as often as you can.

Answering TTP Thromb... TTP Denim Days 03.25.2011 Goal: $6,000	Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder that occurs in approximately one out of every 15,000 births. PWS is recognized as a common genetic cause of childhood obesity. Currently there is no cure for PWS.	Answering TTP Thromb... TTP Denim Days 12.06.2010 Goal: $1,000
Arctic Quest 2011 ArcticQuest 2011 03.11.2011 Goal: $5,000	Canadian Fabry Assoc... Arctic Quest 2011 04.02.2011 Goal: $10,000	Neurofibromatosis (NF) is an umbrella name for 3 distinct complex genetic disorders that share a common manifestation: tumour growth in the tissues that surround nerves producing skin and bone abnormalities.
Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes are a very rare set of disorders, there are fewer than 1000 cases of CAPS have been reported in the world, but more than 5500 people may actually have CAPS and not know it.	Canadian Organizatio... Gabe's Arctic Quest 06.07.2011 Goal: $5,000	Carrie's Arctic Ques... Carrie's Arctic Ques... 02.14.2011 Goal: $5,000
CORD Do if for future gen... 12.22.2010 Goal: $500	Durhane's Arctic Que... Durhane's Arctic Que... 07.31.2011 Goal: $7,000	HAE Canada HAE Canada Virtual W... 05.08.2013 Goal: $600