September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month!

Sickle Cell Disease occurs in 1 out of every 500 African American births and 1 out of every 36,000 Hispanic American births. Sickle Cell trait occurs 1 in 12 Americans. An estimated 100,000 people live with the disease in the U.S. and millions are affected globally.

Take the “SICKLE CELL WALK IT OUT CHALLENGE”!

For every 1 "WALK IT OUT” that you do, donate $2 to SICKLE CELL. Choose either of the SICKLE CELL links below or find a chapter near you.

3 EASY STEPS!

1) WALK IT OUT

2) CLICK ON A LINK TO DONATE

3) POST YOUR VIDEO!

DON'T JUST SAY YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, "WALK IT OUT"!

Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (Baltimore, MD)

(http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/index.cfm?page=donate)

Tel: 410-528-1555

Sickle Cell Foundation (Tallahassee, FL)

(http://sicklecellfoundation.org/donations/)

Tel: 850-222-2355

Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia (Atlanta, GA)

(http://sicklecellga.org/donations/)

Tel: 404-755-1641

Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California (Los Angeles, CA)

http://www.scdfc.org/donate.htm

Tel: 310-693-0247