Mikayla Sarai is a 16-year-old fighting a relentless battle with Sickle Cell Disease. Despite her young age, Mikayla’s journey has been marked by numerous hospitalizations, including recurring vaso-occlusive crises, a silent stroke, and severe complications such as acute chest syndrome and pneumonia. She relies on regular blood transfusions to manage her condition.

Currently, Mikayla is undergoing evaluation for a bone marrow transplant, the only potential cure for sickle cell disease. However, finding a compatible donor has proven challenging. This is where your help can make a difference.

By becoming a blood donor, you can offer Mikayla and countless others facing similar battles a glimmer of hope. Your donation might be the key to ensuring she receives the treatment she needs. Join us in supporting Mikayla by donating blood and potentially saving lives. Your contribution could be the match she and many others have been waiting for.

Together, we can make a difference. Become a donor today and be part of the solution.

Blood donors who are Black play a critical role in helping people with sickle cell disease, the most common genetic blood disease in the U.S. Patients with the disease may rely on regular blood transfusions throughout their lives. It is essential that the blood they receive be the most compatible match possible, from someone of the same race or similar ethnicity.

Today, there aren’t enough blood donors to meet this urgent need. By donating blood, you can make a difference in the life of a patient with sickle cell disease as well as moms with complicated childbirths, people fighting cancer, accident or trauma victims being raced to emergency rooms, and many more.