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WE have the unique power to help patients with Sickle Cell disease 🦠 who rely on blood transfusions to manage their condition 🖤
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SEPTEMBERS SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH

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 to help prevent sickle cell complications, such as organ and tissue damage, severe pain, and strokes. It is essential that the blood they receive be the most compatible match possible, which generally comes from someone of the same race or similar ethnicity. Today, there aren’t enough blood donors to help meet this urgent need. African American individuals make up 13% of the U.S. population, but less than 3% of blood donors. By donating blood, you may make a difference in the lives of patients with sickle cell disease as well as moms with complicated childbirths, people fighting cancer, accident or trauma victims being raced to emergency rooms, and more. Your single blood donation may even help save more than one life! JOIN US AS WE INCREASE AWARENESS OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND INCREASE THE BLOOD SUPPLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO BATTLE THE DISEASE.

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Sadria Strong
Have a wonderful week and a Motivated Monday! 💙💚 #brianasheartofgold #blackdonorsmatter #lifewithpurpose… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… at 20.3.2023 14:07
Yvette Jackson
RT @SadriaStrong: 5 years ago,our family grew bigger!! Briana's liver recipient Andrew (who we affectionately call Uncle Andrew)! I'm so h… at 15.3.2023 22:36
LifeCenterNW
RT @SadriaStrong: 5 years ago,our family grew bigger!! Briana's liver recipient Andrew (who we affectionately call Uncle Andrew)! I'm so h… at 15.3.2023 21:27