September is National Sickle Cell Month
Reaching out to our Communities and Churches to help raise awareness.

There is no cure for Sickle Cell Disease.  The first step to fighting the disease is education.  Faces of Our Children will partner with chapters, community and churches during the month of September to raise the awareness of Sickle Cell Anemia.

Faces of Our Children Fighting Sickle Cell Disease

Faces of Our Children Fighting Sickle Cell Anemia is an educational program designed to inform church leaders, congregates and communities about the impact that Sickle Cell Disease has on its victims, families and local communities. Faces of Our Children will recruit local churches, community groups, healthcare providers and health clinics throughout the country to enhance the awareness of Sickle Cell Disease during the month of September.  The goal is to create a framework that could be utilized for raising awareness, support and funding for the fight against Sickle Cell Disease.            

What can Churches do to raise the awareness of Sickle Cell Disease?

• Have a pamphlet inserted in the Sunday program bulletins
• Partner with a local health clinic/health care provider for testing and blood drives
• Organize an Awareness Walk-A-Thon
• Distribute fact sheets at picnics, yard sales, fundraisers, etc.,
• List “September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month” on the churches’ website
• Invite a professional from the local hospital or healthcare facility to speak on SCD/SCT
• Show the sickle cell video
• Organize a “Fighting Sickle Cell Disease” gospel concert
• Raise money to support a local Sickle Cell health clinic or Sickle Cell support organization

What can Faces of Our Children provide?

• Pamphlets and Fact Sheets
• Church Fans
• Assist with organizing blood drives
• Sickle Cell coloring books( provided by District of Columbia Health and Human Services), crayons, pencils and book covers
• Speakers for conferences, services or other events
• Videos

Please let us know how you can help and if there are any areas you are particularly interested in promoting, so that we may help with the effort – F.O.O.C. will provide any information needed.  Thanking you for your support, please visit the website at: www.facesofourchildren.org; www.sicklecell.howard.edu; or if you have further questions or concerns, please call contact: Robin Williams at 202-256-5254.