The Sickle Cell Warrior Award
Hello Everyone!
As you may know, September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and to honor our warriors, we bring you The Sickle Cell Warrior Scholarship. Created in 2020, this scholarship is near and dear to our hearts. As we know all too well, living with Sickle Cell Disease comes with many unique challenges. From excruciating pain throughout your body to surgeries and hospitalizations, we warriors have overcome many obstacles. Thus, we created this scholarship to honor the strength of sickle cell warriors. Last year, we were blessed to raise a total of $2,000 where we awarded six recipients $250 each, donated to The Candice Sickle Cell Fund, and honored our amazing speakers. As a result of our success, we have decided to increase our goal to $5,000. Raising $5,000 will allow us to bless even more warriors with well-deserved scholarships. Sickle Cell Disease is often forgotten about, and we are choosing to stop that stigma. Every warrior living with this disease deserves to be acknowledged. Thus, our ultimate goal with this scholarship is to be a blessing to those who walk in our shoes every day. We hope that you find it in your heart to donate to our cause.
Sincerely,
Paige Hardy, Sickle Beta Thalassemia
Tolulope Afolabi, Sickle Cell Anemia
Below, you will see a video of last years recipients: