Sarah Stevenson Tuesday Forum | Charlotte

  • Home
  • Invited Speakers
  • Announcements
    • Current Announcements
    • Announcement Archives
  • Archive
    • By Date
    • By Name
    • By Subject
    • View All Articles
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Commentary
    • Where Forum has met
    • Participant Directory
  • Contact
  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Sickle cell patients need African-Americans to donate blood

July 13, 2018 Education & Health

July 13, 2018

Jessica Jankowski writes that, where the blood supply meets patients with sickle cell disease, there is “a problem.”

“This past week alone, JUST ONE local hospital required over 170 of these specially matched units to treat sickle cell patients,” says Jankowski, communications coordinator at Community Blood Center of the Carolinas.

“Sickle cell patients in our community need your specific blood to survive. Patients are more likely to match donors who share their ethnic background, so African-Americans with sickle cell need more African-American donors.” And less than 1 percent of eligible African-Americans donate blood, she says.

A radio interview is here.

Below is a video posted to Facebook by CBCC. Click anywhere on it to start it. “We have been short on orders for these units the last few weeks,” Jankowski wrtites. “That’s why we are asking for your help.”

https://www.tuesdayforumcharlotte.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/180713CBCCWhite.mp4
Next Education & Health Article
Urban League CEO reaches out
Previous Education & Health Article
Blue Star Mothers

Join Us

After two COVID-19 years, in-person meetings have resumed at Belmont Center. Join us or watch the livestrem. Details here.

On Facebook, YouTube

Join us on Facebook and YouTube, where Forum meetings first appear as livestreams and then later as edited, archived video.

Our weekly e-mails

Click here to sign up for 2 e-mails per week: Sunday night with speaker's name; and after meeting, Announcements.

Return to Top | Sarah Stevenson photo credit: Jones Photography | Site design by Five J's Design