The Sickle Cell Association of Kentuckiana, Inc. (SCAK) is a tax-exempt not-for-profit organization that provides education, support, and advocacy for individuals with sickle cell disease and their families. SCAK is dedicated to increasing awareness of this disease and supporting endeavors that assure prompt and appropriate medical care.

For thousands of Americans, living with Sickle Cell Disease means a lifetime of painful episodes, blood transfusions and frequent trips to the hospital. These treatments can often cause complications that are just as bad or worse than the effects of the disease itself. With good health care, many people who have sickle cell anemia can live productive lives.

With good health care, many people who have sickle cell anemia can live productive lives. They also can have reasonably good health much of the time and live longer today than in the past. Many people who have sickle cell anemia now live into their forties or fifties, or longer.

We provide several types of activities that give back to the Kentuckiana Community. We’d love for you to become involved. Check out our calendar to see what’s coming up next…

Our Annual Sickle Cell Walk/Run, “Who Will You Run For”, is a grassroots fundraising program that offers walkers & runners the chance to join in the fight against Sickle Cell Disease on an outlined course in Iroquois Park.

We will be having our Annual Sickle Cell Gala this year in September at the beautiful, Gillespie! It’ll be a Plated Dinner Affair with Guest Speakers, education/awareness about Sickle Cell Anemia, dancing, presentation of awards to Sickle Cell Community activist, and more.

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