Sickle Cell 5K Walk/Run - 21st Annual - Jade Parker's Sickle Cell Squad

A 16 month-old baby sits in the middle of the floor, afraid to take the wobbly steps she's perfected over the last 3 months. Using the only voice she has, she screams uncontrollably at the top of her lungs as an unknown pain pulsates throughout her body. This is the pain that not even a mother's embrace can make better; for her baby girl is experiencing her very first sickle cell crisis.

Almost 25 years later, Jade, (the same baby girl enduring her first crisis) is now a college graduate, Registered Nurse, and fellow Sickle Cell Warrior.


Please join my team, Jade Parker's Sickle Cell Squad, to help the Martin Center Sickle Cell Initiative with their 21st Annual Sickle Cell 5K Walk/Run. Their mission is near and dear to me, as they aid the lives affected by sickle cell in greater Indianapolis. As their main fundraiser of the year they strive to raise funds and awareness for a commonly inherited blood disorder that affects close to 100,000 in the US. Children with Sickle Cell are subject to tissue damage/organ failure, and are 400x more likely to have a stroke, compared to children without SCD. It is approximated that 1 out of every 12 African Americans are carriers of the recessive gene, and many have NO IDEA. Proceeds will go toward local gatorade, food pantry, and drug prescription & transportation access.

Thank you for your support & see you at the 21st Annual Sickle Cell 5K Walk/Run @ Riverside Park, Saturday, June 24, 2017!

- Jade

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Jade Parker's Sickle Cell Squad Members

• Ashley Beaty - 5K Group or Team Registration

Jade Parker's Sickle Cell Squad has raised $0.00.