Posing with Shondrella Avery

Saturday, August 28, 2010 marked Sickle Cell Disease of California’s first ever Sickle Cell Walk-A-Thon which took place in Darby Park in Inglewood, CA.  The walk, organized by Tara Ragin and hosted by none other than Girls Behaving Badly actress and SCDC board member Shondrella Avery, involved walking three laps around the track all in the name of spreading the word about sickle cell anemia.   The day included games for kids, a video game lounge, and live music provided by the Matthew Jamele Trio.  SCDC put the event together as a way of fundraising for the much needed cause.

The official 1st Annual Sickle Cell Walk-A-Thon photos on Facebook

To learn more about the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation or to register to be a volunteer, please visit http://scdfc.org.

If you’ve never attended the Revlon Run/Walk and maybe are interested in doing it next year, I encourage you to attend because you will not only be running or walking for a great cause, but also because you will leave their truly touched by people’s stories of loved ones affected by cancer.

The event itself is complete with vendors who give away free goodies, a medal ceremony for those who raced the event, and  a concert in the end–this year Chaka Khan blessed us with her still very amazing voice!

So all in all, I’m thankful to have attended and supported the cause yet another year.  I may not have cancer myself, as well as anyone in my immediate family, but I do this every year with the hope that I am helping other women who were affected or are currently affected by cancer.

Facts

For women, the three leading causes of cancer death were lung, breast and colorectal cancer for all racial/ethnic groups except Hispanic women, for whom breast cancer ranked first.  Cancer.gov contains a national report related to the U.S. cancer rates.

So, as far as breast cancer goes, African American women are more likely to die from this cancer, many times because it’s detected much later when it’s harder to treat or cure.  Our breast cancer death rates are more than double that of Caucasians.  All types of agency listings, programs, and resources are listed in the report from the Office Of Minority Health.

Please share with as many people as possible and consider submitting a tax deductible donation at our United For A Cause group page today… and Happy Mother’s Day~

Donate at http://tinyurl.com/REVLONTEAM757