Be Enlightened, Educated, and Empowered
The Be Sickle Smart program helps raise awareness about a serious health issue for people living with transfusions and sickle cell disease: iron overload. The Be Sickle Smart program is a community-based sickle cell disease program that sponsors education and iron overload screening events in cities throughout the country. At these events, people:
- Meet others in their community who are living with sickle cell disease
- Learn about iron overload and how to get screened
- Have a free serum ferritin screening to see if they are at risk for iron overload or receive a free serum ferritin test voucher if they want to be screened later
Attend a Be Sickle Smart Event
Join celebrity medical and diet expert and creator of the 50 Million Pound Challenge Dr. Ian Smith at a Be Sickle Smart Empowerment Event near you. At community education and screening events, Dr. Ian Smith will speak on sickle cell disease and iron overload. Take home a free Be Sickle Smart tool kit and meet Dr. Ian Smith.
If you live in one of the surrounding areas of these cities, get in touch with Terrie Cammarata or your local Sickle Cell Disease Association of America chapter, who will provide free roundtrip transportation to these events.
Call Terrie Cammarata at (212) 868-9439 or terrie.cammarata@primeaccess.net.
Upcoming Screening Events In Your Area
All events will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Memphis, TN
5/22/2010
The Peabody Memphis
149 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Hotel Phone:901-529-4000
Baton Rouge, LA
6/5/2010
Belle Of Baton Rouge Hotel
102 France Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Hotel Phone: 225-242-2600
New York, NY
6/19/2010
Embassy Suites Hotel
102 North End Avenue
New York, NY 10282
Hotel Phone: 212-945-0100
Prattville, AL
7/10/2010
Montgomery Marriott – Prattville Hotel and Conference Center at Capitol Hill
2500 Legends Circle
Prattville, Alabama 36066
Hotel Phone: 334-290-1235
Chicago, IL
7/17/2010
Hyatt Regency
McCormick Place
2233 S. Martin L. King Dr.
Chicago, IL 60616
Hotel Phone: 312-567-1234
Raleigh, NC
7/31/2010
Durham Marriott
Convention Center
201 Foster Street
Durham, NC 27701
Hotel Phone: 919-768-6000
Philadelphia, PA
8/14/2010
Radisson Plaza - Warwick Hotel
220 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Hotel Phone:215-735-6000
Cleveland, OH
9/11/2010
Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center
127 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114
Hotel Phone: 216-696-9200
Norfolk, VA
9/18/2010
Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Waterfront Conference Center
425 Water Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
Hotel Phone:757-673-3000
Orlando, FL
10/23/2010
Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Orlando
1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd.
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Hotel Phone: 407-934-4000
Free round-trip transportation will be available on a first come, first served basis to attendees who live in surrounding areas that are more than 2-1/2 hours away from the following event cities:
- St. Louis, Missouri
- California (City TBD)
- Detroit, Michigan
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Prattsville, Alabama
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Austin, Texas
- Orlando, Florida
Please check with your local Sickle Cell Disease chapter in these cities for more details. Transportation locations are subject to change and are not guaranteed.
Hear R&B pop star and American Idol winner, Ruben Studdard's new song for Be Sickle Smart
To learn more about events in your area, contact your local Sickle Cell Disease Association of America chapter.
