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2023 SESSION
23106643DWHEREAS, for five decades, the Sickle Cell Association, Inc., a member of Sickle Cell Chapters of Virginia, Inc., has advocated on behalf of sickle cell disease patients and their families, while providing comprehensive education, counseling, and support services; and
WHEREAS, a nonprofit, community-based organization, the Sickle Cell Association was founded in Norfolk in 1972 to educate the public, encourage support for research, and empower people living with sickle cell disease, an incurable red blood cell disorder that can cause chronic pain and other severe health complications; and
WHEREAS, in 1977, representatives from the Sickle Cell Association and four other sickle cell chapters from Danville, Fredericksburg, Hampton, and Richmond met to discuss plans for a joint statewide conference; the chapters held their first annual conference on September 22–23, 1978, in Norfolk, and subsequently agreed to incorporate into a statewide organization, Sickle Cell Chapters of Virginia, to better serve their communities; and
WHEREAS, sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 people nationwide and thousands of people in the Commonwealth, as many as half of whom live in Hampton Roads; as of 2019, the Sickle Cell Association worked directly with 230 families in the region; and
WHEREAS, sickle cell disease can result in debilitating pain necessitating emergency room and doctor visits, as well as time off work or school, and treatments can cost tens of thousands of dollars per year; the Sickle Cell Association provides a critical support system to help patients and their families navigate options for treatment and care; and
WHEREAS, the Sickle Cell Association works diligently to raise awareness of ways that community members can help those in need, such as through blood donations; the organization has built strong local partnerships with churches, civic groups, fraternities and sororities, corporations, and small businesses to spread its message and support fundraising events like its annual Walk for Sickle Cell; and
WHEREAS, Judy Anderson has provided exceptional leadership to the Sickle Cell Association as its executive director for the past 40 years; and
WHEREAS, the Sickle Cell Association continues to fulfill its vital mission through the guidance of its board of directors, the hard work of its staff members, and the generosity of its countless volunteers and donors; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Sickle Cell Association, Inc., on the occasion of its 50th anniversary of service to the Hampton Roads community; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Judy Anderson, executive director of the Sickle Cell Association, Inc., as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for the organization’s life-changing contributions to people with sickle cell disease and their families.