Scenic City Sickle Cell Corp. AR 2015

B i - A n n u a l R e p o r t

2012 - 2014

Board of Directors

2014 - 2015

President - Z. Marie Matthews

Vice Pres. - Levan Gardner

Treasurer (Acting) - Kisha L. Cheeks

Members-at-Large

L’Nette Jackson

Lutrisha D. Kelly

Leslie Smith

Sandra C. Affare

Dr. Jennifer Keates – Balieero

Matthew Cobb

2013 - 2014

President - Angela Talley

Vice Pres. - Levan Gardner

Treasurer - Pierre Pinkerton

Secretary - Z. Marie Matthews

Medical Consultant - Dr. Jennifer Keates

Members-at-Large

Kisha L. Cheeks

Theresa Copeland

L’Nette Jackson

Lutrisha D. Kelly

Sharon J. Kelly

Founding Board

2012 - 2013

Angela Talley

President

Members-at-Large

LaRuthie Holder (Mason)

Sonja Martin

Philip Thomas

Carlos Drake, Sr.

Vice President

Dorothy Lawson

Treasurer

Lutrisha D. Kelly

Secretary

Dr. Jennifer Keates – Balieero

Medical Consultant

Sickle cell anemia

In conjunction with the concert was a Sickle Cell

Awareness Luncheon featuring Genetic Counselor,

Tene Hamilton Franklin, from Meharry Medical

College's Sickle Cell Center along with Dr. Jennifer

Keates-Baleeiro.

Formed on January 30, 2012, the purpose of the

organization is to increase the awareness of sickle

cell disease, provide a network for adult sickle cell

clients, and to develop a system of transitional

services that will assist adolescents living with sickle

cell disease through their transition into adulthood.

There is a population of sickle cell clients in the

Chattanooga community who are underserved,

particularly those who have recently transitioned

from pediatric care to adulthood.

is an inherited form of anemia - a condition in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen throughout the body. Normally, the red blood cells

are flexible and round, moving easily through the blood vessels. In sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells become rigid and sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent moons. These irregularly shaped cells can get stuck in small blood vessels, which can slow or block blood flow and oxygen to parts of the body.

Healthy

cell

Sickled

cell

founded the Chattanooga

Scenic City Sickle Cell

Corporation after hosting

a benefit concert to

financially support the

Kelly family with the

successful bone marrow

transplantation that

cured Ariel J. Kelly of

sickle cell disease.

Sandra C. AffareSandra C. Affare Financial Précis August 2012- August 2013

2012 2013

Grants $0 $588

Memberships $0 $0

Fundraising $889 $838

Miscellaneous $1636 $197

Total $2525 $2433

Fundraising $1110 $0

Occupancy $400 $1000

Professional $0 $20

Bank $168 $87

Membership $50 $0

Other $531 $70

Total $2259 $1177

Increase (Decrease) in net assets $265 $1256

Date of incorporation was January 31, 2012, and actual operations commenced in May 2012.

REVENUE

EXPENSES

Introducing… Matthew

Meet Ariel Kelly On July 25, 2011, four year old Ariel Kelly (left) began a significant battle toward a cure for Sickle Cell Disease; she began to receive a bone marrow transplant from her three-year-old brother, Pierre. The bone marrow transplant took place on August 4, 2011. Pierre was a rare family match; he does not have the disease, but carries the sickle cell trait. Ariel was the first Sickle Cell patient in Chattanooga whose sibling was a bone marrow match.

Ariel (left), and her brothers,

Thank youto our donors...

Billy Willis Photography

Blush Magazine

Brewer Media

Children’s Hospital at Erlanger

Hyksos Temple

James Moreland

Chattanooga Scenic City Sickle Cell Corporation

641 East 4th Street Suite 100

Chattanooga, TN 37403

During the calendar years

2012-2014, Chattanooga Scenic

City Sickle Cell Corporation

participated in the following :

Minority Health Fair

To create community awareness

28 persons were tested for sickle cell traits

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church Health Fair

Provided information to the community and

answered questions about sickle disease and our

organization

Collected names and information from 15 new

potential members at event

FrockTail Party

Showcased one-of-a-kind designer dresses from fashion designers and boutique owners in Chattanooga and the surrounding areas. Inspired by fashion and compassion, the FrockTail Party promoted sickle cell awareness in our community.

Over two hundred people attended.

Between each scene of the fashion show, the emcee polled the audience for facts on sickle cell.

Funds raised to execute annual programming

Logan’s Roadhouse Fundraiser

Proceeds benefitted CSCSCC