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NAT'L ASSOC. For SICKLE CELL
Hotel Don Sensor, St. Petersburg, Fla.-Sept. '79

SICKLE CELL DISEASE GRANT TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY

A contribution of $10,000 was presented to the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease by Somerset Importers, Ltd., on behalf of Johnnie Walker Red, at a reception held at The Pinnacle Club in New York City.

Dr. Roland B. Scott, director of the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease, accepted the donation on behalf of his organization. 

John E. Heilmann, president and chief executive officer of Somerset Importers, Ltd., who presented the check, said, "Somerset and Johnnie Walker Red are pleased to make this contribution as a gesture of our continuing support of this very worthy cause. This is the fourth annual donation by our company toward the fight against Sickle Cell Disease. This year and last year, we have made direct contributions to the Howard University Sickle Cell Research Center, and in 1976 and 1977 our company sponsored the Johnnie Walker Cup Softball Games in Florida to help raise funds, with a guaranteed basic contribution, for the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of Greater New York.

"Any positive results in research to find better ways to manage, treat and control Sickle Cell Disease would have world-wide implications. We hope and believe that this breakthrough is in the foreseeable future."

Dr. Scott spoke on the need to encourage and support research that would provide better methods of treatment and afford a clearer understanding of the effect of this disease on the health and life style of one out of every 600 Black Americans, who suffer from Sickle Cell Anemia. He noted that "one out of 12 American Blacks carries the Sickle Cell Trait, which can be inherited by their children. If a child inherits the sickling trait from both parents, Sickle Cell Anemia can result."

Anyone wishing further information on the Sickle Cell story may write to:

Dr. Roland B. Scott, Director
Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease
2121 Georgia Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20059

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