Dear FriendsWe have been approved to and gladly accepts to be identified as the Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario (SCAGO)
Every day welcomes more birth of children with Sickle Cell Disease. As the children grow and had to endure the pains and complications associated with this disease, many parents wish they could save their children from the pain and agony of the disease. We now know that many children will continue to be born with Sickle Cell Disease due to the ignorance of parents about their Carrier status at the time of procreation.
Hence I submit to you that in the absence of a viable cure, the only way to truly reduce / eliminate sickle cell disease in our community is by encouraging Haemoglobin Electrophoresis testing and by educating our children generation after generation about the importance of this testing.
Creating a family history around Sickle Cell Disease has been a favorite a mine and I encourage each and every one of you to start documenting the Genotype Status of each member of your family. Please make sure that your children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces and all other family members are educated and tested. No age is too young to be educated. Thank you for visiting SCAGO and we hope you will support this great cause both financially and with your time. Volunteers are always needed.
You may donate online by going to our donate page OR call /e-mail us to set up a monthly pre-authorized payment for you. No amount is too small. We will love to hear from you.
Send us a line at SCAGO OR call 416-745-4267.