Event Details

Date Thursday, June 19, 2025
Time 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location Davenport - Headquarters
5500 Lakeview Parkway
Davenport, IA 52807
Contact Kirby Winn
(kwinn@impactlife.org)

An event to recognize Juneteenth as World Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day. We will lift up members of our community who are living with Sickle Cell Disease and remember those who have been lost. We will also feature speakers who will focus on the important role blood donors can play in alleviating suffering caused by a painful Sickle Cell Crisis.

Speakers & Honorees

Dr. Meredith Parsons
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

Shyneeta Rush
Supervisor, Donor Services
ImpactLife

Sickle Cell Warriors in Battle

Yolanda Graves Jefferson
Ollienna Bluitt

Remembering Winged Warriors

Nina Conner
Michael Timmons
Helen Frison
Beleta Rush
Barbara Rush


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