The James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation


1420 Gregg Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Executive Director Lena Stevenson
Phone: 803-765-9916
Free: 800-506-1273
Fax: 803-799-6471
Email: jrcsc@bellsouth.net

HISTORY

The James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation, Inc. was chartered in 1972 in Columbia, South Carolina as a comprehensive community-based health organization to serve the needs of patients with sickle cell disease. The foundation is named after James R. Clark, MD, who was a founder and advocate for patients with the sickle cell disease.

MISSION

The mission of the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation is to optimize the social, psychological and physiological well being of residents with sickle cell disease with in the fifteen county area of the State that we serve. This mission shall be accomplished through the provision of comprehensive services to individuals, families, and communities and shall be further enhanced by collaboration with appropriate federal, state, and local resources and through the involvement of volunteers and contributors.

SERVICES

A staff of thirty-one (31) full-time, part-time and paid staff members assure accessible services for our clients.

LINKS

The following organizations provide information in support of the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation:

  1. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
  2. The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
  3. American Sickle Cell Anemia Association


This page was created on November 1, 1999.

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