Community walk raising awareness for sickle cell diseases

Sickle Cell Task Force Walk hoping to raise awareness and research funding

The Sickle Cell Task Force Walk/Run takes place September 14.

SEATTLE - September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. It puts a spotlight on this incurable disease that affects an estimated 100,000 people in the United States.  John Masembe and Joe-Hayword Wilson with the K.D. Hall Foundation told us how they're spreading awareness and raising money to fight sickle cell right here in Western Washington.