by:Dana Whyte
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Baxter Community Center and Versiti Blood Centers in Michigan are hosting special sickle cell blood drives Saturday in hopes of raising more awareness about the disease.
Data from Spectrum Health shows more than 100,000 people live with sickle cell disease in the United States. It occurs in one in 365 African American births and one in 16,300 Hispanic-American births.
Baxter Community Center will host the blood drive in Grand Rapids from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday.
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