 Good morning, Columbia. I am Yvonne Donald, Deputy Director of the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation here this morning to ask the public to participate and get involved in a wonderful event coming up this Saturday. The 14th annual James R. Clark Sickle Cell Walk held each year to provide scholarships for students with sickle cell disease to attend schools of higher learning. We're pleased to have Regina Brown, Community Manager of Community Relations at Prisma Health. Regina has been a long time advocate, volunteer, donor on behalf of the clients and patients and programs at the James R. Clark Sickle Cell Foundation and she's our 14th year walking doctor. I have been involved with the Sickle Cell Foundation for over 25 years. I have a personal history with them. I had a nephew who passed away as a result of a sickle cell disease and so I'm very passionate about sickle cell and making sure that whatever I can do in the community to make a difference, I want to be a part of it. September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, so this is a time to raise awareness, to educate the public about sickle cell disease and for others to realize and learn to plight that individuals with sickle cell disease live on a daily basis. Sickle cell disease is a disease of the red blood cells and instead of those red blood cells being nice and round and supple and flexible and easily passing through the tiny arteries in the veins, they're hard. They're sickle shaped like a crescent moon or a banana and they get trapped in the tiny veins. This causes, first of all, excruciating pain. Pain is the hard mark of this disease. So if you've never been a part of the walk, this is the year to participate. Think about all the lives that you're able to change as a result of coming out and supporting the walk. I have challenged all of my friends and those who are enlisting that are my friends, please come out on Saturday morning and walk with me. And so let's let the community come together and support this event. Again, it's only $15. We have online registration at www.jamesrclarksicklecell.org but you can call our foundation at 803-765-9916. You can stop by the office. We have on-site registration Thursday from 12 to 6 and Friday from 9 to 4 and we also have on-site registration the day of the walk at 7.38 a.m.