The Cynthia Coles Circle The Cynthia Coles Circle was organized in September 1976 at Friendship Baptist Church under the leadership of the Reverend Dr. Louis Johnson, who incorporated the circle into the Department of Missions. The Circle was named in honor of Cynthia Coles, an active member who died from complications caused by Sickle Cell Anemia in 1976 at the age of twenty-one
Our Mission As the Cynthia Coles Circle in 2023 approached our 47th year of supporting the Sickle Cell Disease Association of American (SCDAA)-Michigan Chapter, we began a new journey. In the past we held dinners and luncheons to raise funds and doing the pandemic years, to continue our support, we held webinars. Now we are embarking on a new path. We will be joining the SCDAA’s Annual “Sickle Cell Matters Walk” held during the month of September. Every year, we have been blessed with the support of loyal church members, persons and organizations in the community that has enabled us to contribute 100% of the net proceeds from our annual benefits. In Helping to Break the Sickle Cycle over $182,840 has been raised to fight against Sickle Cell Disease. It’s our plan to carry on this fight and we hope you will continue to support us. The funds are contributed to SCDAA -MI to further the goal for a cure, to promote awareness of this disease and to financially aide the SCDAA-Michigan Chapter in providing a range of services offered to individuals with sickle cell and their families. God has smiled on us, giving us the spirit to persevere
Our Mission As the Cynthia Coles Circle in 2023 approached our 47th year of supporting the Sickle Cell Disease Association of American (SCDAA)-Michigan Chapter, we began a new journey. In the past we held dinners and luncheons to raise funds and doing the pandemic years, to continue our support, we held webinars. Now we are embarking on a new path. We will be joining the SCDAA’s Annual “Sickle Cell Matters Walk” held during the month of September. Every year, we have been blessed with the support of loyal church members, persons and organizations in the community that has enabled us to contribute 100% of the net proceeds from our annual benefits. In Helping to Break the Sickle Cycle over $182,840 has been raised to fight against Sickle Cell Disease. It’s our plan to carry on this fight and we hope you will continue to support us. The funds are contributed to SCDAA -MI to further the goal for a cure, to promote awareness of this disease and to financially aide the SCDAA-Michigan Chapter in providing a range of services offered to individuals with sickle cell and their families. God has smiled on us, giving us the spirit to persevere
Wanda Whitten-Shurney, MD, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Michigan Chapter
46th Annual Sickle Cell Benefit Guest Speaker.
