September 3, 2011

Faith Based Awareness Tour

Conference Call Minutes for September 3, 2011

Time: 7-8:00pm

PRESENT

Dominique Friend—Harrisburg, PA

Wande Soluade—South NJ/Philadelphia, PA

Diane Creekmore—Norfolk, VA

AGENDA

Emergency Room Visits

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

We need to advertise these conference calls more consistently so that the volume of callers doesn’t decrease. It seems as though if this event isn’t reposted on Facebook then people don’t call.

The meeting is cut short due to the lack of volume. The callers that are present will speak to Dominique preceding the meeting to discuss the Faith Based Initiative (FBA) Tour and conference call goals.

*When possible please help by posting these conference calls in your individual groups, profiles or Pages on Facebook. Can each member use the Logo on Facebook to help spread the word? To obtain the Logo please go to Dominique’s profile page.

These Conference calls will remain from Mon-Sat at 7pm.  At times there may be several conference calls taken place at the same time with different objectives/topics. Be prepared for changes when we become more structured.

QUESTION

*How can we reach out to sickle cell patients of the male population?

*Is there a support system for the men in the sickle cell community?

*How can we go beyond the walls of Facebook so we’re not limited?

CHARGE to CALLERS

Let’s not keep preaching to the choir! It seems as though we’re speaking to the same people every time. We need to branch out our friends and families!

*Decide on 3 people that you can reach out and call (friends, church members, family). They don’t have to have sickle cell. Those 3 people you reach out to will then go to 3 people and so on--creating a network of supporters.

Let’s get more and more people to join in on these conference calls & this initiative. The goal is for the number of callers to grow each day & week!

CONTACT:

Send your email addresses &information to sickle1000@yahoo.com

                       Please visit www.sickle.us for more information on the Faith-Based Awareness Tour