Byron Scott, James Pickens, Jr., Dawnn Lewis, Nicole Murphy Among Celebrities Golfing For A Cause At KiKi Shepard's 4th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sickle Cell Disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans according to the CDC, with 1 out of every 365 African American babies being born with the disease. In an effort to raise awareness and benefit the programs and services of the KIS Foundation, Inc., popular television host of It's Showtime at the Apollo, KiKi Shepard and select corporate sponsors will execute KiKi Shepard's 4th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic at Porter Valley Country Club on Monday, November 14, 2022. This celebrity driven event will bring together a bevy of high tiered influencers and luminaries for a day of golfing and philanthropy.
Key Points:
- This celebrity driven event will bring together a bevy of high tiered influencers and luminaries for a day of golfing and philanthropy.
- "A lot of people don't know that I carry the Sickle Cell Trait (SCT).
- Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited, non-contagious red blood cell disorder that can be debilitating, excruciatingly painful, and life-threatening.
- The lifelong disease most frequently affects African Americans, people of Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean heritage.