Community Partners
Our friends in the community care about children’s health as much as we do! For information about helping children, contact Marie Vacca at 302-444-9126, or at mvacca@nemours.org.
The 31st Annual Sickle Cell Tennis Classic will be held the weekends of August 2-3 and 9-10, 2008 on courts in the Wilmington area with all proceeds benefiting the sickle cell program at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. The event is hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Zeta Omega Chapter and the Pearls of Hope Foundation, Inc. For fee schedule, online registration and additional information, visit www.sctennistournament.org
A check for $13,000 to benefit the sickle cell program was presented to the Nemours Partnership for Children’s Health on May 30, 2008.
Despite being diagnosed with a devastating brain tumor and undergoing treatment at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, high school senior Meghan Trahey is helping other children. Meghan and her friend Emily Bruce sponsored "Score for the Cure" - a tournament featuring tennis, Ultimate Frisbee and volleyball. More than $7,500 was raised to support pediatric cancer research. Meghan, who continued to participate in high school sports and keep up with her studies throughout her illness, says, "I feel lucky since there are many other patients worse off then me. I want to try and help find a cure." 
