The HPF Sickle Cell Center is designed to create a community where patients and their families can get together to bond and help each other.

HPF Sickle Cell Center Address:

35171 Merle Haggard Dr., Suite D,

Bakersfield, CA, 93308

Activities at HPF Sickle Cell Center:

• Monthly Empowerment Support Group Meetings
  • Every third Thursday of each month from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at HPF center
• Movie Night
• Nutrition cooking classes
  • Teach members to make healthy recipes and provide them with the ingredients to make it at home
• Yoga Classes
• Meditation
• Karaoke
• Dancing
• Holiday Parties
• Birthday Celebrations of Sickle Cell individuals
• Tutoring
• Computer / Printing access
• SCD Education
  • Educate members regarding supportive care, regular health maintenance, and pathophysiology of SCD
• Library / Book Club
• Board Games
• Arts and Crafts
• Makeup and Fashion Show
• Gardening / Planting

Resources at HPF Sickle Cell Center:

• Reimbursements related to cost of SCD
  • With proof of receipt will provide reimbursements for parking, copayments, and other transportation cost

Other Activities include:

• Bowling
• Hiking
• Visiting members when hospitalized to provide moral support