Organizing meeting for Healing Tree Mentor Program, Saturday, September 27, 10am at SsAM.
“Rooted in Resilience” is a mentor/learner program for young people managing sickle cell disease. Patients aged 16+ who are managing sickle cell disease are offered a partner for the journey into independent adulthood. Click here for more details.
2025-02-01 — Volunteer Opportunities to Support the Healing Tree Nourish Program
As of February 1, 2025, the Healing Tree program, which supports families with Sickle Cell Disease, has expanded the food program to educate and provide food to families struggling with this condition. The Nourish Program aspect requires a few phones calls a month and helping people with menus and cooking tips using the fresh food provided through Lutheran Community Services. Training and support are available to help people with this food coaching. There is also an opportunity to help with the transportation of food to families on Thursdays. The mentoring program is on hold, but the Nourish Program is very active. Please call Pastor Pat Weikert (856 430-4441) or Chuck Bean (302 540-7471).
2024-07-19 Healing Tree Ministry
Below are six images from July, 2024. They detail services offered by The Healing Tree SCD and the role of its partners, including SsAM, the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew.
2023-06-19 — Shine the Light on Sickle Cell.
During the last 18 months, SsAM members and others have met, emailed, shared a Zoom call, or worked together on a project related to the Congregational Health Network for patients and families managing sickle cell disease at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware. Click here to see the 7-minute Nemours video about Sickle Cell.
2023-06-04 — SsAM has joined the Community Health Network organized by the Reverend Pam Weikart to support children and their families struggling with sickle cell disease.
The first three families of this program have started this week with food from our parish. We expect this will expand once the kinks are worked out as there are many children and families who are struggling with food insecurity.
“The Lutheran Family Services Food Farmacy is able to provide healthy appropriate food to help battle the ravages of sickle cell disease. We will also be starting a mentoring program but that’s still in the works. I’m sure in the future we are going to need more volunteers and I so appreciate the people who have stepped up at this time,” says Dr. Charles Bean.
2023-06-02 — The SsAM team of fo0d coaches has been trained and will begin working with their families.
Providing Healthy Food for Patients and families Managing Sickle Cell Disease is a collaboration between SsAM, the Food Farmacy at Lutheran Community Services, and the Congregational Health Network at Nemours Children’s Health.
Interested?
Please click here to us the email contact form on this website to send a message to Chuck Bean.
