🎒 Back-to-School Fundraiser is LIVE — help us fill bags for kids in Aiden's sickle cell program at UNC. Donate now →

Buie Sickle Cell Foundation

Educate. Support. Crush Sickle Cell.

Building a community that helps families navigate sickle cell disease with education, practical tools, and real support — while advocating for awareness and better outcomes.

🎒 Back-to-School Fundraiser Our Mission
100K+Americans affected
1Foundation built on love
NCBased, serving all families

🎒 Active Fundraiser

Back-to-School Bags for Sickle Cell Warriors at UNC

We're raising funds to put together back-to-school bags for children in the sickle cell program at UNC — the same program our son Aiden is part of. Every child deserves to start the school year feeling prepared, seen, and supported.

Why This Matters

Kids living with sickle cell disease face unique challenges heading into each school year — managing medications, communicating their needs, and staying on top of their health while just trying to be a kid. These bags are a small but meaningful way to say: we see you, we've got you.

Your donation directly funds supplies for children in the UNC sickle cell program for the upcoming school year. Every dollar goes straight to the bags.

Fundraiser ProgressGoal: Help every child in the program
$25
Supplies for one child's bag
$50
Fully stocks two bags
$100
Covers a family of siblings
Any
Every dollar counts
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100% of donations support the back-to-school bag program. Questions? thebuiefoundation@gmail.com

What's in the Bag

Every item, chosen with care.

Want to see exactly what goes into each bag? Browse our Amazon gift list — you can purchase items directly and they'll ship straight to us, or donate cash and we'll take care of the shopping.

Shop our Amazon gift list

Every item on the list goes directly into a back-to-school bag for a child in the UNC sickle cell program. Purchase one item or many — it all makes a difference.

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What We Do

Built around families. Built for real life.

Education

Plain-language guides, caregiver toolkits, and kid-friendly learning materials for every stage of the journey.

Support

Connections to resources, community outreach, and help navigating next steps when it feels hardest.

Advocacy

Awareness campaigns, school and workplace education, and community partnerships across North Carolina.

Relief

Care packages, emergency preparedness tools, and practical help during crisis moments and transitions.

Living with Sickle Cell Coloring Book
Available on Amazon

Living with Sickle Cell:
A Coloring Book for Kids

Ages 2–8 · By Emilie Fine & The Buie Foundation

A thoughtfully created coloring book to help young children learn about sickle cell disease in a calm, comforting, and age-appropriate way. Through simple sentences and friendly illustrations, children can better understand their bodies, their care, and the strength they carry every day.

Ages 2–8 Bold illustrations Calm & empowering Perfect for hospitals & schools
Get it on Amazon →

Our Story

Made with love.

The Buie Foundation was born from a simple truth: families living with sickle cell disease deserve practical tools, not just awareness campaigns. We exist to make daily life more manageable and to make sure no family feels alone in this fight.

Based in North Carolina, we work in our community every day — through education, outreach, care packages, and advocacy. Everything we build comes from real experience and real love.

"No family should have to navigate sickle cell alone."— The Buie Foundation Mission

📧 thebuiefoundation@gmail.com  |  📞 (336) 408-4344