HACA is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization established in 1964 to serve persons with bleeding disorders and their families in Northern VA, DC, and Southern MD.  We are a diverse community that offers education and networking for all people with bleeding disorders including children, as well as non-native speakers, and women.

We support children: Children who are living with bleeding disorders need supplemental clotting factor to live healthy, normal lives.  Children with these disorders need to have a needle inserted into their veins, or under their skin, multiple times a week.  At our summer camp program, they learn how to give the medication to themselves.  This gives them confidence and a sense of self-reliance.

We also support the parents: We host infusion clinics where parents learn how to infuse their children.  When a baby is born with a bleeding disorder the parents experience fear, anger, and worry, but we help to alleviate those emotions through classes where they can learn under the watchful eye of a nurse to administer these treatments themselves.

In order to continue these life changing programs, HACA is having a fundraiser on May 11, 2024  at Two Twisted Posts to raise money to help support children and their families who are living with chronic and painful bleeding disorders. We are asking for donations of items that HACA can use for its raffle or silent auction.

The names of all those who doanate will be put in our newsletter, social media platforms, and in out weekly emails.

The money raised will go towards:

• Sending children to camp
• Providing education for new families whose children were just diagnosed with hemophilia or von Willebrand disease.
• Helping support our members by purchasing medical bracelets, helmets, and gas cards.
• Hiring interpreters to come to our events for our Spanish speaking members.
  Supporting our period poverty program.