The walk to end Lupus!
- Austin James Keener
- Apr 9, 2015
- 2 min read
The 9th Annual Walk to End Lupus Now on Saturday, May 2, 2015 the largest LFA walk in the country! The goal of the walk is to raise funds and awareness for the 55,000 Georgians with lupus and the Georgia Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America.
One walker is doing this for personal reasons. Jackie far has set a goal to raise $1,000 in memory of her mother Donna Gilbert. "I walk to give hope, to inspire, to make a change and to find a cure!'
The funds raised in the walk will ensure the chapter continues to provide and expand the only statewide free educational programs, advocacy and awareness efforts including seven lupus symposiums and new support groups across Georgia.
Ninety percent of every dollar stays in Georgia ensuring the chapter continues to be a lifeline and a voice of hope raising awareness and fighting for lupus families, the chapter also supports the national research efforts funding and advocating for investment in lupus. Ten years ago, no one spoke of lupus, there was little awareness and understanding of the signs and symptoms and very little investment in research. 1.5 million Americans have lupus, men, women and children and finally there is hope with the first new drug approved for lupus in over 52 years in 2011. Enclosed is a lupus fact sheet, to find out more and to get involved, visit the chapter website at www.lupusga.org.
Thank you so much for your support! I will keep you updated as I reach my goal, and please feel free to forward my request to anyone you feel would support me and/or my team in the Walk for Lupus Now! Together, we can make a tremendous difference!
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