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May 12, 2021 

CELEBRATE!  Don't miss Stacey Kennedy-Conner's story!  And scroll down to see what supporters are doing to educate their communities about lupus!

PARTICIPATE! Register for the FREE Webinar and the Virtual run WALK ride for Lupus!  New this week: Special event TONIGHT!  Presented by Support Group Leader LaShon!

EDUCATE! See how you can increase lupus awareness in YOUR community!

Governor Pritzker Proclaims May as Lupus Awareness Month!  See the proclamation here.

CELEBRATE!

 

Virtual Lupus Ambassador Stacey Kennedy-Conner

This event is so important because it is a great way to educate and inform society about lupus! This is also an awesome time for individuals dealing with lupus to celebrate their journeys of survival with friends and family members and gain new friends! This is a time that people look forward to, this walk is a reminder to lupus survivors and our friends and family that we are cared for, loved, and that there is intentionality around awareness, and a fight for a cure!

Read Walk Ambassador Mari's story

Read Walk Ambassador Robert's story

Read Walk Ambassador Kay's Story!

PARTICIPATE!

FREE Webinar!

Caring for Someone with Lupus
Thursday, May 27, 2021 | 6:00pm

Having people to love and care about is never a burden. But watching them suffer with an illness like lupus can be. Get tips to help you be the lupus caregiver your loved one needs.

Registration required for access to this webinar.

Virtual run WALK ride & Lupus Walk!

Lupus Walk for the entire month of May AND a LIVE Lupus Walk (if possible) on August 14, 2021 at the Naperville Riverwalk.  The LIVE Lupus Walk will be LIVE STREAMED on August 14, 2021, NO MATTER WHAT!

Register you're eligible to win incentive prizes & enter contests with awesome prizes!  You will be able to participate in the Virtual Lupus Walk and the Illinois Lupus Walk on August 14, 2021!

Special Education Event

Support Group Leader and Lupus Champion extraordinaire LaShon is hosting a Zoom Meeting!  Registration is not required.

CONTESTS

Must be registered for the Virtual run WALK ride for Lupus!  Register here!

Congratulations to Angie Whitmore!

Angie won our 1st Virtual run WALK ride contest!  Angie is a member on Lupus Spoons, Mari’s Majestic Mariposas.  She won a coffee tumbler from My Shards of Glass, $35 value, by personalizing her walk page!  

Thanks Angie!

Register and enter NEXT WEEKS CONTEST!

Post a photo of your BEST virtual run WALK ride outfit with #LSIBestOutfit and you'll be entered to win a $50 Athleta gift card!

Weekly Contest #2!  Team Captain registering the most registered members this week will win a $25 Target gift card!

EDUCATE!

 

Get Ready to Educate!

Lupus Awareness Month is the time of year when the lupus community takes time to educate their families, workplaces and neighborhoods about lupus. Education can be as modest as sending an email to your friends and family about lupus to organizing a Lupus Awareness Day at your office. We encourage you to get creative as you raise awareness about this often misunderstood disease.

Please let us know what you’re up to – you may inspire others in the lupus community to take action! Email mary@lupusil.org or call Mary at 312-648-6053.

 

HOW YOU ARE CELEBRATING LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH!

Post your pictures and stories to our Facebook event page here  or send your pictures and stories to lisa@lupusil.org.

Mari Gonzalez and her mom Blanca have decorated their neighborhood with purple ribbons, lupus awareness signs and are planning a group walk for later this month!

 
 
 

Beth Horan is doing WHAT?

She's walking 100 miles for the Virtual run WALK ride for Lupus event!  100 miles and she is doing it all on the AB Team and to increase awareness about lupus and support the LSI.  Thank you, Beth, for setting an great goal for all of us!  

& the school where Beth teaches, Mary, Seat of Wisdom are selling lemon ice for lupus in May. All the money raised will be donated to LSI!

Justine's on the AB Team!

Justine is a member of the LSI's Associate Board team.  She posted this picture to social media - she walked 6 miles and is raising awareness for lupus with every step!  Extra props for taking a picture in front of a purple tree!  Thanks, Justine, for making lupus awareness a priority! 

Nicole's Walking Her Way!

Nicole Franklin is walking 1 mile for every $20 she raises!  Thanks, Nicole, for making Lupus Awareness Month & the Virtual run WALK ride your own!

 

Bettie Carter & her Support Group reached out to Willis Towers, Prudential Plaza and the Crain Building to light the color Purple the whole month of May in support for Lupus. They all agreed and I hope you get a chance to see them. They are on around 8 or 8:30pm every night.

Thanks, Bettie!

RUSH Lupus Clinic Fights for Lupus!  Thanks to Dr. Jolly for sharing her team's "I fight for..."  pictures!

The pictures above were taken on Monday, World Lupus Day, at Rush's Lupus Awareness Day, event. LaShon shared these photos and explained that a table was set up in the cafeteria and the table had information about lupus, LSI and upcoming LSI events. Thanks LaShon & everyone at the Rush Lupus Clinic for making lupus awareness a priority!

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