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May 19, 2021 

Celebrate! Participate! Educate!  The AMAZING Gina Casto is our story of the week!  Make sure to check it out!

Congratulations to last week's contest winner!  See Dawn Conley & her Poopus on Lupus information below.

Did you know about the Virtual run WALK ride for Lupus contests?  We HAVE a LOT of prizes!
find out how to win these great prizes and MORE!

Download the WEB CONTESTS flyer here!  Download the SOCIAL MEDIA # CONTESTS flyer

Apple Airpods!

Bath Salts

32" Smart TV

 

Athleta Gift Cards

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

CELEBRATE!

Click image for full picture of Gina & her dad!

 

WALK AMBASSADOR GINA CASTO

 I found the walk in Naperville in 2007 on the internet. This is the birth of PACO’S POSSE. Did the walk in 2008 too. After that it came out to Olympia Field in 2009 and my Mom and DAD lived in Olympia Fields, Soooo I had to become a SOUTHSIDE Lupus Walk Committee Member and I Did!

Every Walk is personal to me. I know my Dad is gone (2017), but I still want Lupus to end and all with Lupus and their families to get the help they need from the Lupus Society of Illinois.

 

Walk Ambassador Kay

Walk Ambassador Stacey

Walk Ambassador Dr. Nika!

Walk Ambassador Mari

Walk Ambassador Robert

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!

CONTESTS

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

This Week's Contest!!!!!

Congratulations to Dawn Conley!

Dawn Conley team captain for Poopus on Lupus won a $25 target gift card for winning last week's Walk Contest!  She had the most members join her walk team!  

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!

 
 
 
 

Thanks to Ann Canada for promoting Lupus Awareness and the Amazing Mari's Lupus Spoons Walk Team's efforts in her front yard!

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!

Update: Beth has walked 43 miles of her 100 mile goal as of 5/18!

 

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!

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! 

Justine walks 12 miles 5/14 & 15

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!

 

Kay Mimms Facebook Post

Thanks to Kay Mimms for posting to the Virtual run WALK ride Facebook Event!  Riding her stationary bike!  Kay has an AWESOME lupus awareness room -  Kay, you are AMAZING!  Thank you!

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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