A Letter from the President Dear Friend, Happy Halloween! I hope this fun (and snowy!) day, finds you well and warm! Last weekend, we hosted the 3rd Annual Rush Lupus Clinic & LSI Educational Event. Thanks go out to our wonderful presenters, Dr. Nika, Dr. Jolly and Dr. Baxi and the entire Rush Lupus Clinic Team – including Dr. Sequeira. The Rush lupus team is wonderful and we are always happy to partner with them. This year, we also had a sponsor for the event, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals and we thank them for their support. The presentations from the event are archived on our website here. This month we also had our 13th Lupus Charity Runners team in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon! We are always humbled by the commitment and dedication of our runners – many who have run multiple marathons for us! If you’ve ever been interested in running a marathon, please consider joining Lupus Charity Runners. We have a wonderful team and a wonderful program. We support you 100% just as our runners support the Illinois lupus community! We currently have guaranteed spots in the 2020 Bank of America Chicago Marathon - contact mary@lupusil.org for more information. Thanks to all of our runners who did an amazing job! Every dollar raised goes towards our mission. Thank you! As we move towards the season of giving, we hope that you will remember us with your year end giving. Giving Tuesday (After Black Friday and Cyber Monday) kicks off our holiday campaign. We are only able to continue our important work with your support. Together we make a difference, Mary Dollear |