Thank you for visiting my fundraising page for the 16th Annual Walk-Along for Lupus! It is so hard to believe that one year has gone by already!  Last years walk was a huge success!  With all of your support and donations Cristina's Guardians raised the most money for the 2008 Walk-Along!  

For those of you who know me you know that I walk every year to support my sister in-law Cristina Machado. She was diagnosed with Lupus a couple of years ago and I have never ever heard her complain about it once!!!  Through all of the treatments and doctors visits she remains strong, happy and focused on helping to find a cure or a treatment that works for her. 

Cristina is a huge part of my life.  She is so supportive and kind and is always there for the Machado-DaCruz Family!  So this is our way of giving back to her.  Please help me support the Lupus Alliance.     

Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support my fundraising efforts. To learn more about Lupus, the Lupus Alliance and the Walk-Along for lupus you can visit www.lupusliqueens.org.

Thank you so much for visiting my page and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too! You can also tweet my page on Twitter, share it on facebook or post it as a bulletin on myspace. Even if you can't donate, please take a moment to pass this page on to everyone you know and help us spread the word about lupus and the Walk-Along for lupus. The more people who know, the more people we can help!

It has been more than 50 years since a new drug has been approved for lupus!   Let's try and change that!!!!