LET'S GET MOVING!!

The 11th annual Strides for Lupus - A Walk for Lupus Now Event is a 1 or 3 mile walk which starts at Mount Mary College and continues through the Menomonee River Parkway. Following the walk is a light lunch and entertainment featuring the band, "Close Enuf".  It offers a chance for the lupus patients, their families and friends to come together to raise funds and awareness of a disease that can be devastating.

Lupus is a chronic non-contagious autoimmune disease that causes inflammation, injury to tissues and pain. The Lupus Foundation of America estimates between 1.5 and 2 million Americans have a form of lupus, but the actual number may be higher. It is estimated 28,000 Wisconsin residents have lupus.  More than 90 percent of people with lupus are women, yet 80% of women in general do not know what lupus is. Symptoms and diagnosis occur most often when women are in their child-bearing years, between the ages of 15 and 45.

For more information and to REGISTER for the walk please log onto www.lupuswi.org.  Feel free to call us at the Lupus Foundation of America, Wisconsin Chapter for more information on lupus or the Strides for Lupus - A Walk for Lupus Now Event at 414-443-6400.

Thank you!