Updates are currently being made for the 21st Annual Lupus Loop on Sunday, October 28, 2012. We anticipate launching the campaign in June. Email info@lupustristate.org to join our mailing list and be notified when the campaign launches!
If you were not able to make it to the Lupus Loop because of weather, icy roads, or other obstacles, you can still get your purple 20th Anniversary Lupus Loop t-shirt!
Just register as a "Virtual Participant", click here to download the registration form and return with your payment ($25 per adult, $10 per child 12 and under), or click here to process an online registration .
Be sure to check out the photo gallery using the menu to the left.
Thank you for your dedication to the fight against lupus. We cannot achieve our goals, provide patient and community services, support research and spread awareness about lupus without each and every one of you.
Keep Fundraising
Keep Up The Momentum in the Fight Against Lupus!
- Donors or sponsors can support the Lupus Loop by giving you cash, check, or making a direct and secure credit card donation on your fundraising page.
- To find a team or participant's fundraising page, visit the Lupus Loop Campaign page and search for the team name or participant.
- Email all of your friends, family members, classmates and coworkers the link to your fundraising page!
- Post a link to your fundraising page on your Facebook wall.
- Remind your donors that making a donation does not register them for the 20th Annual Lupus Loop as a runner or walker, they must still complete the registration process outlined above.
The Annual Lupus Loop 5K Run and 2.5 Mile Walk for Lupus Now® is a part of a nation-wide series of walks/events that raise awareness and funds to fight lupus. Walk for Lupus Now® is the signature event of the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. In more than 50 cities across America, thousands of people walk, run, roll, or volunteer to make a difference in the lives of those affected by lupus and raise essential funds for research, education, and support services.
Proceeds from the Annual Lupus Loop 5K Run and 2.5 Mile Walk for Lupus Now® benefit the support programs and services of the Lupus Foundation of America, Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter that help the more than 40,000 individuals living with the challenges of lupus in the Tri-State area. You will make a difference in the continued effort to find the causes of and cure for lupus through locally funded research and advocacy efforts. Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). This disease can cause inflammation and tissue damage to virtually any organ system. Lupus is a disease of flares and remission – making life with lupus very unpredictable. It strikes mostly women of childbearing age; although women of all ages, as well as men and children, develop lupus. It is a life-threatening, life-diminishing disease.
In March 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made the decision to approve BENLYSTA® for the treatment of lupus. BENLYSTA is the first treatment approved for lupus in more than 52 years, and is the first drug ever approved that was specifically developed to treat the disease. There are still major gaps that exist in our understanding of the causes and consequences of lupus. To address these gaps, it is essential that we continue to call upon individuals, corporations, foundations and federal, state and local governments to greatly expand their efforts so that the 1.5 million Americans with lupus may have hope. Hope that this disease will be brought under control, hope for a cure, hope for a better future.
The Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (LFA) is the foremost national nonprofit voluntary health organization dedicated to finding the causes of and cure for lupus and providing support, services and hope to all people affected by lupus.
Thank you for your support of the 20th Annual Lupus Loop and 2.5 Mile Walk for Lupus Now®!
