
Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for the good things in your life. You can give thanks for friends, family, a good job, good health…wait! Good health? Raise your hands if you go through an entire week without complications from your respective conditions. No hands? I thought so. ...

This is the time of year that inspires us to examine our lives with a closer look and make a checklist of what we are truly thankful for...

We are coming upon the time of year when people are more giving and thoughtful of their fellow humans all around them. A time of year where people reflect on their lives and wonder what a new year may bring. So where did the other ten months go? What is so different about now...

In 1990 the Federal Government passed a law called the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Act essentially “forced” any business that dealt with the public, to provide that public access to be able to purchase their product. Th...

The Fortune 52 weekly column in The Long Island Press written by Associate Publisher, Beverly Fortune, honors local women who lead multiple lives, making significant and unique contributions in their community or workplace: women from all walks of life...

Every month usually has an "awareness" campaign associated with it. A time of year, when during that month or week that organization combines their efforts to get information out to the public. For example October is Lupus Awareness Month and also Breast Cancer Awareness...

Unfortunately when you have a child with a chronic illness, you come to think of yourself as some sort of expert on the subject. It's not exactly a specialty that you dreamt of having, but one nonetheless that you take ownership of with some sense of pride...

Don't you wish that you had something witty to say when someone says the inevitable.. But you don't look sick?! Well now you do, Thanks to our message board members we have a WHOLE list !...

Long Island Business News Honors Christine Miserandino Donato as a "Heathcare Hero" Long Island Business News and Hofstra University have recognized Christine Miserandino Donato for her work on ButYouDontLookSick.com and with the Lupus Alliance of America - Long Island/ Queens affiliate...

Sometimes when it rains, you need to make rainbows! TEAM CHRISTINE raised $10,145 for the Lupus Walk
I am so happy to announce that TEAM CHRISTINE raised $10,145 for the Lupus Walk!!!! Thank you everyone for your donations and support! As, of now we are the top fundraising team for this walk as we have been for many years. What a great legacy and tradition...

This Sunday October 18th is the annual Lupus Walk fundraiser for the Lupus Alliance in my local area. I am a person living with Lupus. My family and I pride ourselves on being one of the top fundraising teams every year. We make phone calls or send email messages to family, friends and co-workers...

AP LONDON, England -- The real life Lucy from the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” has died after a long fight against lupus. The death of Lucy Vodden at age 46 has been announced by St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, where she was treated. The h...

*Christine's friends and family are walking in the annual Lupus Walk again! If you can donate, wonderful. If you can't donate, please pass this email on to others. Word of mouth is worth so much. Please click this link for more information about Christine and the Lupus Walk...

The Miserandino Family has been walking for 14 years in the walk along for Lupus on Long Island. 4 years ago we were happy to add my husband's family (The Donato's) to our efforts. Last year my team raised over $11,000... we want to beat that this year and make this our best year yet...

Christine Donato, board member of the Lupus Alliance of America, is featured in a recent edition of Legislative Report with Senator Kemp Hannon (R-NY) to promote Lupus Awareness Month. In the interview is also JoAnn Quinn the executive director of the Lupus Alliance, Long Island/ Queens affiliate...



















