
Lupus LA As we approach the end of an incredible year of serving and caring for people with lupus and their families in Los Angeles County and across southern California, we want to thank you for helping us lead the fight against lupus! But for the thousands of Angelinos with lupus, we also must continue the fight into 2010—to ...raise awareness, conduct advocacy and community outreach, and support novel lupus research on the national level. Make an online year-end contribution before midnight on Thursday, December 31st and your gift will be tax-deductible for 2009. We’ll send you an email acknowledgement and receipt for your records.
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On November 18, more than 500 well-heeled women gathered at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel for the 7th Annual Lupus LA Hollywood Bag Ladies Luncheon to raise more than $350,000 for lupus research and support services.

Lupus LA Many thanks to Everlast Jewelry - they're donating 5% of all sales in December to Lupus LA!
tungsten rings, tungsten bracelets, cuff links, pendants and men's gold diamond jewelry at great pri
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Lupus LA is pleased to announce its Santa Barbara Patient Conference. Patients from Santa Barbara and surrounding counties will have the opportunity to hear from two of the top rheumatologists in Southern California: Dr. Timothy Spiegel and Dr. Daniel Wallace. Participants will also be able to submit questions about... Lupus, Sjögren’s Syndrome, Raynaud’s Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and other rheumatic diseases and hear answers from the experts.
1:00pm – Registration
1:15pm – Welcome
1:30pm – Problem Diagnosis: How we diagnose lupus and
distinguish it from other similar diseases
Dr. Timothy Spiegel
2:00pm – New Advances in Lupus Treatment
Dr. Daniel Wallace
2:30pm – Ask the Experts: Question and Answer Session
This conference is free of charge and open to the public. To register for this event, please email or call Lupus LA at info@lupusla.org or (310) 657-5667.
Time:1:00PM Saturday, December 12th
Location:Earl Warren Showgrounds - Warren Hall

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Vote for our research partner theLupus Research Institute in the Chase Community Giving challenge. Top100 charities will each receive $25,000. Support the cure! http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunityg iving.
It can be incredibly rewarding when your vote has a local impact. Chase is giving away $5 million to various charities and needs you to help pick which ones. Simply vote for your favorite nonprofit and then get friends and others on Facebook to do the same. You can sele...ct from over 500,000 charities that focus on education, healthcare, housing, environmental issues, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services, and animal welfare. Give your charity the recognition it deserves and needs with Chase Community Giving. It's a new Way Forward for giving. See the Official Rules http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/home/rules for complete eligibility requirements.
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Lupus LA Don't forget, our Hollywood Bag Ladies Luncheon is next Wednesday! We're honoring Melissa Joan Hart, and auctioning off tons of beautiful bags. Get your tickets!
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On Wednesday, November 18, Beverly Hills will be overrun with Bag Ladies – all rallying for an important cause. More than 500 well-heeled women will gather at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for the 8th annual Lupus LA Hollywood Bag Ladies Luncheon.

Lupus LA Benlysta™ trial results in an historic research breakthrough and victory for people with lupus!
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Human Genome Sciences is an emerging pharmaceutical company with the mission to predict, prevent, detect, treat and cure disease.

Lupus LA Melissa Joan Hart - our Bag Ladies Luncheon honoree - is interviewed at TVGuide.com. Check out the last question for a Lupus LA shout-out!
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After a delightful Charleston that saw her jump nine points on the leaderboard — the best one-week improvement in Dancing with the Stars history — Melissa Joan Hart knows everyone else is gunning for her now.

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LA is an Official Charity Partner of the 2010 LA Marathon! Run with us
- register today at http://www.firstgiving.com/teamlifewitho utlupus
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Lupus LA is the first-ever lupus charity team in the LA Marathon. By joining our Team Life without Lupus, you’ll help raise money to provide critical patient services for people with lupus throughout Southern California. ...

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Nice red carpet interview with Toni Braxton for our 2009 Orange Ball, talking about how she's been affected by lupus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkouzW3Iv Qc
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Bag Ladies Day (October 12th) gets a mention in today's LA Times! Still time to get your shopping passport at http://lupusla.org/events/luncheon/2009- day.php http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/allthera ge/2009/10/october-12th-is-hollywood-bag -ladies-day.html
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Beverly Hills Mayor Nancy Krasne is poised to proclaim Monday "Hollywood Bag Ladies Day.” No, it has nothing to do with actual bag ladies, shuffling down the street and pushing shopping carts -- actually, quite the contrary. Hollywood Bag Ladies...

Lupus LA Who's coming to our annual patient education conference this Saturday at UCLA? There's still time to register - but space is running out. Do it today!
Get in the loop on lupus!
Location:UCLA Medical Center Reagan Auditorium
Time:8:30AM Saturday, September 26th

Lupus LA Check out Amanda's videos from Lupus Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill! Thanks to our own "LA Lupus Lady"!
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