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Save the date: Dine Out for Lupus - May 14, 2013.
Simply dine out at a participating restaurant (more information coming soon), and your restaurant will donate part of the proceeds to LFNC and lupus research.
December 15, 22
11 am to 12 noon: "Moving with Lupus" Exercise Class. See our website for more detail.
December 18
2012 Lupus Treatment and Research Update (mini-conference), Women's Building, San Francisco
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Register Now for Our Winter Mini-Conference - Tuesday, December 18
Our semi-annual conference on Lupus - designed for both health care professionals as well as patients and their loved ones - is coming up on Tuesday, December 18. If you haven't registered already, please do so today!
 Maria Dall'Era, M.D., will be headlining our conference. Dr. Dall'Era is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Rheumatology Clinical Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also the Director of the UCSF Lupus Clinic, UCSF Center Director of the Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium (LCTC), and Principal Investigator of the California Lupus Surveillance Project (CLSP). Her talk will focus on the latest treatment strategies and research studies on lupus and will share significant updates from the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology to be held in Washington, D.C. in November. The program following her talk will include other experts and a patient panel. Boxed lunch will be provided.
Date and Time:
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 11 am to 4 pm.
Venue:
The Women's Building, Auditorium
3543 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(for transit and parking information, please see our website.)
Registration fee:
$50 for nurses desiring CEU credits (5 CEU credits)
$30 for non-credit attendees
Current LFNC members are entitled to $10 off registration fee. Box lunch included.
No one will be turned away for inability to pay.
Please click here to register. You may also register by mail or fax by completing this form, or by calling us at 408-954-8600.
Funding support for this conference provided by Amgen, Inc.
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Mercedes-Benz Drawing: Early Bird Deadline to Win an Apple iPad is Today!
It's almost time for the first early bird drawing in our Charity Car Giveaway! As those of you who bought tickets know, our early bird prizes are Apple iPads, and the first early bird drawing will be on Friday, Dec. 14. Buy your tickets by today to earn a chance to win the new iPad Mini! To get your entries in by today, please call the office at 408-954-8600 or fax in your entry form (please do not mail as we will not receive it in time to enter you in the early bird) to 408-954-8129.
Our charity car drawing is a great way to help out the Lupus Foundation and support our work in patient services, education and research. Support us by buying tickets right away!
Ticket prices are changing a bit this year: you will be able to buy each ticket for $75, three (3) tickets for $200 and five (5) for $300.
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The New Year is Coming - Welcome 2013 with an LFNC Calendar with A Lupus Fact Each Month!
12 Lupus Facts. 12 Adorable Puppies. 12 Months. All of them have come together to make this One Awesome Calendar! Our 2013 desk calendar includes a Lupus Fact every month, along with a picture of one of our Mascot Contest contestant puppies from our Run & Walk this year. 12 adorable four-legged contestants entered, and each of them is featured on one month.
We just got the calendars into the office, and you can order yours right now. Click here to order yours today. Each calendar is only $15, including shipping. |
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