September 8, 2015
Patient Education Class
LFNC's patient education classes are a key par of our mission of informing and empowering patients and their support networks. Trained instructors use material developed by the American College of Rheumatology to teach patients how to manage the disease and how to build seek and get support. Next classes are 9/12 and 11/7. Sign up for a class now.
 
Make the Lupus Buddy Program Catch Fire

The Lupus Buddy Program - the first of its kind in lupus - is not even a month old (we launched it on July 15), and we already have almost 50 people signed up! Now that's something.

The interest in the program launched by the LFNC working with a volunteer coordinator tells us how valuable patients are finding it - not just in northern California but across the country. And although we couldn't be happier to see it take off among patients, one thing is holding us back from much broader outreach, recruitment and expansion: Funding.

You can solve that problem. Give just $25 (more if you can), then share our funding page with all your friends on your social networks. Donate now.

We started with a small seed funding from GSK, but we need to raise $10,000 more to help lupus patients from sea to shining sea. Why? We need time from program coordinators to match the patients, for orientation, for follow-up, for helping each pair of buddies at every stage. Give now, share and make it catch fire.

If you are a patient interested in the program, learn more, and sign up here. A program coordinator will be in touch with you. Any personal and medical information necessary to make the matches are treated with the highest degree of confidentiality.
Keep Beating the Drum to a Lupus Cure - Fund Campaign


You can help keep beating the drum in our drumbeat to a lupus cure. Click here to give today!

The 5K is over this year, but we have updates and photos and T-shirts! See the photos (find yourself?), and buy a T-shirt for just $10 - shipping included - right here. 
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Fall Conference on Lupus to be Headlined by Dr. C. Michael Neuwelt
 


LFNC's Fall 2015 Lupus Mini-Conference will be headlined by Dr. C. Michael Neuwelt, and held from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at the St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton, CA. Our conferences are designed to benefit patients, friends and family and medical professionals alike, and are certified by the California Nursing Board to grant CEU credits to attending California RNs. Please note that registration is required. Refreshments will be served.

Dr. Neuwelt was the first LFNC Purple Ribbon Honoree for his work in patient care and lupus research in 2014. He is a clinical professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, Chief of Rheumatology at Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland and Director of Rheumatology Core Curriculum at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco. He has been challenged and fascinated by Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) since 1973 during his third year of medical school.  This challenge has persisted in his private clinical practice and teaching at a county hospital since 1979.  Dr. Neuwelt will discuss latest trends in disease management of lupus and present an update on several lupus research projects he is involved in.

The conference will also feature a patient panel.

For registration and more information, please visit our website here. You may also download the offline registration form here.
Our Friends at The Silicon Valley Turkey Trot: Register Now!
LFNC Disclaimer: The  LFNC and the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot have teamed up for event promotion purposes. However we note that the Turkey Trot is not an LFNC event, and any questions about the Turkey Trot should be directed to its organizers.



Register now for the "Silicon Valley Turkey Trot's" 11th anniversary and you will be automatically entered into an appreciation drawing with a chance to win one of 33 gift card prizes from Jamba Juice, Sports Basement or SLS3.com!  Values range from $5 to $50 so be sure to register before September 10!   Register at svturkeytrot.com.
 
Getting There! Charity Car Drawing: Don't Miss Your Chance


One great cause. One beauty of a sedan.

600 tickets total will be sold!
(and we're selling about 50 a week)


Win a Mercedes CLA-250, or $25,000 in cash.


Want it? Get in fast before all 600 tickets sell out!

 

Tickets: $75 per entry. $200 for three (3) or $300 for five (5)

 

Call us at (408) 954-8600 for the fastest way to buy your tickets or complete this form and mail or fax it to us. Remember, the more tickets you buy, the better your chances!

 

When is the giveaway?

As soon as the 600th ticket is sold!