Bellmore, NY - The Lupus Alliance of America, LIQ Affiliate, home of the Walk-Along for Lupus, Long Island's first and longest running lupus walk, has announced that their Walk website is now open. Beginning May 1st, walkers can now sign in, register for free, and customize their own personalized walk donation pages. Once a page is made, walkers can send out it through their Twitter Account, Facebook Page, Blog and more to ask friends and family to walk with them on their team, or donate to their page. Web pages can even include your own YouTube video on why you walk for lupus! To register online and begin collecting donations please visit www.lupusliqueens.org/18thwalkalongforlupus.
The 18th Annual Walk-Along for Lupus will be on Sunday, October 16th, 2011 at Eisenhower Park, Field #6. Registration begins at 8:30am and the walk begins at 10am. The minimum registration donation is $20 per person. For schools teams that have 10 or more students registered, the minimum donation is $15.00 per person. As always walkers will enjoy breakfast, lunch, face painting, meeting Greg-T from Z-100, taking picture with USA Skateasauras and receiving great give-a-ways from the Walk-Along`s generous sponsors.
The money raised at the Walk-Along for Lupus provides the main source of funding for the Lupus Alliance of LIQ`s educational, supportive and financial programs and services that are available to those living with lupus, as well as to their families in the Nassau, Suffolk and Queens communities. The Alliance also uses the money raised at the walk to fund research into the cause and cure for lupus.
To receive a walk packet in the mail please call the Lupus Alliance of LIQ at 516-783-3370 or e-mail them at info@lupusliqueens.org.