Join the Lupus Alliance of LIQ at Their 22nd Annual Walk-Along for Lupus!

    BELLMORE, NY, August 28, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On Sunday, October 18th over 2500 people will join the Lupus Alliance of LIQ, WBAB, News 12, Freeport High School's Marching Band and Bethpage Federal Credit Union for the 22nd Annual Walk-Along for Lupus at Eisenhower Park, Field #6. This fun family day includes breakfast, lunch, face painting, live music, give-a-ways and more.

To register or make a donation, please visit www.lupusliqueens.org/walkalong22 or call 516.783.3370 to request a donation envelope. Local businesses can form a corporate team and earn great prizes including; a framed team picture, route signs with their logo, a pizza party for the office and more. Family and School Teams can earn team signs and pre-packaged lunches. Individual walkers can earn Visa gift cards if they raise over $500. All walkers who raise over $50 receive a Walk-Along for Lupus T-Shirt.

Sponsorships are available for local businesses who want to show their neighbors that they care about those living in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens who live with lupus; a chronic, life-threatening disease that has no cure. Sponsorship packages include logo and link on the LALIQ website, logo on the walk t-shirts, signs at the event and more.

Every dollar raised at the walk helps to serve the Long Island/Queens population that is affected by lupus. As the only local resource for those who live with lupus, the Lupus Alliance of Long Island/Queens has been a mainstay of support, knowledge and friendship since 1955.

This is a very exciting time for the Lupus Alliance of LIQ and the people they serve, as it is for the organizations new Executive Director, Patricia D'Accolti. Together, they look forward to building new connections and advancing their reach across the area. Your donation to the walk will help start new support programs and assist those living with the disease with financial assistance for medical bills, education, kids' services and more. Visit www.lupusliqueens.org/walkalong22 and join Long Island's largest and most successful lupus walk.

"Improving the lives of those living with lupus through awareness, education, support services and research"

The Lupus Alliance of Long Island/Queens was started out of the kitchens of dedicated volunteers and has been helping those with lupus and their families since 1955. Located in Bellmore, New York, our goal is simple; to serve, educate and find the cause and cure for lupus, while helping those with lupus live better lives while they wait for that cure.

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