The Lupus Support Network
P.O. Box 17841
Pensacola Fl  32522-7841
800.458.8211
850.478.8107
www.thelupussupportnetwork.org
questions@thelupussupportnetwork.org
What's
Happening
Now !

The Great
Stocking Raffle
and
Christmas Cookie Sale
have begun!
The 2009 Stocking Raffle Winner
You could be the winner in 2010
Tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50
The Great
Christmas Cookie
Sale (pre-order)
has begun
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Pre-order your
cookies by calling
the lupus office.
Cookies are $8 per
dozen. $2 extra if
you want them in a
holiday tin.
Isn't she cute?
Dolls are now available for
purchase for $20. They are
available in a range of colors by
pre-ordering. Click on the order
form link below. Fill it out and
fax it to our office at
850.478.0451 or call the office
for more information.
Doll Order Form
DO YOU HAVE LUPUS KIDNEY
DISEASE?

Researchers at the University of Florida are looking
for individuals with lupus and kidney disease to
participate in a multi-center clinical trial funded by the
National Institutes of Health.

Save - involves only a health history and a blood
sample

Convenient - appointment arranged at a facility near
you

Goal:
-To better predict who will  have kidney disease when
they have lupus
-To prevent or better manage and treat kidney
disease in lupus

INTERESTED?
Call research staff at the University of Florida
352.273.5661
Leave your name and contact number and they will
return your call.

A gift card will be given to participants to thank them
for their time.
Don't forget about the new website for
Lupus patients hosted by physicians:

PhysicansForPatients

Join the site. The Lupus Support Network will
begin hosting on-line support via this website in
the near future.  If you have a topic you would
like covered in an on-line support group send an
e-mail to us and we will consider it for future
on-line group meeting topics.
Physicians For
Patients
Desiderata (latin for “desired things”) is an
inspirational prose poem written by Max
Ehrmann in 1927 about attaining happiness
in life. It goes something like this:
We are currently recruiting
volunteers to help with the
Christmas Cookie project. We
need bakers, decorators, and
packagers. We will be having a
"Day of Baking" on December
4, 2010
at First Baptist Church
Warrington
. Call 850.478.8107 for
more details.

















We are also taking donations for
the supplies.

Call the Lupus office to
volunteer - 850.478.8107
Check out your local support
group:

Panama City
Discontinued until further notice

Brewton AL
2nd Wednesday of each month
D.W. McMillan Hospital
11:30 a.m.

Crestview
Discontinued until further notice

Mobile Alabama
3rd Thursday of each month
USA Children's & Women's Hospital - 3rd floor
conference room
noon

Ft. Walton Beach
Discontinued until further notice

Tallahassee
Second Saturday of the month
2:30p.m. - 3:30pm
B
.L. Perry Library 2817 S. Adams St.

Pensacola
4th Saturday of each month
Lupus Office
Airport Blvd.
11:00 a.m.