My good friend Lauren is walking for a Cure--Lupus! She is walking and raising money in order to donate fro research. If you have $2.00 or even $20, will you help and donate? She is 40% to her goal of $250.00
Below is a letter from Lauren from her myspace blog, which talks more about what she is doing :)
"EACH YEAR, A TEAM OF US GET TOGETHER FOR A WALK TO CURE LUPUS.
YEAH, IT MIGHT NOT BE AIDS OR CANCER, BUT LUPUS IS A VERY REAL AND SERIOUS DISEASE. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AND THERE'S NO CURE.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M URGING YOU TO PLEASE DONATE TO SUPPORT LUPUS RESEARCH.
THIS IS NOT FOR MY PERSONAL FULFILLMENT. I GET NOTHING OUT OF THIS EXCEPT THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THAT I HELPED IN GETTING DOCTORS ONE STEP CLOSER IN FINDING A CURE FOR THIS DISEASE.
AND NO, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY PERSONALLY WITH LUPUS BUT IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW MY LOVE FOR MUSIC IS DEEP. AND THE MUSIC THAT J. DILLA CREATED GOES DOWN IN THE BOOKS AS SOME OF THE ILLEST MY EARS HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF LISTENING TO. DILLA DIED FROM LUPUS COMPLICATIONS 2 1/2 YEARS AGO AND HAD DOCTORS FOUND A CURE FOR LUPUS BEFORE THEN, HE'D STILL BE HERE, MAKING THAT DOPE MUSIC THAT I KNOW YOU'VE BOBBED YOUR HEAD TO AT LEAST A TIME OR TWO.
MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMEONE WITH LUPUS AND MAYBE YOU DON'T. MAYBE YOU SHARE MY FEELINGS ON MUSIC/DILLA OR MAYBE YOU JUST WANNA DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE. WHATEVER YOUR REASON, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE CHECK OUT MY PERSONAL PAGE ON THE ALLIANCE FOR LUPUS RESEARCH WEBSITE BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW AND PLEASE DONATE TO SUPPORT LUPUS RESEARCH.
AND NO, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO EMPTY YOUR POCKETBOOK. EVEN $1 COUNTS. IT ALL ADDS UP...FOR REAL! ANY SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED!!!
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!"
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