THE CARLSBAD MARATHON

The Lupus Foundation of Southern California will be participating in the Carlsbad Marathon for the seventh year on Sunday, January 24, 2010.

Our responsibility is to provide volunteers for one mile to keep cars, trucks, people and animals off the race track.  Our mile is between Palomar Airport Rd. and Cannon on Avenida Encinas.  Since our mile goes through a business park on an early Sunday morning, there is not too much activity.  In order to keep our volunteers busy we also will staff a water station and provide water and energy gel to the runners as needed. 

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NEWS ALERT !

There’s been another successful Phase III clinical trial for the proposed lupus drug, Benlysta, which means there may soon be a new FDA-approved drug for lupus, the first in 50 years! < MORE >

Volunteer of the Year

Patricia (Pat) Cavallin was honored recently at the Annual CHAD event.  Pat has been with this organization for a number of years.  She found the organization when her daughter was diagnosed with Lupus when she became her daughter's caregiver.  Through their combined experiences she was able to counsel newly diagnosed patients, family and friends and ease their fears through our telephone hot line.  Later Pat was diagnosed with Lupus herself and she became the patient.  Pat served on our Board of Directors for several years and has moved on to represent the Foundation as our Community Speaker.  Being a lupus caregiver and patient affords her a unique perspective in continuing to counsel newly diagnosed patients and to share her experiences at community events.