Walk to End Lupus Now - Milwaukee 2025

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WALK TO END LUPUS NOW - MILWAUKEE.

CONTINUE TO COLLECT DONATIONS FOR INCENTIVE PRIZE CREDIT

THROUGH JUNE 6, 2025.

May 10^TH is also WORLD LUPUS DAY!

Lupus knowledge, research, and treatments have come a long way in the 23 years since the first Walk to End Lupus Now - Milwaukee, in large part because of the work the LFA, WI Chapter and its valuable supporters! The funds raised at this event allow us to continue supporting lupus research, and providing education, advocacy, and resources to lupus warriors.

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Hoyt Park & Pool (1800 N. Swan Blvd. in Wauwatosa)

All Pre-registered participants will receive a walk t-shirt! Pre-registration is open thru Noon on Thursday, May 8th. Pick-up your t-shirt when checking in on walk day between 8 am and 9:45 am.

Following noon on May 8th, go to the event day registration opening at 8 AM. T-shirts are only guaranteed to pre-registered participants. Prices increase to $35 per adult and $20 per child (15 & under). 

The kick-off ceremony is at 9:40 AM and the walk begins at 10 AM. We are thrilled to have WISN's Gerron Jordan as our Celebrity Chair! Debra Riekkoff and Gerron Jordan will present our kick-off ceremony and the walk!

Adopting a tree commemorating World Lupus Day. In honor of lupus warriors, the LFA, WI Chapter is adopting a tree in Hoyt Park. Look for the purple ribbons on the tree and a permanent plaque.

Route info. The walk is approximately 2 miles and starts and ends at Hoyt Park near The Landing next to the pool building. If you prefer a shorter route, there are markers where to turn around for the 1 mile route (1st water station).

Come early and enjoy the fun!!

The band Close Enuf will be performing, we will have children's entertainment, and a light snack following the walk.

We have new and exciting pledge-raising incentive prizes, and each team* will receive a team sign that can be decorated at the Decoration Station! Show your walk team pride as you decorate your signs, and fill out additional “Why I Walk” signs to show your support. *(4 or more pre-registered individuals can make a team-DEADLINE May 4)

If you are not comfortable coming to our in-person fundraiser or you simply cannot make it that day, please consider signing up as a virtual walker. Just like an in-person walker, you can sign-up as an individual, join a team, or start a team! You can earn a team building medal if you have 10 or more on your team and you are eligible for all fundraising prizes.

United in a common cause: to find the cure for lupus. Lupus supporters realize the urgency to find a cure before one more person is devastated by this mysterious and sometimes life-threatening disease. Join us and walk to end lupus now!

We cannot wait to see you at the park again, and cannot thank you enough for all you do for the lupus warriors in your lives. Because of events like the Walk to End Lupus Now – Milwaukee, LFA, WI Chapter can continue to provide much-needed services to the people who need them most. Because of YOU, lupus warriors in Wisconsin will continue to have access to information, education, support groups, programming, and other forms of support.

This walk goes on rain or shine. If it is raining, and you do not wish to walk, please come to the park and pick up your t-shirts in the pre-registration area. We do not mail t-shirts.

Keep raising those funds thru June 6th!!

Reach for that next incentive prize!!

• Raise $250 and choose a hot/cold pack or purple keychain.
• Raise $500 and choose purple winter cap or wireless earbuds.
• Raise $1000 and receive a roll up fleece blanket.
• Raise $2500 and receive a $50 Amazon gift card.
• Raise $5000 and receive a $150 Amazon gift card.

These prizes are cumulative, so the more you raise the more prizes you receive.

Lupus knowledge, research, and treatments have come a long way in the 23 years since the first Walk to End Lupus Now - Milwaukee, in large part because of the work the LFA, WI Chapter and its valuable supporters! The funds raised at this event allow us to continue supporting lupus research, and providing education, advocacy, and resources to lupus warriors.