The Los Angeles Walk To End Lupus Now is currently seeking volunteers to help plan the walk scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2014. Help is needed in areas such as team recruitment, logistics, sponsorship and event management.

Each position needs a team of people, so even if you can only dedicate a little time, let them know and they’ll try to work with your schedule.

The open positions are:

Friends & Family Teams Recruitment
Corporate Team Recruitment
Sponsorship
Media Relations Coordinator
Activities and Entertainment Coordinator
Registration Coordinator
Volunteer Coordinator
Route Coordinator

To volunteer, simply click the “Volunteer” button on the website www.walktoendlupus.org/losangeles.

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can attack any part of the body (organs, joints, skin). Symptoms can be mild to life-threatening, last several weeks to several years and there is no cure. It is not contagious, but absolutely anyone can develop lupus, although it is more prevalent in adult women of color.

In 2011, Team Club Mo was formed to walk in the name of Maurissa Tancharoen-Whedon, who has the disease, and raised an unprecedented $80,000+ for the cause.

In 2014, Team Whedonopolis/Fandom Charities will participate in the walk to help raise funds to find a cure.