We would love for you to attend our
6th Annual Purple Passion Gala to End Lupus!
November 22, 2014 from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Park Hyatt Washington
1201 24th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Proceeds from our gala benefit the Chapter’s Award Winning Patient Navigation Program that supports our mission of providing education, support, and resources to the over 80,000 individuals living with lupus in our service area. LFA-DMV’s Patient Navigation Program facilitates earlier diagnosis, assists with navigating an ever changing healthcare system, and leads to healthier and empowered patients. The Lupus Foundation of America, DC/MD/VA Chapter is an innovative leader for pioneering this program.
Tickets are Sold Out!!
You can still donate in honor of either:
Ted Davies, 2014 Lupus Hero
or
Janet Macreery, 2014 winner of the Pamela B. Greenberg Outstanding Volunteer Award
2014 Lupus Hero Award
Our Lupus Hero Award is presented annually to individuals who enhance the lives of lupus patients and the lupus community.
LFA-DMV is honoring Ted Davies as our 2014 Lupus Hero at our 6th Annual Purple Passion Gala Luncheon and Auction. This dedicated leader joined our Board of Directors six years ago. Lupus is a personal cause; he knew first-hand the devastation of lupus, the cruel mystery through his wife Lorell’s struggle with the disease. Ted turned that cause into a mission to have LFA-DMV help the 80,000 people in our region who are suffering from the damaging effects of lupus. He joined the Board determined to see this organization grow and thrive, and six years later that once tiny organization has grown five-fold in resources. But it is more important to Ted that we have also grown exponentially in our free services, reaching out to an ever-expanding number of people and their families. Today we reach 15,000 weekly – fifty times the number we once reached annually.
We hope that you will join us in honoring him at this event and/or make a gift in his honor. The Gala supports our Lupus Patient Navigation Program, which is a ground breaking pioneering effort. Ted was an initial champion of this program because he knew personally that it is the best way for LFA-DMV to reach those suffering from lupus with individualized guidance and emergency relief. That mission-critical program has now won national awards for the innovations it brings in lupus patient service, setting a model for others to follow. It provides patients one-on-one interaction with navigators trained to help with the overwhelming burden of navigating the complexities of our healthcare system while suffering from this devastating and debilitating illness for which there is no cure. This year over 2,000 people will benefit from this individualized navigation.
Check out our fabulous auction items!
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
Patient Navigation Sponsors
Justin and Elizabeth Murphy
Purple Passion Table Sponsors
Altamira Technologies Corporation
American Council for Technology - Industry Advisory Council
American Federation of Government Employees - Women's and Fair Practices Department
Anonymous Benefactor
Susan Bateson & Stephen Fuller
Ted & Carla Davies
Epstein Becker Green
Richard and Sandra Funke
Gelman Roseberg & Freedman
Pamela Greenberg & David Lackey
Merrill Lynch: The Axley Group
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
PNC
The Process Pro
Solomon Eye Physicians and Surgeons
United Way - National Capital Area
Washington Hospital Center, Rheumatology Division
Passionate Sponsors
The Melzer Group
Ann Wang
Lupus Hero Contributors
Stan Bruckheim, Sarah Reynolds, Virginia Enright, Ross Bierkan, Bethany Williams, Philip Sneeringer, Andrea and Barton Funke, Lori and Dennis Wood, Judy Smith, Edward and Nancy Curtis, Gary Luefschuetz, John Gilligan, Thomas P. Maginnis, Linda Winterbottom, Lewis and Caroline Robinson, Dominic and Kristin Nicolini, Lyn Davies, Teresa Bozzelli, Stephanie Scott, David and Carol Vennergrund, Janet Celly, Robert Friel, Alan Risheland and Robin Hayutin, John Scarcella, Margaret M. Singer, Toni Townes Whitley, Kimberly and Michael Amin, Donna Dickinson and Bill Breskin, Gillian Davies and Aaron Pailes, Sylvio and Louise Bousquin, John and Marie Canning
