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Lupus Community Groups
Each month join Betsey Woody, Health Education Coordinator, along with lupus patients and their family (and often friends) at this meeting in Milwaukee. We greatly encourage those with lupus to attend and help others who are newly diagnosed as they begin their lupus journey. If you would like to attend, give us a call at (414) 443-6400 or email Betsey at betsey@lupuswi.org
Meetings are held at 5:30pm on Zoom unless otherwise noted
Tuesday, January 30
Tuesday, February 27
Tuesday, March 26
Tuesday, April 30
Tuesday, May 28
NO JUNE MEETING
Tuesday, July 30
Tuesday, August 27 - IN PERSON at Hoyt Park, 1800 N Swan Blvd, Wauwatosa (weather permitting)
Tuesday, September 24 - Speaker: Disability Attorney Kevin Hass
Tuesday, October 29
Tuesday, November 26
NO DECEMBER MEETING
Zoom Online Meetings until further notice - Email MadisonAreaSG@gmail.com for meeting link
Starting in June, this group will meet monthly with all meetings having a lupus focus. It will be facilitated by LFA, WI Chapter staff until new groups leaders are found. The Sjogren's group will continue to meet separately.
Wednesday, January 18 @ 6:30pm - LUPUS
Tuesday, February 20 @ 11:30am - SJOGREN'S
Wednesday, March 20 @ 6:30pm - LUPUS
Tuesday, April 16 @ 11:30am - SJOGREN'S
Wednesday, May 15 @ 6:30pm - LUPUS
Wednesday, June 12 @ 6:00pm - Topic: the programs, resources, and services available through LFA, WI Chapter
Wednesday, July 10 @ 5:30pm - Group relaunch!
Wednesday, August 14 @ 5:30pm
Wednesday, September 11 @ 5:30pm Speaker: Justin Endo, MD on lupus & dermatology
Wednesday, October 9 @ 5:30pm
Wednesday, November 13 @ 5:30pm
Wednesday, December 11 @ 5:30pm
The group is run by volunteers Wendi Hintz and Gale Vande Voort
Email them at FoxValleyAreaSG@gmail.com for information and meeting Zoom links.
This group meets the first Monday of each month @ 6:30pm via Zoom unless otherwise noted
NO JANUARY MEETING
Monday, February 5
Monday, March 4
Monday, April 1
Monday, May 6
Monday, June 3
NO JULY MEETING
Monday, August 5
Tuesday, September 3 (Labor Day is Monday, 9/2)
Monday, Oct 7
Monday, Nov 4
Monday, December 2
Lead by lupus warrior and volunteer Steve Rogers, this is one-on-one as needed support. Steve can be reached at (920) 539-0599 or lupuswarrior10@gmail.com. You can also call the LFAWI office for details (414) 443-6400.
A Support Group IS:
- A self-help group. LFA support groups are open to people with lupus, their family members, caregivers, and loved ones who gather periodically to share common concerns.
- A place for people with lupus to be themselves and come to terms with a diagnosis of lupus and the way their disease affects them as individuals.
- A source of information, which includes LFA educational materials and community resources.
- A place to confidentially share, learn, and help others. Group members discover a place where they can receive information that is accurate and up-to-date, as well as come to terms with living with chronic illness.
A Support Group is NOT:
- A professional counseling or therapy group.
- A substitute for medical treatment or health counseling.
- A replacement for family and friends, or other close relationships. However, participating in a support group may help lighten the burden of living with lupus and allow relationships outside of the group to be less stressful.
- For everybody. The idea of a support group may make some people uncomfortable. Some people prefer different types of support at different times in their lives, depending on a variety of factors. A newly diagnosed individual may not be ready to attend a support group.
- A cure; it won’t make lupus go away, but it can help people with feelings of helplessness and address their fears.
Phone: (414) 443-6400
Email: betsey@lupuswi.org
Cost: free and open to the public