Having trouble reading this email? Click here to view in a browser. May 2019 Serving Indiana     Does Physical Fitness Improve Quality of Life for Women with Lupus? Scroll down for the answer. Happy Lupus Awareness Month, Friends! Our office is a flurry of activity in preparation for our 8th Annual A Tasteful Affair this Friday, May 17th, at the Ritz Charles. Our host this year is WTHR meteorologist Lindsey Monroe and our live auction will be led by auctioneer Isaac Stoller. This year ATA falls on the nationwide Put on Purple Day so we look forward to seeing lots of purple Friday night. And wear your dancing shoes because DJ Godzillest will be spinning tunes at the end of the evening! So bring your friends for a fun evening at the gala event of the year and support a great cause! The Ritz Charles has ample parking and tickets are on sale through event day. In June, we hope you will join us for the Lupus Family Picnic and Walk Kick-off at Eagles Crest at Eagle Creek Park, catered by Payton's Barbeque.  And July heats up with the Faces of Lupus Fashion Show, a third-party event to benefit our Chapter. Come out and show your support to our beautiful lupus models. For more information on how to celebrate Lupus Awareness Month, visit our National LFA Office website. Sincerely,    A Tasteful Affair Come celebrate Lupus Awareness Month by joining us at ATA! Fifteen food, wine and beer vendors will provide delicious tastes and sips while you browse and bid on the incredible silent auction items we have this year. Be ready to bid in the live auction on the always popular Napa Valley trip as well as trips and experiences to Manciano, Italy; Wrigley Field Rooftop in Chicago; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; French Lick resort; and Arnold Palmer Resort in Orlando! Don't forget to try the diamond bobble for a chance to win a pair of stunning diamond and amethyst earrings, or a breathtaking rose gold amethyst and diamond ring. The wine pull and the photo booth are back and bigger than ever!  Emcee Lindsey Monroe from WTHR and DJ Godzillest make this a DON'T MISS event. Can't attend? You can still bid on items in the silent auction - watch for an email with a link to the silent auction later this week! Thank you to our sponsors: Partnership Sponsor: Leadership Sponsors:             Benefactor Sponsor: Learn more and purchase tickets Bonnie Sweeney Named 2018 Volunteer of the Year! Bonnie has been involved as a volunteer with our Chapter since reaching out to us in 2015. Her interest and commitment to supporting us has been grounded in the 30 years she shared the lupus journey with her sister, Nancy, who according to Bonnie, set the standard for living with lupus with grace, goals, achievement, love, compassion and a mantra: Celebrate the Day. This mantra can also be applied to Bonnie; from skiing, hiking, traveling and volunteering – Bonnie lives life to the fullest. She is selfless, sweet and dedicated, and we feel blessed for her support of our Chapter.  Read more and see past honorees Support Group Information We hope you'll join us at one of our upcoming support group meetings. We offer both in-person support group meetings and also a Teletalk support group. The philosophy of our support groups is to provide a warm and caring environment where people with lupus, their family members, caregivers and loved ones can share their experiences, methods of coping and insights into living with lupus.  LFA support groups help develop the best coping strategies to reduce a stress that often accompanies living with a chronic illness.  Our Chapter is attending all support group meetings to make bracelets for attendees. Here’s a picture of the bracelets made by the Indy East support group members and a schedule of the remaining support group meetings we’ll be attending:  Kokomo - 6/3 Greenfield – 6/4 Fort Wayne – 6/10 For information on our support groups, please visit https://www.lupus.org/indiana/support-groups. Tranquil Tuesdays As part of our Tranquil Tuesdays series, we offer free gentle yoga and tai chi classes for people with lupus and one caregiver/support person at All Souls Unitarian Church in Indy. This is seated/chair-supported yoga, but attendees are welcome to bring a yoga mat to do exercises on the floor. Another part of our Tranquil Tuesdays series is our new Facebook Live mindful meditation classes and we’re very excited that so many of you are taking advantage of this new class! All in-person yoga and tai chi classes are free but registration for your first class is required. Sign Up Now These classes are held at All Souls Unitarian Church, 5805 E. 56th Street at Channing Road, Classroom #1, Indianapolis 46226.   Class Schedule  Yoga - 2nd Tues of month  Mindful Meditation - 3rd Tues of month  Tai Chi - 4th Tues of month   Classes are from 6:30-7:30 pm.  We are looking for additional accredited yoga and tai chi instructors.  If you or someone you know is interested, please contact Debbie Campbell or Kayla Lockwood.   Save the Dates! Fri, May 17 – Put on Purple Day – Wear purple to raise lupus awareness  Fri, May 17, 6:30-10:30 pm – A Tasteful Affair  Sat, June 15, 1:00-4:00 pm – Family Picnic and Walk Kickoff  Sat, Oct 12, 12:00-4:30 pm - Walk to End Lupus Now  Sat, Oct 19, 9 am-4:30 pm – In the Loop – Healthy Living with Lupus symposium Please also support our Third-Party Events organized and hosted by some of our dedicated supporters: Sat, July 13, 12:00-3:30 pm – Faces of Lupus Fashion Show Mon-Wed, July 15-17 - Suzi Swinehart Competes in Badlands 135 3-day foot race Sat., July 27 - Krazy Horse Krew's Rockin' Purple 4 Lupus Ride A Vision for Lupus The Lupus Foundation of America is the leader in efforts to boost lupus awareness around the world. With the support of our international partners in the World Lupus Federation, we are working to end the devastating impact of lupus. On May 10th, World Lupus Day, the Federation published an expert-led report, "A Vision for Lupus".   Show your support for the 'A Vision for Lupus' initiative which aims to improve quality of care for people with lupus.  Click the button below to become a Champion for Hope with your monthly gift of $10, $15, $25 or more to the Lupus Foundation of America, Indiana Chapter and make a difference in the lives of those affected by lupus. Your support will help bring us one step closer to our vision of a life free from lupus. Answer:  A new study affirms an association between physical fitness – flexibility, muscle strength, cardiorespiratory fitness – and improved quality of life for women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Researchers assessed 70 women with SLE and found those with high fitness level had better health outcomes. Maintaining muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness are important for women with SLE. More research is needed to understand the prognostic value of fitness and the extent to which increasing fitness through exercise might be linked to improvements in health-related quality of life.   Read more here You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Lupus Foundation of America, Indiana Chapter's newsletter. If you would like to unsubscribe or change your preferences, please click here.