New York Jets Willie Colon to Host 1st Annual Willie Colon Charity Golf Outing
Event to Benefit Alliance for Lupus Research Jean Davis Research Grant
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) is proud to partner with New York Jets guard Willie Colon for the 1st Annual Willie Colon Charity Golf Outing, benefitting the ALR Jean Davis Research Grant. Expected to be in attendance are Dave Szott, and fellow NY Jets players Nick Mangold, D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Demario Davis, David Harris, Oday Aboushi, and Ryan Fitzpatrick.
The event will be held on Tuesday, September 15th at the Montclair Golf Club. Participants will have the unique experience to golf with former and current New York Jets players beginning at 11:30 a.m., and dinner, an awards presentation and auction will follow at 5:30 p.m. An opportunity for media photographs will take place at 11:30 a.m.
As a strong supporter of the ALR and advocate for the lupus community, Colon has a very personal connection to the cause. The event will benefit a lupus research grant named in honor of his mother, who has lupus. "I grew up watching my mother deal with the difficulties of lupus, in and out of the hospital a lot. The ALR has shown me that they're here for the fight. They're leading the charge and I'm 100% on the team," says Mr. Colon.
For more information on attending and participation levels please contact Jonathan Marks at [email protected].
About Lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect the joints and almost every major organ in the body, including the heart, kidneys, skin, lungs, and brain. As many as 1.5 million people in the United States have lupus which affects mostly women during childbearing years, though men and children can have the disease. Lupus is three times more common in African-American women than in Caucasian women and is also more prevalent in women of Latino, Asian, and Native American descent.
About the ALR
The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) is a national voluntary health organization dedicated to finding better treatments and ultimately preventing and curing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus), a debilitating autoimmune disease. The organization is based in New York City and chaired by Robert Wood Johnson IV, a member of the founding family of Johnson & Johnson. Since its founding in 1999, the ALR has given more money to lupus research than any non-governmental agency in the world. To date, the ALR has committed nearly $100 million to fund the most innovative and aggressive research into the cause, prevention and cure of lupus. The board of directors funds all administrative and fundraising costs, allowing one hundred percent of all donations from the public, and the proceeds of our signature grassroots fundraising program, Walk with Us to Cure Lupus, to go directly to support research programs. More information can be found at www.lupusresearch.org.
The ALR board of directors funds all ALR administrative and fundraising expenses, so 100% of all donations received goes directly to support lupus research.
SOURCE Alliance for Lupus Research
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