Are You Ready to Make Your Mark?

Make Your Mark™ is our community fundraising program. It gives everyone a chance to get involved in supporting the fight against lupus. If you have a love for cooking, biking, performing or even just getting together with friends for a good time, you can turn that passion into a wonderful way to raise money for a great cause. The Make Your Mark™ program will help you to create a unique event —so that you can make your mark in solving the cruel mystery of lupus.

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3...
1. Create a Fundraiser
2. Share Your Story
3. Raise Funds and Make Your Mark on lupus!

Parties Throw a Party

Dedicate your wedding, Bar Mitzvah or birthday party to raise funds to end lupus. How about hosting a party at a bar? You pick the party, and we’ll help you organize your friends.

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Sports Get Active

From marathons to 5ks, cycling, hiking or jumping rope the possibilities are endless. Combine your physical efforts with fundraising and experience that place where the magic happens.

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Whatever you have in mind Whatever You Have in Mind

Ever host a fashion show? Paint your town purple? Hold a Bake Sale or Purple Day at work? Anything is possible if you use your imagination and our fundraising platform.

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Pay Tribute Pay Tribute

A donation to the Lupus Foundation of America is a thoughtful way to honor someone whose life has been impacted by lupus or to express the sense of loss when someone loses their battle with this disease.

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See how they did it!

Iris Got the Hudson Valley Walking Bonnie and Taylor Painted Their Town Purple Danica Made Her Miles Matter Noreen Held A Paint Night With A Purpose

Our Top Events

  1 -  Lupus Awareness ($6,710.00)
  2 -  6th Annual Kathy Taylor Memorial Lupus Golf Outing ($6,111.73)
  3 -  We See You by BWC ($3,775.00)
  4 -  Walk in the Park ($3,480.00)
  5 -  Let's Bag Lupus! ($3,259.00)
  6 -  BV Musical Rock-a-thon and Awareness Day ($2,800.00)
  7 -  Fighting Lupus with Lo ($2,675.00)
  8 -  Purple dpathon for Lupus ($2,258.10)
  9 -  GTM VRL for Charity ($2,000.00)
  10 -  Monica's Virtual Fundraiser ($1,535.00)

Our Top Fundraisers

  1 -  $2,500 Personal Gift Shad Tuten ($30,035.00)
  2 -  $2,500 Personal Gift Luisa Maile ($6,685.00)
  3 -  $2,500 Personal Gift Ryan Flaherty ($6,111.73)
  4 -  $2,500 Trivia Edwards ($3,700.00)
  5 -  $2,500 Personal Gift Christine Stearns-Houde ($3,480.00)
  6 -  $2,500 Krys Conway ($3,059.00)
  7 -  $2,500 Personal Gift Holly Pagliari ($2,800.00)
  8 -  $1,000 Personal Gift Lauren Wilson ($2,375.00)
  9 -  $1,000 Paula Wells ($2,258.10)
  10 -  $1,000 Eric Monterastelli ($2,000.00)