The Pioneer Valley Lupus Support Group

06/01/2026

Thank you first lady Stefany Garcia and Mayor Joshua A. Garcia for all of your hard work in forming the Holyoke Lupus Walk! Your dedication to spreading awareness makes a tremendous impact on our communities 💜💜💜🦋🦋🦋🙏🙏🙏

On Sunday, May 31st, the Holyoke community, families, advocates, and local organizations came together at Holyoke’s Heritage State Park for the very first Holyoke Lupus Awareness Walk. Together, the attending […]

06/01/2026

From The Holyoke Lupus Walk yesterday, May 31st. What a great event, and the perfect day for lupus patients to be outdoors! Thank you .Mayor Joshua A. Garcia and wife Stefany for all of your hard work and for making this awareness event happen.

05/31/2026

With lupus awareness month coming to a close, I would like to thank all those who participated in lupus awareness events, shared their stories on social media, mayors/ politicians who supported our cause by granting us proclamations for lupus awareness, used their creative talents, held medical symposiums, and all others who worked tirelessly to educate and provide moral support t spread awareness about this horrible disease.While I take down my lupus awareness sign and butterfly light in the front yard, it will not be the end of my mission in spreading awareness. I will continue to find ways to educate the public on this mysterious disease. As I always say, an education is an education, no matter what month it is, and must continue!🙏🙏🙏🦋🦋🦋💜💜💜

05/19/2026

Sunday, May 31st Holyoke Lupus Walk everyone! Beginning at 2 pm, we will take a short walk through Herotage Park. Publicist would like to get people to write a brief profile on their connection with lupus, including a photo to walk with. Contact Lynn at [email protected] or (413) 265-8942, call or text. Please submit as ASAP (preferably by this Thursday, May 21. Thank you, and please share! Mayor Joshua A. Garcia

05/14/2026

Volunteers needed! Do you have a mother,father, sister,brother or child with lupus? Please read further to participate in this study to help with lupus research. For questions, contact Emily Oakesat [email protected], or Nori Cabelloat [email protected]. Below this post is the Spanish version.

05/14/2026

The Spanish version for the Lupus Research project. For questions about the project, please contact Emily Oakes at [email protected] or Nori Cabello at [email protected].

05/14/2026

Thank you so much to Mayor Mike McCabe, City of Westfield for supporting lupus awareness! This week in Westfield Massachusetts, the city hall is lit up purple for lupus awareness. There is also the Lupus Awareness message on the electrical sign🦋🦋🦋💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏

05/11/2026

Thank you mayor McCabe for your support!!

City Hall will be lit up purple the week of May 11-May 18 in honor of Lupus Awareness Month in the City.

05/10/2026

Thursday, May 7, lupus symposium, Worcester, MA. Left: Dr Roberto Caricchio, rheumatologist, standing next to Lupus Foundation of New England's executive director Beverly Goodall; right: Talia Reid, patient speaker and lupus advocate. Talia was a participant in the CAR - T CELL therapy and the treatment was successful! You can read the article here, as well as watch a 2 minute video:https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.umassmed.edu%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Farchives%2F2024%2F07%2Flupus-center-at-umass-chan-investigating-car-t-cell-therapy-for-severe-or-nonresponsive-lupus-nephritis%2F%3Futm_campaign%3Dnews_lupus_center_car_t_cell_therapy_trial_071524%26utm_source%3Dyoutube%26utm_medium%3Dorganic_social&data=05%7C02%7C%7C2ff8a7d49c0642cc262e08deaea7293c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639140230125335747%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mq%2Bco9m2XZZ4lNBTTwj3muciFqaEEDeidu2umOzEV3o%3D&reserved=0 The group photo is of me and Donna with members of the Worcester Lupus Support Group. Donna and I represented the Pioneer Valley Lupus Support Group.it was an educational and fun day!@ Lupus Foundation of New England💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏🦋🦋🦋

05/10/2026

Pump up the purple and wear something purple!! It's world lupus day!!💜💜💜🦋🦋🦋🙏🙏🙏 Emmitt Henderson III