Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Lupus Detroit 7th Annual Walk for Warriors

It’s time for the Lupus Detroit 7th Annual Walk for Warriors. Val Harris Carter is the organization's Board Secretary and Shannon Hester is a Lupus Warrior.

Val has been involved with the organization since its beginning stepping out on faith with Founder/Executive Director Sharon Harris to start this organization to fill a gap left by the more traditional Lupus organizations. Val has lost two family members to this disease. She uses her background in communications and marketing to inform and an educate others about the disease and build support for Lupus Detroit.

Shannon is one of those Warriors who has found home, community, and family at Lupus Detroit. She was diagnosed with Lupus in 2002. The disease attacked her kidneys and she has battled it for the past 17 years.

Lupus Detroit is a community based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating lupus as a major health problem through education, advocacy, and service. The organization has assembled a hard-working and dedicated group of empathetic professionals to serve Lupus Warriors but its commitment goes even further.

Lupus Detroit believes that no Lupus Warrior should have to decide between purchasing their medication and buying food for their families. The organization realizes that everyone needs assistance from time to time. They offer emergency financial assistance grants in addition to awareness and advocacy events. For Warriors its more than a handout, it’s a community. It’s a family!

The walk takes place Saturday, September 7th. Registration can be made online or the day of the event at New Center Park in Detroit.

Registration and donations can be made online or the day of at the event. No team, no problem – everyone in attendance whether a Warrior or just there to support is a member of the Lupus Detroit family. You will feel the strength, determination but most of all the love.