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Tag: Willie Colon

Super Bowl Champion Willie Colon Drives 10th Anniversary Lupus Golf Fundraiser

The Lupus Research Alliance is proud to partner with former Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets player, Super Bowl Champion, and current FoxSport1 co-host Willie Colon on the 10th Annual Willie Colon Golf Outing crafted by Tito’s Handmade Vodka. The sold-out outing raised $450,000 in honor of Mr. Colon’s late mother Jean Davis, who had […] Read More

Lupus Awareness Month Celebrated Community with Promise and Hope

For centuries writers have described May as a time budding with promise. How apt that it is also when the world recognizes Lupus Awareness Month. With 31 days of May behind us, we celebrate the community that has banded together to make a difference. We appreciate all your amazing contributions throughout the month to: Advance […] Read More

NFL’s Willie Colon Golf Outing Drives Lupus Awareness with LRA

SUMMIT, NJ, July 17, 2023 — Former Super Bowl Champion and Mad Dog Sports radio personality Willie Colon is hosting today the 9th Annual Willie Colon Golf Outing crafted by Tito’s Handmade Vodka for the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA). The event drives lupus awareness and tees up the opening of the Fall season of the […] Read More

NY Jets Kickoff Luncheon Raises Funds for LRA and Honors Kenneth Farber

September 7, 2022 The New York Jets 2022 football season kicked off last week with a spectacular luncheon that raised $740,000 for the Lupus Research Alliance and the New York Jets Foundation.  The event also honored our former President and CEO Kenneth Farber for his years of commitment and progress in lupus research. Continuing as […] Read More

LRA’s Month of Lift Up Lupus Ends on a High

June 1, 2021 As Lupus Awareness Month 2021 has come to a close, LRA President Ken Farber takes a look at the many ways we came together to Lift Up Lupus. Take pride in all the lupus community accomplished and hope in the tremendous progress underway. WATCH HERE As Ken touched on, here are some […] Read More

LRA Hosts Star-Studded 2020 Virtual Fundraising Event with Selena Gomez and Lady Gaga

November 19, 2020 Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez Invite Global Lupus Community New York, NY. November 19 – The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is taking the show on-line this year with a preeminent virtual Fundraising Event celebrating extraordinary scientific achievements.  Performances will include a special tribute by the one-and-only Lady Gaga and a solo by Broadway […] Read More

2020 Willie Colon Golf Outing

Monday, September 21, 2020 – The Willie Colon Golf Outing benefiting the Lupus Research Alliance Jean Davis Research Grant looks to once again raise thousands of dollars in crucial funds for lupus research programs — while increasing awareness of the disease. Held at the Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, NJ, the Outing is the […] Read More

Willie Colon Tees-Off for Lupus at Golf Outing Benefit

Fore! The Third Annual Willie Colon Golf Outing benefiting the Lupus Research Alliance and the Jean Davis Research Grant raised thousands in crucial funds for lupus research programs — while increasing awareness of the disease. Held at the Somerset Hill Country Club in Bernardsville, NJ, the Outing is the premier golf event in the New […] Read More