The Lupus Foundation of America is the nation’s leading nonprofit voluntary health organization dedicated to finding the causes of and cure for lupus and providing support and services to all people affected by lupus.

Description:
The Lupus Foundation, CT Chapter is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization and a National Health Agency for the combined Federal Campaign. We are a proud member of the Community Health Charities. Except for two staff members, the chapter is operated by dedicated volunteers; many are coping with lupus themselves. We hold four general meetings per year which cover a wide variety of lupus related topics to benefit the lupus patient, family and friends.

Although lupus can strike men and women of all ages, 90% of individuals diagnosed with the disease are women, and 80% of those afflicted with systemic lupus develop it between the ages of 15 and 45.
Lupus is two to three times more prevalent among people of color, including African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans.

History:
The Connecticut Lupus Foundation was established in May of 1973 when there were only a few individual chapters around the country. At that time, the Lupus Foundation of America had not been established as a national organization.

Years later the lupus organizations in various states, including the Connecticut Chapter, formed the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. and we became the Lupus Foundation of America, Connecticut Chapter, Inc.

Contact people:

Lisa Sartorius, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Ceil Scheidel, Administrative Assistant, (phone), (email)

Address:

97 South Street, Suite 110 West Hartford, CT 06110-1960 (See a map)