Walk-a-Payung - An Umbrella Walkathon in aid of Lupus Sufferers, 14 Dec 2008, Sunway Pyramid

Dear Residents,

You are invited to participate in this Charity Event



Walk-a-Payung - An Umbrella Walkathon in aid of Lupus Sufferers in Malaysia

Date : Sunday, 14 December 2008
Venue : Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall - Orange Entrance (outside Italiannies and TGI)
Registration : Starts at 7.00am.
Flag-off : 8.30am.

Walk-a-Payung tickets can be purchased at Venue : RM20 per person.

The half-day family event will offer all walkers

• A Free umbrella (adults get a 24" auto umbrella, children get a kiddies auto umbrella)
• Free breakfast & drinks
• Free goodie bag
• Free blood sugar, blood pressure and body mass index tests and bone density tests
• Music and dance performances by Leo Club
• Fun Quiz on SLE with Prizes to be won
• Lucky Draw.

All are welcome! Bring your spouse, your children, your parents (no age limit). It's only 2 kilometres!

Subang Jaya State Assemblyman YB Hannah Yeoh will launch the event.

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For your information, Persatuan SLE Malaysia (PSLEM) is a ROS-registered, non-profit support group set up in 1994 by concerned doctors and patients to help people suffering from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), a condition in which the body produces antibodies that attack its own organs. The association is recognised as a charity by the government.

Why walk with an umbrella?
- To create awareness that SLE patients have to avoid too much sun and of SLE as a potentially devastating disease. With this awareness, it is hoped that SLE sufferers in Malaysia will be diagnosed earlier and therefore have a better chance of survival.

- To raise money to kickstart the SLE Fund which will provide financial assistance to needy patients requiring joint replacement and cataract operations (due to long-term treatment using steroids) and certain expensive medications. All proceeds from the Walk-a-Payung tickets will go towards the SLE Fund.

- To go down in the Malaysia Book of Records as the "Largest Participation of Walkers with Umbrellas". Please help to make a record of 1,000 walkers with umbrellas!

For more details please contact Ms Chee Siew Lian at

Persatuan SLE Malaysia
3rd floor, Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
16, Jalan Utara46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Tel: 603-7957 7672 HP: 013-3838644
Fax: 603-7957 0407
E-mail: pslem@streamyx.com, pslemhq@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lupusmalaysia.org/