OUR MISSION: To provide support for those affected by LUPUS through understanding, education, public awareness and research.

When Michelle Heichert indicated that she would no longer be able to continue with her Annual Saskatchewan Golf Tournament as a fundraiser for LESS, the Board decided to organize the tournament as a Society project.

The tournament is scheduled for Thursday, September 16th, 2010, at the Willows Golf & Country Club in Saskatoon. Registration starts at 9:30 am, and the shotgun start is at 11:00 am. The entry fee is $600 per team, or $150 per person. The entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart, dinner buffet and a $100 tax receipt. To participate, please print and fill out our entry form and mail it along with your registration fee to Irene Driedger, Box 151, Clavet, SK S0K 0Y0.

Volunteers are also needed for working the tournament, sourcing sponsors and teams, collecting prizes, and more. For further details on how you can help with the project, please contact Lloyd Driedger at (306) 931-1063 or l.driedger@sasktel.net.

"Living Well With Lupus" Fact Booklet
LESS has undertaken an educational outreach project to provide this booklet, free of charge in Saskatchewan, to people with lupus and their families. It has already been distributed to all LESS members. Now the process to deliver it to family physicians is underway. If you would like to receive a copy, or have your physician or a physician in your area receive one, please contact Irene Driedger at (306) 931-1063 or idriedger@sasktel.net.

Lupus Information Kit
A free Lupus Information Kit may be requested at our mailing address, toll free phone number or e-mail address listed below. The kit includes basic lupus and membership information, and a complimentary copy of our newsletter, "The Saskatchewan Lupine".

LESS members are proud to celebrate this important milestone in the fight against lupus. We have come a long way! Read about LESS's accomplishments over the years in Vi Van Allen's article, "30 Years of Growth".

Effective Monday September 21, 2009 Lupus Canada's new address is:

Lupus Canada
3555 14th Avenue, Unit #3
Markham, ON L3R 0H5

Phone, fax and email remain unchanged:
Phone: 905-513-0004
Toll Free: 1-800-661-1468
Fax: 905-513-9516

Hot off the press, "Irene's Cookbook for Lupus" is now available for sale! Irene Driedger, our LESS Treasurer, has graciously offered to share over 300 recipes from her own delectable collection of tried and true favourites. Those of us who have had the good fortune to sample Irene's cuisine highly recommend it! This cookbook is likely to become indispensable in your own cookbook collection. It's also a great gift at Christmas or anytime of the year for family, friends, college students, newlyweds, favourite teachers, co-workers or anyone you wish to remember with something special.

It's available for the affordable price of $10.00 per book, plus postage for those requesting mailout. Orders may be placed by phoning Irene Driedger at: 931-1063 (Clavet), by e-mailing idriedger@sasktel.net, or by printing and mailing in our order form. Postage is $7.00 for 1 to 3 books and $10.00 for 4 to 6 books. For orders of 7 or more books, please consult with Irene.

Read Irene's own story of living with lupus here!

Copies of Butterflies of Hope continue to be offered as well.

Spring Symposium
Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Where: Smiley's Buffet and Catering, Banquet Room B
              405 - 702 Circle Drive East, Saskatoon
Program: Dr. Janet Markland, "Lupus and Overlap Connective Tissue Disorders"
Admission: Free of charge

Everyone is welcome to attend.

LESS is proud to say that we are an entirely volunteer-run organization. That means a large portion of the funds raised go towards the goals in our mission statement, to provide support for those affected by lupus through understanding, education, public awareness and research. A small amount only, is used for administration. That also means that our volunteers are indispensable! LESS would not exist without volunteers. That is why we need you to please consider joining our team as a volunteer.

New volunteers are always welcome and there are many ways to become involved. Let us know what your talents and interests are and we will find just the right spot for you. We have a lot of fun, we feel connected and the accomplishments are very worthwhile.

Marianne Weber, less@sasklupus.com or (306) 693-6368

Irene Driedger, idriedger@sasktel.net or (306) 931-1063

LESS is pleased to be able to accept online donations through the CanadaHelps.org website.

CanadaHelps.org is a not-for-profit charity portal that serves as an information resource about charities in Canada and seeks to promote and facilitate philanthropy through online giving. As a public foundation, CanadaHelps uses a donor-directed funding model to facilitate online donations from donors to charities. CanadaHelps.org offers its services at a very low cost to the charity and at no cost to the donor.

To view our Charity Profile or make a donation, please use the 'Donate Now' button.