Walk to End Lupus Now
media release:The 13th annual Greater Madison area walk! Join us as lupus warriors and their supporters converge at Firemen’s Park, united in a common cause: to find the cure for lupus. Lupus supporters realize the urgency to find a cure before one more person is devastated by this mysterious and sometimes life-threatening disease. Join us and walk to end lupus now!
Walk Day Schedule:
Saturday, September 19, 2026
- 8:30 AM: Event day registration and pre-registration check-in opens, the Children's Art Tent/face painting tent opens, the Decoration Station tent is open to decorate team signs (we provide team signs for those teams with 4 or more pre-registered - deadline is Monday, September 11th at Noon)
- 9:00 AM: Dimensions in Sound (big band music) starts & Middleton HS Dancers perform
- 9:40 AM: The kick-off ceremony & awards
- 10:00 AM: Walk begins. We will announce each team one by one, so we get a photo at the start line. Individuals (not on a team will be announced as a group)
- We will have a Lupus Information Tent with our Health Education Coordinator there for questions.
- 11:30: 50/50 raffle drawing
- 12-12:30: The band and activities will wrap up
This year's route:
The walk route has 1, 2 or 3 mile options. At the ½ mile mark (water station) participants can do a u-turn if they want to complete 1 mile, same at the 1-mile mark (water station/portable toilet) – participants can U-turn to complete a 2-mile walk, and at the 1 ½ mile mark (water station/portable toilet) they U-turn to complete a 3-mile walk. Most of the walk is on the Pheasant Branch Conservancy Trail. This was our original walk route (not what we have used the past few years). Construction is finished on the trails.
Your Fundrising pages/prizes:
- If you signed up as a Team Captain, you will have a personal page and a walk page. We will combine those pledges/donations in the captain's total.
- You can link Facebook fundraising through your dashboard once you log in. Do not start it from Facebook, start it from your walk page in order for them to be linked and count in your page's thermometers.
- Incentive prizes are earned for individual pledge raisers (prizes are cumulative, so the more tiers your reach, the more prizes you get).
- Raise $250 and receive an keychain or a lunch tote
- Raise $500 and receive a small winter hat or ceramic mug
- Raise $1000 and receive a roll-up FLARE DAY hoodie
- Raise $2500 and receive a $50 Amazon gift card
- Raise $5000 and receive a $150 Amazon gift card
