The Lupus Alliance is holding a very special dollhouse raffle to benfit direct patient services.

The Lupus Alliance of America LI/Q Affiliate is holding a special Dollhouse raffle from July 1st-December 1st. The house can be seen on the Alliance website at www.lupusliqueens.org as well as at their 13th Annual Walk Along for Lupus on October 15th in Eisenhower Park. Two local stores, the Dollhouse Alley in Wantagh, 516-317-0818 and the Miniature Manor in Garden City, 516-294-7441 have generously offered to sell raffle tickets for the dollhouse in their stores.

The dollhouse, valued at $1500 was donated by Jean Pollack of Bellmore and is handmade, with every detail
painstakingly handcrafted. Some of the highlights of the house include an outdoor patio, a front porch, a fully
equipped kitchen, curtains on every window, a fireplace and a beautiful babies room. The house is fully furnished and will even come with Holiday decorations for the season when it is won on December 1st.

All of the proceeds from this raffle will go towards the Direct Patient Support programs The Lupus Alliance offers to those with lupus and their families in the local area. These programs include a children’s program, which offers an email support group, free trips for both children with lupus as well as children whose sibling or parent has lupus, and financial assistance for things like medical bills, or wigs which may be needed due to chemotherapy treatment,
as well an adult program which helps adults with lupus with financial assistance and support.

You can call the Lupus Alliance office at 516-783-3370 or email them at info@lupusliqueens.org for more information or to purchase raffle tickets which are $5 each or a book of 6 for $20. Schools that would like to sell these tickets as part of a community service program should call the Alliance for further details. This holiday season you could win a beautiful dollhouse, perfect for that someone special on your list, while helping someone with lupus live a better life while we all search for a cure. Please buy a ticket today!!