Ansonia lupus fundraiser seeks participants, pledges

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
ANSONIA — Laura Poquette hopes to inspire people of all ages to walk next week for a good cause.
The local resident is planning the fourth annual walk to benefit the Alliance for Lupus Research to fight the chronic autoimmune disease. It can affect the joints and major organs of the body.
Poquette’s daughter, Erika Poquette, 20, who just completed her second year at Providence College, was diagnosed with the disease in February 2005. Laura Poquette said Erika is “doing really well” living with lupus.

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