A non-profit organization, the Lupus Foundation of Northern California aids individuals with lupus. A non-contagious autoimmune disease, lupus comes in three different types and may affect any part of the body. Symptoms include swollen glands, pale fingers, extreme fatigue, and painful joints, but every person can express the condition differently, making it difficult to diagnose.

1. CHAZ BERMAN ON
LUPUS AND THE LUPUS
FOUNDATION OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
By Chaz Berman

2. Introduction
 A non-profit organization, the Lupus
Foundation of Northern California aids
individuals with lupus. A non-contagious
autoimmune disease, lupus comes in three
different types and may affect any part of the
body. Symptoms include swollen glands, pale
fingers, extreme fatigue, and painful joints, but
every person can express the condition
differently, making it difficult to diagnose.

3. About Lupus Foundation of
Northern California
 The Lupus Foundation of Northern California
runs a number of programs that combat lupus
and raise awareness. It performs outreach
activities that educate the public about the
disease and ways to identify and treat it, and
researchers investigating lupus receive
support from this group. Moreover, its website,
www.lfnc.org, contains a number of online
resources and information on ways to donate
to it or organize fundraising events.

4. About the Author
 An entrepreneur, Chaz Berman has spent the
past 30 years involved with a variety of
companies. Currently the Chief Executive
Officer of Grower's Secret, an organic
energizer firm, Berman donates to the Lupus
Foundation of Northern California.