If you're reading this (which you are) and you're interested in finding out more about Anteaters Against Autoimmunity (which you SURELY are),

COME TO ANTEATERS AGAINST AUTOIMMUNITY INFO NIGHT WED JAN 13 3:10-4:50 AT EMERALD BAY E!!

Come help us raise awareness about autoimmune diseases and learn how you can make a real difference

AAA is launching the official formation of a fashion show planning committee as well as a new student-run, volunteer-based, non-profit with the name of Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Association. Please join and help us make this a possibility! Sign up as a member on the side to get all updates. Go under the Face of Autoimmunity tab to join the Fashion Show Planning Committee and/or the Non-Profit Committee. This part will be under construction today, so please be sure to check back tomorrow if you go on today and it's not working. Thank you for your continuous support. With the deepest sincerity and a ton of excitement for the new horizons we will be conquering, Tandis Soltani

I need your responses! Click Here to take survey Thanks so much! -Tandis

Don't miss Anteaters Against Autoimmunity meeting this Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm at Panera (on Culver and Barranca). If you need a ride be at the flag poles on campus at 6:10pm.This meeting will focus on a lot of organizational decisions that will most likely have a long-term impact, so please be there to give us your input. Please reply to this email to let me know whether you are coming and if you need a ride. Agenda: Educational Information: - November is Diabetes awareness month. What is Diabetes? How does it relate to the concept of Autoimmunity? Some other things you should know! Opportunities for YOU: -Officer Positions vs, Planning committee -Implementing Paid Internships through our club!!! Topics to discuss: -Non-profit vs. UCI Club -Advertising for our organization and events: Publicity: on campus vs. other (reaching beyond the UCI community) -Three Business Partnerships to build: Clothing, Food, Printing -Working with other campus organizations See you there! -Tandis Soltani

Don't miss Anteaters Against Autoimmunity meeting this Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm at Panera (on Culver and Barranca). If you need a ride be at the flag poles on campus at 6:10pm.This meeting will focus on a lot of organizational decisions that will most likely have a long-term impact, so please be there to give us your input. Please reply to this email to let me know whether you are coming and if you need a ride. Agenda: Educational Information: - November is Diabetes awareness month. What is Diabetes? How does it relate to the concept of Autoimmunity? Some other things you should know! Opportunities for YOU: -Officer Positions vs, Planning committee -Implementing Paid Internships through our club!!! Topics to discuss: -Non-profit vs. UCI Club -Advertising for our organization and events: Publicity: on campus vs. other (reaching beyond the UCI community) -Three Business Partnerships to build: Clothing, Food, Printing -Working with other campus organizations See you there! -Tandis Soltani

I was told to pass this information to you, since some of you are Bio/Nursing/Pre-Health. 9th Annual Pre-Health Conference is on October 31 with lots of information to offer. Check out their website at http://www.ucilmsa.org/conference.html for more info about the event. They need guests as well as volunteers. Let me know if you are interested in either. Thank you, Tandis PS: Don't forget to fill out the survey underneath please!

If you haven't already, fill out a feedback form for this year's Fashion for Lupus show. We appreciate hearing from you and want to do our part to improve future events for you.

-The AAA Web Correspondence Team, aka JD

Hi all, I apologize for having to cancel so late, but I'm sick and will not be able to put this on tonight. I thought I would get better, but I'm still not feeling too well. Kyle Good, our videographer, will have the fashion show video ready in a few weeks, so we will have a "viewing party" for that instead of the random movie tonight. Saiid Zargham, our staff photographer, will have the photos ready by this weekend and we will view those this Wednesday (10/14/09) 6:30-7:30pm at our 2nd general meeting of the quarter. Thanks so much, Tandis Soltani

For Guests:

If you've purchased tickets online, you DO NOT require physical tickets to be admitted to the show--we have the names of people who purchased e-tickets and the number purchased. Simply give your name or the name of the person who purchased your tickets to be admitted.

Tickets purchased at the door will be more expensive, so buy now (until 5PM on Saturday) on the sidebar to the right.

As a reminder, the show will be held in the Pacific Ballroom in the Student Center at UCI. For on-campus directions to the Student Center, click here and here. We suggest parking in the Student Center Parking Structure, right across from the venue. Parking costs can be found here.

Doors open at 5:30PM; come for food and live music performed by UCI's own students. Runway begins promptly at 7PM.

For Volunteers:

First, please encourage everyone you know to BUY TICKETS!!!

1. When: this Saturday (10/03) all day, starting at 8AM. Show up LATEST by 12PM unless you've already spoken with Tandis.
2. Where to show up: Flag poles at 8AM; Pacific Ballroom (UCI's Student Center) at noon.
3. Dress Code: White Shirt/Black Slacks

We're having a small fundraiser this Saturday, September 26th, at Gina's Pizza in Irvine to raise money for the numerous costs of THE SHOW. Come in between 6 and 8, mention Anteaters Against Autoimmunity, and we make 15% of your purchase to help fund THE SHOW.

Also, if you haven't already (and why wouldn't you have???), BUY TICKETS to Fashion for Lupus '09 securely via PayPal using the sidebar on the right of this page, or purchase them on campus at UCI all this week!

We've opened up the following offer for THIS WEEKEND (9/19-20) only:

Purchase any two tickets for Fashion for Lupus and Other Autoimmune Diseases 2009 and get the third (of the same section) FREE

Just purchase via PayPal using the menu in the sidebar on the right of this page. In your order, indicate that your ticket quantity is 2 or greater and we will update your ticket count with the extra tickets in our records.

For more information about the show, click the flyer in the previous message.

For more information about this amazing event, click above

Purchase your tickets to Fashion for Lupus and Other Autoimmune Diseases 2009 now by selecting in the sidebar to the right ------>

Anteaters Against Autoimmunity is dedicated to raising understanding and funding for autoimmune diseases. So many lives are personally affected by autoimmune diseases that we felt it necessary to form an organization to spread the word about how to live with, and to support those who are struggling with what is often a lifelong challenge. Our student-run organization is based at the University of California, Irvine; we are comprised of student volunteers and community members who feel the need to take action.

Our organization will be hosting a Fashion Show on the 3rd of October to raise money and awareness for Lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, skin, and other organs, affecting approximately 2 million people in the United States. The show will be in the Pacific Ballroom of the UCIrvine Student Center 7-9pm.

With your support and generosity, we hope to bring our annual Fashion for Lupus and Other Autoimmune Diseases event to reality once again. We appreciate any support you are willing to give. Know that you are benefiting a worthy cause and that people will be helped by your actions. Please join as a member on this site by clicking here. Also, join us on facebook by clicking here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at lupus.fighter@yahoo.com.

In deepest appreciation
and on behalf of the members of Anteaters Against Autoimmunity,

Tandis Soltani (Founder and Co-President)
and Jordaniel Wolk (Web Developer)