The Jets, the Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) and the Atlantic Healthy Jets Women’s Organization (AHJWO) will host ALR Lupus Awareness Day, Sunday, September 28 when the Jets host the Detroit Lions.
Country music singer Jessie James Decker, the wife of Jets wide receiver Eric Decker, will be singing the National Anthem.
This is designed to increase awareness of lupus, a devastating autoimmune disease, promote the ALR’s mission to prevent, treat and cure lupus through medical research and, most importantly, raise funds for lupus research.
Jets events supporting the ALR have raised over $11 million for lupus research programs.
The Alliance for Lupus Research was created in 1999 by the owner of the New York Jets, Robert Wood Johnson IV, when his daughter was diagnosed with lupus.
100 percent of all donations received goes directly to support lupus research programs.
The ALR and Jets are encouraging fans to text LUPUS to 85944 to donate $10 to support lupus research.
Pictured: Jessie James with new baby Vivianne Rose