Jets Walk

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Rex Ryan invite fans to help the Jets find a cure for lupus. If you or someone you know has lupus, or you simply want to make a difference in someone’s life, join the Jets to help raise funds for the Alliance for Lupus Research’s annual New Jersey Walk With Us to Cure Lupus. Johnson is the National Walk Chairman and Tannenbaum and Ryan are Honorary Walk Chairmen.

The Jets filled some of their offseason needs this year and should see themselves as favorites with the weekly NFL odds.

The 5K (3.1-mile) walk will be held Saturday, May 12, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., and will include refreshments, entertainment and special appearances by Jets players and coaches. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk is at 10 a.m.

To request more information on the walk, visit walk.lupusresearch.org/newjersey, email skirkpatrick@lupusresearch.org or call the Alliance for Lupus Research at 732-842-1607.

WHAT:            ALR New Jersey Walk With Us to Cure Lupus

WHO:              Jets Owner and ALR Chairman Woody Johnson, General Manager Mike Tannenbaum and Head Coach Rex Ryan

Players: Royce Adams, Josh Baker, Mike DeVito, Marcus Dixon, DaMarcus Ganaway, Joe McKnight, Muhammad Wilkerson, Kyle Wilson

WHEN:            Saturday, May 12, 2012

TIME:               9:00 am Registration

10:00 am Walk Begins

 WHERE:           MetLife Stadium

East Rutherford, NJ

(Park in Lot G, Enter through West Gate)

The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) is a national voluntary health organization based in New York City that was founded in 1999 and is chaired by Robert Wood Johnson IV, a member of the founding family of Johnson & Johnson. By committing millions of dollars to significant lupus research every year and holding nationwide lupus walks to secure additional funding, the ALR is proactively battling lupus.

The mission of the Alliance for Lupus Research is to find better treatments and ultimately prevent and cure systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus), a debilitating autoimmune disease, by supporting medical research.