DETAILS:
6:30 pm, Tarrytown Riverwalk, Tarrytown NY
Meetup location: On the Riverwalk just west of 240 West Main St. Park in Lot E

• Meet Thea Chassin, Founder of Bald Girls Do Lunch
• Watch the bridge turn from daylight to blue
• Photo-ops fun: bring a blue LED or wear something blue
• Creative? Make a sign: #LightitUpBlue4AlopeciaAreata

Landmarks and Bridges Are Illuminating Blue for Alopecia Areata Awareness Month

Bridges, buildings and other landmarks across the United States will be illuminated blue in September to raise awareness for this important autoimmune disease.

The current illumination schedule is HERE. Any updates or additions to the schedule will be posted on this website.

If you plan to visit an illumination, we invite you to take a photo and tag your social media postings with the hashtag: #LightItUpBlue4AlopeciaAreata.

A clinical research study is currently recruiting adults

Ages 18-65 with a diagnosis of alopecia areata
Who have lost 50% or more of the hair on their head
To participate in a study of an oral investigational drug.

For more details visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s Clinical Trials website.

Bald Girls Do Lunch is providing this announcement for informational purposes only. Bald Girls Do Lunch does not imply endorsement.  The decision to participate is voluntary and wholly the responsibility of the individual person.

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A national health journalist wants to hear from you about how the pandemic has affected your relationship to wigs. Take our quick survey today.

• All women with any type of alopecia areata or cicatricial alopecia
• All ages
• All countries

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A clinical research study is currently recruiting adults in the US and Canada.

The preliminary requirements to participate in this study of an oral investigational drug are:

• • Adults ages 18-65
• • A diagnosis of alopecia areata
• • 50% or greater scalp hair loss

For more detailed clinical information visit https://bgdl.org/THRIVE-AA1.

Bald Girls Do Lunch is providing this announcement for informational purposes only. Bald Girls Do Lunch does not imply endorsement.  The decision to participate is voluntary and wholly the responsibility of the individual person.

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Take a selfie. Save the date. Celebrate 2021 Alopecia Awareness Month. BALD IS IN! for the month of September.
Your photo will appear in our first annual Bald Is In selfie collage.

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Together we get closer to the day when bald women are as easily accepted as bald men.

We’re so excited!

American professional volleyball player Deja McClendon, is joining Bald Girls Do Lunch® to promote awareness about alopecia areata and Bald Girls Do Lunch as part of the Athletes Unlimited’s Pro Causes initiative.

“I really love the Bald Girls cause and how they bring back confidence in women by giving them an outlet to express themselves and talk through the stigma of being a bald woman,” says Deja who was diagnosed with alopecia when she was 12.

Yes! I’ll Give to Honor Deja’s Awareness Work

Bald Girls Volunteer, Erica Lafay Gillman is going all out with ‘F.L.Y. – First Love Yourself’ t-shirt fundraiser for Bald Girls Do Lunch.

• Give a boost to top-up her $2,500 goal.
• Buy a shirt or make a donation.
• Learn more and purchase the 100% cotton shirts HERE for kids, women and men.

Special thanks to our model, Cassie.

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Arena Pharmaceuticals is recruiting for a clinical trial in multiple locations. Complete this form , AA-205 online screener, to apply for the trial “Safety and Efficacy of Oral Etrasimod in Adult Participants With Moderate-to-Severe Alopecia Areata.” The screener form has been prepared for Arena by Innovaderm Research.

• • You’re between 18 and 70 years old.
• • You have current alopecia areata with hair loss that affects at least 50% of your scalp.
• • Your current hair loss episode has been lasting for more than 6 months, but less than eight years.

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Learn more about Arena Phamaceutical’s trial with oral Etrasimod and the study locations on the application form.

You may be compensated for time and travel. Talk to your personal doctor before joining a clinical trial. Bald Girls Do Lunch is providing this announcement for informational uses only. It does not imply endorsement. The decision to participate is voluntary and wholly the responsibility of the individual person.

For more detailed clinical information visit clinicaltrials.gov.