LUPUS UK 
LUPUS UK has developed a special text/e-mail action for May 10th which LUPUS EUROPE is asked to join with.
This special text/e-mail you will find the template as a pdf-file for download. That can be forwarded on May 10th.
Please feel free to insert your own organisation’s logo. In this way, a lot of people all over the world can be reached.
Lupus Erythematodes Selbsthilfegemeinschaft e.V., Germany 
The German Lupus group has started a wonderful action with postcards for World Lupus Day 2009.
Check it out on: http://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2009/04/11/lupuscrossing---butterflies-are-crossing-the-world
Send as many cards with butterflies as you can find to:
Simone Müller-Pretis
Secretary to German Lupus Association
Weg zum Sportplatz 4
97076 Würzburg
Germany
and forward the address to all your contacts and raise awareness for Lupus.
Finally, about 280 butterfly-related postcards crossed the world and landed in Germany:
http://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2009/05/10/world-lupus-day-lupuscrossing
Here's a selection of LupusCrossing postcards from all over the world, as well as some of the extremely touching texts:
I hope this project will bring you a lot of postcards, and a lot of support to your great cause. I am not affected by lupus myself, but I have heard of several people who has been sick. Keep us the good work! Dorthe / Denmark)
Greetings from Dallas! I read about this great educational event on postcrossing.com. This card is sent in memory of my cousin John Quinn [...]. Thank you for your work! Michelle / USA
Hi! I read about sending butterfly cards on postcrossing page. One of my coworker dead in lupus, so I think send that card and wish luck and strongness for all! Daire / Estonia
Hi! I had never heard of lupus disease before. I read about it on postcrossing. I hope this card can bring a smile to someone's face! All my best! Anette / Sweden
Smile! You are loved! You are beautiful and you are important! Fach / Denmark
Hi & Greetings from Sydney, Australia! I hope this card finds you in a better day and puts a smile on your face.
Butterflies are symbols of transformation so I hope that you treatment works wonders and your next path tests show great results. You are not alone, you've now got an Aussie also thinking about you. I can hear birdssong, see shafts of sunlight and have a cat sneaking around. I hope your day and days to come are beautiful. Blessings, Vannah / Australia
Hello! I really hope that this postcrossing event will help to make people think about illnesses like Lupus! Take care!
Isabel / Germany
Hi from Canada, I am offering my support on International World Lupus Day. So here is my little fairy card with a butterfly with promises of dreams on the wind. Wishing you the best with hopes and prayers, Ron / Canada
Hi! Having another serious chronic disease myself I have an idea what life with lupus is...
Greetings and happy international World Lupus Day! Tarja / Finland
Hello from Fairbanks, Alaska, USA! Since Alaska is famous for its lovely views of the Aurora, I thought it was appropriate to send these Aurora butterflies your way. Take care. I hope you feel better soon! Sarah / Alaska
Greeting from the state of Maine in the USA. I read about this project on postcrossing this morning. There just happened to be a book of butterfly postcards on the table next to me. Obviously I was meant to help out with this cause! I hope that this project helps spread the word about lupus. Amy / USA
Butterflies are special! So are you! Wishing you well. And I am hoping for you a happy life! Jacqueline / Netherlands
Hello! Here is a little butterfly (and feline friend!) from England to show my supports for International World Lupus Day.
My very best wishes to all those suffering from lupus! Sophie / United Kingdom
Hello Simone, I read about the Butterfly cards for the Lupus Association. It's good sometimes you bring more awareness over this chronic disease which causes lots of troubles and pain for 5 million people worldwide. I hope I can help a little bit by sending my butterfly card! It's hard to have a chronic disease while I have psoriasis. So you have my support and best wishes from Sien / Belgium
Always remember! Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, today is a gift! Martina / Germany
Best wishes from the Netherlands to your great project! Happy LupusCrossing! Ans / Netherlands
A very good friend of mine has Lupus, so sending a card seems the least I can do. While I've never seen a butterfly card here, I decided to send you a picture I took of one. Taken at the zoo here in Calgary. Debby / Canada
Hi there, for about a month I'm a member of postcrossing. It's great: send a card, have fun writing it and then get a smile back in your mailbox! I hope this one can spark a little smile up your face as well. I think it is funny that lupus has a butterfly as a symbol because I have to think of a wolf when I hear lupus. Because of this project, there is another human being aware of this disease.. Take care. Greeting froms Holland! Fabienne / Netherlands
Hi, I hope that I can bring a smile to someone's face with this hand-made postcard. I wish a lot of butterfly to you ! Happy LupusCrossing! Noemi / Hungary
Hello friend, greetings from Taiwan. How are you today? My name ist Zita. I hereby give you my genuine blessing. May it express my gentle cares and warm welcome. Hope love accompany you daily, and joy be with you hourly. Your friend Zita / Taiwan
Hello, I hope you get lots of postcards. I never heard about lupus until now. Greetings from Lotty / Belgium
Hi! Greetings from England and best wishes for World Lupus Day 2009. I hope this initiative raises awareness and this card brings a smile to someone. Julie / United Kingdom
Hi there! On postcrossing.com I heard about lupus for the first time. I hope that this postcard will cause a smile on someone's face, and some relieve. Take care, and I wish you all the best! Kind regards, Christina / Netherlands
Greetings from Sayreville, New Jersey, USA. I hope one day science will be able to find a cure for this chronic disease. Erica / USA
Hello, greetings from Australia. I had an American friend who had this disease and know the value of bringing a smile and good wishes and how the heart can be lightened. Best Wishes, Vicki / Australia
Raigad Fort - Maharashtra, Greetings from Vivek / India
Hello, I am a 29 years old woman that lives in the small town Nykarleby which is laying by the West Coast in the Middle of Finland.
I am a practical nurse and I've been working as that in over 8 1/2 years now... so I know about lupus but I think I haven't got directly contact with someone with lupus yet. I hope you'll like this. Spring hugs from Finland, Micaela / Finland
Dear Friend: This is what we call a Monarch butterfly. I took this photo in Nov. of 2003 during the Autumn migration of these travelling butterflies. I hope this postcard has carried a smile on its own migration across the world! ? / Canada
Hello, I am proud to have the chance to participate in "LupusCrossing - Butterflies are crossing the world!" I think it's a great idea. And I have to confess I didn't know about lupus either..., not much anyway. I wish you all the best,
Take care, Carina / Finland
"Fly as free and be everything that's possible!" These are words to everyone of us who are living on this planet, butterflies, us people. We all are unique, with our own talents and strength. Pirjo / Finland
Hi friend: My name is Linda. I have a friend who has suffered so from Lupus. I hope you are feeling better each day.
This card comes from my husband's home Key West Florida. It is subtropical there, very beautiful and 90 miles from Cuba.
Grandma hugs, Linda / USA
Hi all, I send a lot of beautiful butterflies from Taiwan. Hope you all enjoy them. Happy World Lupus Day! Emmy / Taiwan
Hello, Greetings from San Antonio, Texas, USA. I have a good friend who was diagnosed with lupus about 2 years ago.
Keep up the good work! Brenda / USA
Hello, I read about international World Lupus Day on the postcrossing website. I think you are doing a great job raising more awareness. Thank you for doing that! Keep up the good work! Have a wonderful day! Hugs, Bianca / Netherlands
Dear dear. Cheer up. You can overcome this disease and God bless you. Hui-ying / Taiwan
Wishing lots of health! Cheers! Petra / Czech Republic
Dear Lupus overcomer, Strength for today, hope for tomorrow, peace always! Take care, J / USA
Hello and thank you for this great initiative, that brings awareness to people all over the world about Lupus. Unfortunately, this disease is barely known in my country. I hope that my card gives you another smile. My thoughts are with you and I wish you all the best and health of course. Mitja / Ukraine
Hello! Greetings from Russia! This butterfly is called "Papilio podalirius". I've known about Lupus disease from TV serial called "House M.D." The main character Gregory House is a diagnostician and lupus is the most frequent supposition.
Cheers! Olga / Russia
Greetings from Malaysian Postcrosser to German Lupus Association. I hope this card brightens your day. Best wishes, S.F. / Malaysia
An ancient garden of fluttering butterflies waiting. I hope your life fill golden light shines like the stamps! Happy every day!
Kalee / P.R. China
Best wishes from the Eiffel tower. Emma (6 years old) / France
"Love is like a butterfly: It goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes" - author unknown -
Dear Lupus patients, I am a teenage girl from Malta and I like the idea of LupusCrossing because I love to bright up people's lives and make them smile. I made this postcard to do a tiny bit of what I love doing. I hope that this postcard will fulfil its purpose.
Many greetings from Malta and big hugs. Anne Marie / Malta
Hello, I have discoid lupus - a much less chronic strain. I send this card in the hope of a cure and that all lupus patients will find love, understanding and hope. Very best wishes from Carolyn / Australia
Hi there, Greetings from Singapore, a small island state in Southeast Asia. Let me share you what I know about Lupus.
I first did some research on this disease a few years ago after I started having a rash on my face that is very similar to the Lupus "butterfly rash". That's how I came to know of Lupus why the butterfly is significant to Lupus sufferers.
Luckily I do not (think I) have Lupus. It is a very common disease. My friend's aunt living in Hong Kong died from it, even one of my students (I am a piano teacher) suffers from Lupus. In my student's case - she is 27 this year - suffering from Lupus meant that she had to quit her job because the hours were too long. Luckily, playing the piano help her not to be stressed, her Lupus is under control now. Spread the awareness! Ammy / Singapore
Greetings from little and cold Lithuania! I really wish you all the best in your work and also the strength to the ill people. All my good thoughts, heart and soul is with you! Love, Agné / Lithuania
Hi, my name is Joanna and I am 6 years old. I can count to 10 in German and say "Bless you". My teacher has Lupus. I am sending a smiley butterfly from Tasmania to Germany. Hope you get better. Best wishes, Joanna / Tasmania
Hello, I didn't know about Lupus before reading the postcrossing article. So, here is my little butterfly to you. Greetings from Eva / Spain
Happy World Lupus Day from a "little Italian wolf" Serena / Italy
Dear friend, I wish you strength and will to overcome the disease. Here is my hand we are stronger together! Have a nice day!
Katia / Belarus
A beautiful Blue Morpho butterfly from Costa Rica, sent to support World Lupus Day ... I hope this brings a bit of joy, from my corner to the world to yours. With love, Wendi / Costa Rica
We are two friends who live in the same street and study at the same class ever at the same desk. Sedef has seen this LupusCrossing event a few days ago and we want to show our support to you. Good luck with the rest of your life!
Loves from Seda & Sedef / Turkey
My best best wishes to you all! I hope you'll enjoy this postcard. With love, Karina / Brazil
Hello! My name is Zuza & I'm 14. I live in Warsaw, Poland. To be honest, I heard about Lupus for the first time in the TV show "Dr. House". Now, when I know more about this disease (not only from TV), I decided to write to YOU. I don't know who you're, but I wish you health and happiness. Zuza / Poland
Dear friend, My name is Rasana, I am from Russia. I wish you all the best. I have never heard about International Lupus Day, but I'll not forget it anymore as May 10 is my birthday. I hope that both of us - you and me - will live long! Rasana / Russia