E. L. E. F.
CARING AND SHARING, Newsletter 4
Report from Portugal to the 7th Annual Convention

1. We have now 760 members, 700 of these are patients.
2. The new offices are in full use. The furniture, machines, curtains, etc. were given by benefactors. The two rooms for patients or families have been often used.
3. The production of frozen food has been quite a success but it is very difficult to do all the work only by volunteers.
4. The first number of our revue will transcribe the lectures of the doctors who are coming to Lisbon now, and send them to you.
5. We went to Oporto to have a meeting with the mayor of the town, who was very kind and gave hope to us of a council place to open an office there.
6. Some shops in Lisbon will make a discount of 5 to 10% to patients with our card.
7. We go on talking in television, radios and newspapers about Lupus, and also to hospitals and to a school outside Lisbon. Every month reference to Lupus appears at least in a newspaper or magazine. We had a very good advertising -free matches and sugar packages-
8. From 6th to the 8th of November we had our Christmas sale at the "T-Club" and the results of money and also of human contacts were worthwhile. The things not sold are going to another Bazaar we will open the 2nd of December at a town near Lisbon where the local council have given us a place to go, and with medical lectures too.
9. Recognizing the work of our Association we have been invited to take part at several days and an organized group of the National Rehabilitation Secretary and they are giving us a small amount of money avery year.
10. We had a stand at a big exposition (the International Fair of Lisbon), named "Expo-Health"
11. Rita and I went to Jerusalem and it was wonderful to meet people from all over the world.
12. Last but not least, all the volunteers and the Board of Directors, specially Rita, worked hard but with joy to welcome you all, with open arms and open hearts.