Organization: LUPUS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Mission: The Lupus Foundation of Northern California (LFNC) has been providing services since 1978. LFNC provides a variety of services to support and educate the community, particularly lupus patients, their families, and their support networks.
Activities: Community Outreach - Program includes participation in health fairs and community events, production and dissemination of Spanish language newsletters and brochures, posting of program and event information on the organization's Web site and bi-weekly electronic newsletter, and maintaining consistent presence on internet social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Also includes collaborative meeting and information resource exchange with other health-related nonprofit and government agencies as well as communcation with clinics and doctors' offices serving lupus patients. Also includes our fereral, state, and local effors to bring more lupus awareness in the government and throughout our communities.
Client Services - Program includes our quarterly patient education classes, semi-annual conferences, adult and youth support groups, semi-annual printed newsletter, Lupus Buddy Program, bi-weekly electronic newsletter, and monthly Lupus 101 series (including in-person and online educational events). Many of these servies are extended not just to lupus patients but their famileis and support networks as well. Medical information, research updates, and online patient tutorials are posted regularly on our Web site and electornic newsletter. We also provide one-on-one phone and in-person counseling to lupus patients and their families.
Volunteer Servies - With its small staff, the organization relies heavily on the work of vounteers. LFNC maintains a core of regular volunteers who come to our office weekly to help with mailing, data entry, clerical work, phone calls and other office needs. For special events LFNC recruits volunteers from schools and community groups to assist with various tasks, including registration, catering, and information disseminiation during our annual Drumbeat to a Lupus Cure 5k conference and fundraising events.
NTEE category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines
Secondary category: Medical Research