Today I visited ten municipalities and in most cases met with the mayor. Four of the mayors were ladies and so clearly one feels an additional empathy for the cause of sick children when women are the interlocutors - without diminishing in any way the wonderful support received today from the male-mayors.
The mayors of Papkeszi, Balatonkenese, Balatonvilágos, Csajág, Küngös and Ősi all predicted three to four times more than our target of "one member for each 1.000 inhabitants". The mayor of Berhida was very certain to reach ten members in her municipality of 6.133 population. The mayor and the referenc of Várpalota, the largest city today with nearly 22.000 inhabitants, was shooting for thirty members. But the mayor of Pétfürdő (5.000 inhabitants), Mrs Horváth Éva, was confident to reach even 50 members; I believed this to be over-optimistic and we settled for twenty members first. If the targets today would be reached, it would mean 87 additional members. I have to see it before I could believe it. Are the mayors over-confident in their projections? We soon will find out!
But in any case, it is wonderful to see so much enthusiasm and spirit demonstrated by the mayors. And for this I am already very grateful!
With all these good thoughts I entered the hotel, named "Két Bagoly Fogadó" ("Two Owles Inn"). They so kindly sponsor my accomodation tonight. A great gesture in this period of economic crisis.
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