At its meeting on Thursday, May 4, the Board of the Community of Friends in Action, Inc., voted to set aside a small amount of money to respond to requests we occasionally receive from workers and others for financial assistance in an emergency. The Board unanimously agreed to name the fund the "Spiegel Fund," in honor of two of our founding members and long-time supporters, Hans and Ellie Spiegel. Both are inspirations not only to CoFiA but to many other groups and individuals in the Leonia and metropolitan area and around the world. Thank you, dear friends, for all you have done and all you mean to so many of us! CoFiA does not receive many requests for financial assistance, but we have been able to help a number of people over the years with small grants. Typically a request might be to help ... Read more