8 Friday, May 19, 1918 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Hebrew Free Loan: 83 Years of Emergency Aid FIRESTONE JEWELRY SUITE 318 ADVANCE BLDG. 23077 Greenfield at 9 Mile (313) 557.1860 ■•■■■• Since 1895, the Hebrew Free Loan Association has been providing interest-free loans to persons unable to VERTICAL BLINDS SLIM LINE BLINDS WOVEN WOODS CUSTOM DRAPES SHADES and BEDSPREADS SAVE UP TO DUOTONE COLORS NO EXTRA 0 CHARGE FULL TIME PROTECTION FROM MARV CHECK • • • • Burglary Vandalism Fire Personal Attack MARV ROSEN At A Price You Can Afford NO IFONE Automatically Notifies within seconds Police Dept. & Fre Dept. Control Office Hidden Wire Instellatio. You Won't Know We've Been There emergency reporting system with 24 hr. protection AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ALARM INC. 838 _7008 I secure commercial bank loans. In these 83 years, the agency has loaned more than $6 million. The agency was founded mainly to help newly- arrived immigrants from Russia and eastern Europe. Today, once again, at least half the Free Loan's appli- cants are Russian immig- rants. The immigrants are ini- tially helped by Resettle- ment Service, Jewish Fam- ily Service and the Jewish Vocational Service, but once they have a place to live and a job, they turn to us if they need additional help," said HFLA President Henry Leopold. "We have provided loans for the Russians for used cars, which they need to get to work, for car repairs and insurance, for sending their baggage from Russia, tui- tion for beauty schools, union dues, the purchase of tools for work and many other purposes," he said. HFLA estimates it will serve 50 Russians this year with loans totalling $43,000. The agency also pro- vides numerous loans to college and technical school students and to parents of children in the local Jewish day schools. "This way the schools can have the entire tui- tion fee at the beginning of the year, and the par- ents can pay us back monthly or quarterly, which is easier for them," Leopold said. "Although loans to Rus- sians, students and day school parents are the largest categories, people need our services for very widespread purposes," said Straight Talk Florence Schwartz, HFLA's executive secretary. "One of our regular appli- cants is an 82-year-old man, a shoemaker, who still runs his own business," she said. "He sells some new shoes, too, and every year he takes out a loan to purchase in- ventory; he pays it back as he sells the shoes. "In the past couple of years we've seen an in- crease in the number of single women applying for loans, mainly widows and divorcees," she said. "And we get a lot of requests from people who are temporarily out of work, either because of medical problems, sea- sonal layoffs, or a career change. Often the money is needed to meet medical ex- penses." Borrowers usually come to the Hebrew Free Loan Association after being re- ferred by Jewish Family Service or by a rabbi, Mrs. Schwartz said. "Unfortu- nately a lot of people who need our help don't know we exist. We're preparing to distribute a pamphlet de- scribing our services." HFLA is a Jewish Welfare Federation agency and is funded through the Allied Jewish Campaign. HFLA provides loans of $75 to $2,000. Appli- cants need no collateral, but do need the endorse- ment of two co-signers. Members of the agency's board of directors meet every Sunday morning at the United Hebrew Schools building to act on loan applications. Loans are usually approved within 10 days, Mrs. Schwartz said. "We have 21 members of our board of directors and every Sunday at least two are scheduled to interview applicants," she said. "Of- ten others will come in and when they're not scheduled simply because they're in- terested." In dire emergencies, loans can be approved within 48 hours, Leopold said. 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