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Hebrew Free Loan Detroit

6735 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SUITE 300 • BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN 48301

@HFLDetroit

Community donations help Hebrew Free Loan give
interest-free loans to local Jews for a variety of personal,
health, educational and small business needs.

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“Hebrew Free Loan cares for our community as if we were
members of a large, extended family,” said Megan
Topper.
Despite feeling as if she wasn’t deeply interconnected
with the Jewish community in her youth, Megan went on to
become a dedicated Jewish professional, sparked by her
college job teaching second grade at a Hebrew school,
and further fueled by her college education loans. 
Megan, now Director of Philanthropy and Sustainability
at Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network, was on staff
at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit when she
and her husband, Aubrey, had an issue with the exterior
of their home. 
“Several strips of siding came off the house during the
winter, and we found that the siding as a whole was in
poor shape and exposing our house to interior damage,”
Megan said. “Fixing it was a large job and a completely
unexpected expense that would have wiped out our 
savings. I was discussing it with co-workers, one mentioned
her positive experience with Hebrew Free Loan, and there
was the answer. 
“Our home repair wasn’t a tragic situation, but HFL
treated us as if mitigating a potential issue was just as
important as an emergency. This organization helped my
family without judgement and with deep kindness, as if
they knew us.
“I have found that our Jewish community is a real gift and
a treasure,” Megan said. “It’s beautiful and powerful to be
surrounded by people who, even though they are 
relative strangers, will unite to have your back.”