CoFiA is happy to report that in 2019 CoFiA received unusually generous donations from our members and friends. These are helping us cover small stipends for our part-time staff members, Angelica Martinez, the Social Services coordinator; and Alberto Oliart, our community organizer who manages the delegados program that meets on Saturday nights. We also respond as possible to needs of Palisades Park community members that are brought to our attention. Most recently we have assisted a local family in sending the body of a family member back to Guatemala for burial.
Other initiatives, described elsewhere in this web site, include providing scholarships for participation in OSHA training programs; providing free ESL classes on Tuesday nights at the Palisades Park library; helping to recover wages that have been earned but not paid; and our new after-school program, held in conjunction with the Palisades Park Board of Education.
Each of our initiatives could be expanded if we had more income. Recently our fund raising committee has revised our appeals letter, which will be appearing soon in your mail box. A mailing party will be held on Tuesday, February 4, at 1:00 p.m., at the home of co-chair Carolyn Sobering. Please contribute generously as you are able–even before the letter arrives, if you wish!
We could also use more volunteers to work on the appeal. Just let us know if you want to help, and we’ll send you the particulars. It’s a good cause, but also a lot of fun!