Clients

• "The last several months you have worked tirelessly as a team to connect me with people looking to invest in a business or start one. The best thing that has come out this is the encouragement I need in this most difficult time of my life. Without you, I'd probably be sitting in some office for financial and emotional help. You have truly given me the strength to hold on. When I do turn things around, I too will become part of your amazing organization, donating dollars and expertise to those in need. Thank you."
  - Anonymous Angel Fund Client

Community

• "This deed is the greatest form of sedaka. It prevents problems and promotes communal harmony by considering our brothers' needs with sensitivity, in the strictest confidence and with gratifying results. All who participate are blessed."
  - Hacham Shaul Kassin



• "From the Rambam we learn how to help a person become self- sufficient to save him embarrassment. The impulse to use our blessings and abilities to help others succeed is a character trait unique to our holy people. It finds favor in the eyes of mankind and the All-mighty, generating merit in our midst. This fund represents a continuous cycle of benefit. It is an important and commendable undertaking on the part of our community."
  - Hacham Baruch Ben Haim

Volunteers

• "We have many people among us who could use a helping hand - a loan, a piece of advice - to guide them in business and give them that added edge to achieve. We also have many successful people in a position to extend that hand - to share their knowledge and experience so that others might succeed. That's what the Sephardic Angel Fund is all about."
  - Ike Sutton, President



• "I am so proud of the work of these young volunteers and the leadership roles they are taking to help businesspeople in our community. I know this organization will blossom into one of our greatest, and I'm pleased to be working right along with them n the ground level."
  - Jack D. Cohen, Advisory Council



• "It's a heartwarming experience. Your goal is to help the client's business, but you are also helping his shalom bayit, his children, and yourself, more than you know, in the process"
  - Anonymous Angel Fund Volunteer



• "You'd be surprised how many businesses are just a simple thought or discipline away from being successful. I decided to join the Angel Fund because helping people in business is my passion, I feel everyone deserves this opportunity to succeed."
  - Victor Azrak, Board of Directors



• "I have been involved in community work for over 30 years and have never seen such a committed group of young men and women working together as a team. On any given day, I get numeroius e-mails concerning the different clients we are handling. There are no limited hours in this organization and no politics. Every obstacle is thouroughly discussed to make as much work for the client as possible. Each member of the fund works out of the goodness of his or her heart to make a difference in our community."
  - Eddie A. Shamah, Treasurer



• "It's a special feeling to help out such an important organization. I hope that I can always be there for such a great and giving group of angels."
  - Shelly Nahmoud, Executive Committee



• "We have truly built a team of hesed that I am proud to be a part of. I believe passionately in the angel fund and am willing to dedicate as much time, energy, and money as possible. One of the greatest advantages of being involved is being surrounded by quality people who are willing to give their time to help others"
  - Alan M. Maleh, Board of Directors