HFFC Forum

A short film on a big theme is the free HFFC event offered to the public on Dec 5th via Zoom. Winner of a Hollywood International Documentary Festival “ Best First Film” award, “Leaving God” takes an impartial, investigative look at the rapidly changing religious landscape in America — away from church, traditional religion, and God. In doing so, with a well-crafted mix of angst and humor, it parallels the filmmaker’s own detachment from long-held beliefs. TopDocumentaryFilms.com, a site featuring the film, calls it “absorbing” and says “Many viewers will empathize with the deeply personal testimony at its center, and it may also inspire thoughtful self-reflection and debate amongst those who remain firmly committed to their faith.” Film Trailer: http://bit.ly/2vypoRq The 7pm, Dec 5th screening will be followed by a live Q&A with the filmmaker, John Follis. To Register, go to: https://bit.ly/2TyAJPI

On June 16, 2020 – just before Abby Hafer's talk – HFFC president Cary Shaw conducted our 2020 Annual Meeting. The most pressing order of business was the election of officers, Steering Committee members and committee leads; the entire slate (which was distributed in advance) was approved in a blanket vote. Cary also used the meeting to share what HFFC expenses are – how our membership dues are used. The other HFFC officers and committee chairs then shared their objectives, key accomplishments in the 2019-2020 year and some upcoming plans. HFFC had an active and successful year! Here are two files with more infomation: The HFFC Annual Meeting minutes, when you can see details about these areas of interest: Programming and Events, Communications, Social Action, Outreach (including swag), and the “Books, etc.” and Science Readers discussion groups. The HFFC 2020 election results.

Hospital workers are real heroes in this time of pandemic. Their tireless efforts are providing comfort and treatment to many patients, and they are saving many lives. HFFC wants to let our healthcare workers know that humanists care about them. We are expressing our appreciation in several ways. Our first appreciation gift was to two shifts of ICU workers at NORWALK HOSPITAL. For the morning HFFC sent bagels from Liz Sue Bagels; for the afternoon, we sent cheesecakes from Silver Star Diner. HFFC took $200 out of our modest treasury to pay for this. This donation helped both the hospital and two of our local businesses, which are also hurting. With additional donations we can send tokens of our appreciation to the other large hospitals in FAIRFIELD COUNTY, including Stamford, Danbury, Greenwich and Bridgeport. And with enough donations we could even say "thank you" to Norwalk a second time. We will ask each hospital what they would most appreciate — outside of the P.P.E., which we do not have. At this point, it may or may not be food. In some hospitals ICU staff are now fasting during their shift to avoid contaminating their masks, so they may appreciate either having food or drink at the end of their shift -- or maybe something else all together.  We will ask. To fund these expressions of appreciation, we are asking HFFC members and friends to donate — if you can. Please go to this HFFC donation page .