Peter Freimark, one of Good People Fund’s founding board members, was featured this month in the Cleveland Jewish News Silver Linings column, a portrait of community members who give back in meaningful ways. The profile captures what those of us close to Peter already know: he is, as he puts it, “the busiest retired guy I know,” spending most of his time helping others. Since retiring from careers in sales and construction, Peter has devoted himself to volunteering, including through the peanut butter and Judaism program he helped create at Temple Israel Ner Tamid in Mayfield Heights, where congregants gather after Friday night services to make and distribute sandwiches to people experiencing homelessness in downtown Cleveland — a practice now more than a decade strong. Peter credits his parents, Holocaust survivors who grew up poor and still found ways to give, with instilling in him a lifelong commitment to service. He cites his teachers Danny Siegel and Naomi Eisenberger as guiding lights as well. He is also a mentor to young people at Laurel School and a connector across many communities, and his belief is simple and profound: “Kindness is available to anybody, and there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness.” Good People Fund is deeply fortunate to count Peter among our founding board members, and his spirit of generosity is woven into the very fabric of who we are.