B&C News Briefs ÆAs part of its Sep. 11th commemoration, the National Home Equity Mortgage Association and Los Angeles-based Budget Finance Company teamed up to contribute $5,000 to The Fishing School, a non-profit that provides at-risk children in some of Washington, DC’s toughest neighborhoods with a “safe house” from the streets. The Fishing School bills itself as a place that helps disadvantaged kids to become “independent, productive and contributing members of society,” through activities such