Housing Assistance offers a full continuum of housing programs throughout Cape Cod & the Islands. $2.75 millionRaised in private contributions – a 24% increase from the previous year3,054Donations854Advocates signed up to speak up for housing198,600Cape Codders helped since 1974 [...]
Housing Assistance’s year-end giving campaign started with a lofty goal but had help from a major commitment. An anonymous donor pledged to match all donations to Housing Assistance from December 15 through the end of the year up to [...]
Dozens of sleeping bags and hundreds of gift bags and gift cards were among the many donations that came into the Housing Assistance office in Hyannis to give comfort and cheer to some of our neediest neighbors during the [...]
This year, Housing Assistance is kicking off its 18th Annual Telethon for Hope with the 12 Days of Giving campaign, providing multiple opportunities for people to help their neighbors with housing this holiday season. “Over the past year, our [...]
Cape Cod's housing crisis didn't happen overnight. And it won't be solved overnight. That was the rationale behind the creation of our Housing Legacy Fund in 2018. Managed by the Cape Cod Foundation, the principal is invested to generate [...]
Nancy Huntington Stager Over the past 27 years, charitable giving has been a hallmark of Eastern Bank’s work. That’s when the Boston-based financial institution launched its philanthropic foundation as a way to make a deeper impact on [...]
Joan and Paul White loved the Cape, having lived in Pocasset for many years. Even after Joan’s husband of 54 years died in 2009 and she eventually ended up moving to Plymouth, her affection for this section of the [...]
In December 2014, Housing Assistance launched its Welcome Home Gift Basket Program which provides essential home goods to our clients who are making the transition from shelter to permanent housing. That year, the Cape Cod & Islands Association of [...]
Children’s education was important to Susan Royer. She embraced this cause as the Vice President and Executive Director of Education and Research at Sesame Workshop. She also was passionate about supporting society’s most vulnerable. As an elder at the Presbyterian [...]
The drive from Orleans to Bourne is a little less than an hour. The distance hasn’t stopped Scott Barron from making that trek from his Orleans home, nearly once a week for the past 17 years, to volunteer at [...]
Event Coordinator Deanna Bussiere (from left) with Mid-Cape Home Centers Marketing Director Crystal Pieschel and President Jack Stevenson. This year, Mid-Cape Home Centers is celebrating its 125th anniversary, serving professional builders and homeowners on Cape Cod. As part [...]
This year, several longtime donors have demonstrated their commitment to our mission by doubling their donation to Housing Assistance. They have done so because they understand how important safe, stable housing is to strong families, strong neighborhoods, and strong [...]
This year, we’re excited to announce our Walk for Hope is going virtual! This means you can walk wherever you are and take meaningful steps to connect our neighbors in need to safe, stable housing. Scheduled for Saturday, June [...]
In 2011, when Rich Bryant was serving as president of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod (HBRACC), he was asked to put together a group of skilled volunteers to assist with Housing Assistance’s Big Fix in [...]
John and Dot DeYoung have been longtime supporters of Housing Assistance. Since 2002, Dot and John DeYoung have donated monthly to support Housing Assistance’s work, but it wasn’t until a little over six years ago, when they [...]
