Even with the pandemic, Housing Assistance’s 11th Annual Big Fix-A-Thon was a success with volunteers helping raise nearly $20,000 for our Workforce Housing Relief Fund. Some even embraced the spirit of the annual event by donating their time to [...]
Mold – it’s a four-letter word that can stop our Energy Department in its tracks. When mold is identified during an energy audit, homeowners need to remediate the mold before we can move forward with weatherization measures that enhance [...]
Ashley McCloud (second from left) with HAC’s Margaret Benaka (from left), Ruth Bechtold, Suzanne Smith, Jo Ann Cournoyer and Mary Everett-Patriquin on the final day of her internship. When she graduates from Wheaton College next May, Ashley McCloud plans to [...]
The HAC Energy team includes Jim Ames (from left), Suzanne Smith, Jo Ann Cournoyer and Ruth Bechtold. Typically on Cape Cod this is a slow time of year, but don’t tell that to HAC’s Energy Department which is busier than [...]
Roughly three decades ago, Nancy Davison was struggling to make ends meet as she raised her son Brendan and daughter Kelly here on Cape Cod. “At that time I was working three jobs and I really couldn’t afford a year-round [...]
HAC founder Rick Presbrey with new HAC CEO Alisa Galazzi. During her speech at HAC’s Annual Meeting, Galazzi acknowledged Presbrey’s efforts, saying, “None of us would be here if it weren’t for you.” Housing is the foundation upon which all [...]
Al DiMuzio, the new director of HAC’s Energy and Repair Department. Imagine living in a home without any electricity or running water. For HAC’s Al DiMuzio, he didn’t have to imagine it. He actually experienced it, roughly 35 years ago. [...]
Michael Sweeney reads one of the many cards he received from HAC staff at his retirement luncheon. A person’s life is filled with moments that can have a significant impact on their future. For HAC’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Sweeney, [...]
Often times there are acronyms for housing programs that don’t necessarily tell the entire story about how meaningful such a program can be for clients. And so it is with HEARTWAP, which stands for Heating Emergency Assistance Retrofit Task Weatherization [...]
The group of Sturgis Charter Public School students who volunteered their day at HAC. Typically graduation is a time when students are the ones receiving gifts. But at the end of May, just three days before they were to receive [...]
