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 [...]
By Margaret Peters, Administrative Assistant at the Village at Cataumet Working at a homeless shelter means coming to work every day. It does not matter if it is raining, if there is a blizzard, a hurricane or even a [...]
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 [...]
Homeowner Johanna Crosby (middle) poses with Big Fix-A-Thon volunteers Cheryl Codair and Heather Ferris. At the beginning of October, 340 volunteers came out on a sunny, seasonable day to make a big difference in the lives of 16 [...]
Since Housing Assistance’s Big Fix-A-Thon started in 2010, each year has taken on a slightly different personality. This month, more than 300 volunteers will tackle a range of small improvement projects at 16 homes in Hyannis and Centerville. Like [...]
Lawrence holds one of the tomatoes he helped grow this summer. The garden has provided him with a sense of productivity. Most mornings or evenings, you can find Andrew watering the garden behind his Hyannis house. It’s an [...]
Barbara and Chris Mack join volunteers, which include staff from Cape Associates, who donated their time fixing up the Harwich couple's home. Outside Chris and Barbara Mack’s Harwich house, volunteers were busy painting the trim, landscaping the yard, [...]
A child at the Village at Cataumet pets Zima the cockatoo, one of several animals to visit the Bourne shelter. His name – Harold – was friendly enough. But his appearance, now that was an entirely different matter. [...]
Volunteers work on a home during last year’s Big Fix in Falmouth. This year’s Big Fix is coming to Harwich on Saturday, September 22. A total of 15 Harwich homeowners will benefit from the generosity of HAC volunteers as part [...]
Rockland Trust Falmouth Branch Supervisor Anna Bowen (left) and Falmouth Branch Manager Becky Harris lending a hand at HAC’s Carriage House shelter. During the last week of June, seven Rockland Trust employees opted to leave the confines of [...]
As a business focused on custom home building and home renovations, it should come as no surprise that Cape Associates has long been connected to HAC’s Big Fix. But the company’s support of HAC goes far beyond the annual [...]
Volunteers of the Year winners Richard and Bernadette Waystack of Harwich. Housing Assistance is a special place. We make dreams come true.” Those words were spoken by Housing Assistance Corporation (HAC) CEO Alisa Galazzi at HAC’s 44th Annual Dinner and [...]
Over the past two years, Matthew Sullivan of West Bridgewater has collected donations from his friends, family and customers at MAD Boot Camps in Marshfield. He takes those donations and uses them to provide a holiday meal as well as [...]
Ron Winner (middle) and his wife Wendy (right) have helped organize monthly dinners at Angel House with the help of their friends. It started with a taco dinner in January and continued with a turkey dinner, with all the fixings, [...]
The 2017 Home Depot Big Fix team. HAC is honoring Home Depot with the Making a Difference Award at its Annual Dinner in May. HAC’s 44th Annual Dinner & Volunteer Recognition in May will have a decided Big Fix slant [...]
Clifford Long repairs a front step during the Big Fix in Falmouth last month. With one knee on the ground, Falmouth’s Clifford Long hammered a nail into a piece of wood, repairing the front steps leading into John Martin’s North [...]
Volunteer Molly Rudman (left) plays with one of the children at HAC's Angel House shelter. Living in a shelter can be difficult for anyone, but it can be especially trying for older children, in part, because they don’t have the [...]
HAC is seeking volunteers for its 8th Annual Big Fix which is coming to Falmouth on Saturday, September 16. If there was ever a question as to the need for the Big Fix, it was erased when HAC received a [...]
Among the groups that regularly participate in the Big Fix is AmeriCorps Cape Cod. The organization helped HAC create the Big Fix in 2010 when it was held in Barnstable. Now in its eighth year, the day of service will [...]
