Georgina outside the Hyannis cottage that is now home to her and her husband Jim. In the last month that HAC ran NOAH, Georgina and Jim represented one of the final success stories in the agency’s 32-year history of operating [...]
Many people were surprised a few months ago when the Boston Globe came out with a comprehensive nationwide study of the causes of homelessness. Turns out, lack of affordable housing is a bigger factor than poverty when it comes to [...]
NOAH staff who attended the final gathering at the shelter on October 31 included Darrell Thomas (rear, from left), Lucy Collins, Marvin Domino, Jan Rogers, shelter director Greg Bar, Carolann Gillard (front, from left), Lucy Sears and Julie Munson. With [...]
Thirty-two years ago, a representative from a committee within the Town of Barnstable came to my office to ask if HAC would agree to open a shelter in Hyannis for homeless individuals. I remember the moment well. I didn’t want [...]
After operating the NOAH Shelter for the past 32 years, HAC will soon be handing that responsibility over to Catholic Social Services (CSS) of the Diocese of Fall River. HAC’s board of directors voted on Wednesday evening to turn over [...]
Movies have the ability to make people think about themselves and the world they live in. And at the NOAH Shelter, director Greg Bar is using them as an avenue to stimulate dialogue among the homeless men and women staying [...]
Cheryl Kramer (front center) poses with her HCEC students from Angel House. A funny thing happened at the end of May when HAC’s Housing Consumer Education Center (HCEC) manager Cheryl Kramer finished up a budgeting and credit education workshop at [...]
Joseph N’kunta (front right) with fellow NOAH staff members Jan Rogers (from rear left), Greg Bar, Steve Crossen and Lonnie Daniels. Joseph’s wife, Lillian (front left), joined him at the lunch. For a large part of the past 15 years, [...]
John Murray (left) of Cotuit and Allyson Murphy of Marstons Mills were just a few of the volunteers from Cotuit Federated Church who donated their time to painting the rooms at our NOAH Shelter. We’re a little tiny church in [...]
Della Sattin (from left) of First Citizens Federal Credit Union was joined by her colleagues Linda Wilson and Kristen Boyd-Higgins in dropping off donations to HAC’s Deanna Bussiere. Earlier this year, First Citizens’ Federal Credit Union started planning a fundraiser [...]
NOAH’s Deborah McDonnell (left) with shelter director Greg Bar. McDonell led an 11-week class that gave NOAH guests the tools and confidence to be successful after leaving shelter. This year, Deborah McDonnell will graduate from Plymouth State University in New Hampshire [...]
2016 Volunteer of the Year Ron Winner (second from left) with Tony (from left) and Lorraine Shepley and Ron’s wife Wendy Winner. Nearly five years ago Diane Barry came to Cape Cod at one of the lowest points in her [...]
Ryan (from left), Jeff, Renee and Kristine Monast with NOAH Shelter Director Greg Bar. […]
There are about 400 people each year who spend one or more nights at the NOAH Shelter. On an average night there are about 50 people staying in the facility. My guess, and it is only a guess, on an [...]
As community leaders work to find a new location for a new shelter, HAC’s NOAH Shelter remains committed to serving those most in need on Cape Cod and the Islands. HAC continues to move forward with efforts to identify potential [...]
Frank Hallice (left) and Bill Johnson spent a few hours hanging new blinds at the NOAH Shelter in January. The blinds were paid for by the Cotuit Federated Church. […]
For the second straight year, Santa Claus, Scott Dutra and his daughters Gabriella (left), 16, and Miranda, 17, spent their Christmas morning at the NOAH Shelter. Of all the holidays, Christmas may be the most joyous. But it can also [...]
Peter Tubbs (left) sits down with Derick Bussiere, the NOAH Shelter’s housing search specialist. On the first day of December, Peter Tubbs received an early Christmas present – the keys to a new apartment in Hyannis. It represented a major [...]
