Toy Run Embodies Spirit of the Season
Motorcyclists make their way over the Bourne Bridge and to HAC’s Carriage House shelter in North Falmouth. […]
Cape Cod 5 Gives Shelter a Makeover
Cape Cod Five’s Joe Beasley (from left), HAC’s Maintenance Supervisor Keith Trott, Cape Cod Five’s Elaine Sweeney, and Paula Mallard, the facility director for the Village at Cataumet. Over the course of one day at the beginning of last month, [...]
Animals Offer Delight at Cataumet
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. [...]
Cotuit Church Gives Back to Village at Cataumet
Mary Kjendal (from left), Mircea Dumitrescu and Lindsay Clough were a few of the parishioners from St. Michael the Archangel Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cotuit who organized an Easter-themed party for children at The Village at Cataumet last month. To [...]
New Playground at Cataumet a Favorite with Kids
Both HAC staff and The Village at Cataumet staff and clients were joined by representatives from Cape Cod Senior Residences during a dedication for the shelter’s new playground last month. What do you get when you combine two swings, a [...]
The Village at Cataumet Gains a Garden
A young boy from The Village at Cataumet tends to the garden as staff, volunteers and clients fill the garden beds with compost and loam. You don’t [usually] see people who work at a place put so much care and [...]
Dentist Gives HAC Something to Smile About
Dental hygienist Emma Lawson inside the family room at The Village at Cataumet. Living in a homeless shelter can be overwhelming, often forcing one to overlook the minor and major aspects of life while concentrating on the necessity of finding [...]