Year: 2022

LCOC Helps Injured Worker with Rent and Utilities Cheryl moved from Jamaica to the Cape 11 years ago. Having always worked multiple jobs, she prided herself on being self-sufficient. She was also proud to be able to help care for her children and grandchildren by sending money back to Jamaica. Cheryl’s daughter is a teacher,…

LCOC Helps Local Volunteer Recover from Financial Scam After living on the Lower Cape for 35 years, Shirley, now in her late 80s, knows how lucky she is to have found affordable housing several years ago. Now, as the prices of everything continued to climb, she is usually able to stretch her fixed income each…

LCOC Helps Caregiver Support his Family Robert – a 30-year-old Outer Cape resident has been working locally as a landscaper since he was a teenager. This past year things changes drastically, and he needed some help to get through a challenging situation. After dealing with a difficult divorce, Robert’s mother and brother became ill. He…

At 82-years-old, Kirk, a retired art teacher, moved to the Cape to take care of his younger sister after she was diagnosed with dementia. Their combined finances did not allow for the 24-hour care she would need, so Kirk decided that his “purpose in life has turned out to be spending the remaining years with…

Lower Cape Outreach Council Helps Single Mom With Rent Cassie – a single mom who raised all of her children on the Cape – recently found herself in a difficult position.  One of her adult children moved out on his own leaving the household with one less wage-earner to cover the bills. When she found…

Sarah has lived on the Cape for almost 30 years. Although on a fixed income and nearing 80, she embodies “helping one’s neighbors.” She rents half her duplex to a 72-year-old woman who has debilitating, progressive health issues. Sarah cooks many dinners for widowed elders on her street and provides hospice care to several senior…

As most Cape residents know, housing has become the greatest challenge facing young families trying to build their lives here. This was certainly true for Grace and her family of six. After moving out of a dangerous situation, Grace, her husband, and their four children were forced to spend the spring and summer living at…