Month: December 2023

LCOC Supports an Injured Shellfisherman Lawrence has been shellfishing on the Outer Cape for decades. After several injuries, he was left with no choice but to pull back on his hours. “I still get out there and work as hard as I can,” Lawrence says, “but it’s not nearly as profitable for me these days.”…

Single Dad Receives Help from Lower Cape Outreach After Difficult Year Peter is a schoolteacher and a single dad of two.  He also works a second job, but still struggles to make ends meet after a cascade of events put a major strain on his budget. Feeling overwhelmed and unsure of how to tackle all…

LCOC Gets Outer Cape Resident Back on Their Feet After getting stranded off Cape without transportation, 50 miles from his summer cabin, it took Phil two days to work his way home only to find that his cabin had been ransacked and his belongings removed. Upset, tired, and hungry, Phil borrowed a bicycle and pedaled…

Lower Cape Outreach Helps Neighbor with Critical Pest Control Problem Nora was devastated when she arrived at her elderly mother’s house and discovered that mice were slowly destroying the interior walls of the older Cape home. After numerous DIY remedies failed to solve the problem, Nora consulted a professional. The good news: the structural damage…