Gifts of Hope 2025

A Lifeline for Jim and Margaret For nearly fifty years, Jim and Margaret have called their little cottage in Wellfleet home. They built their life here—raising children, volunteering, and enjoying the peaceful calm of a Cape Cod winter. But in retirement, living on a fixed income during uncertain economic times, even simple pleasures have become…

A Brighter Holiday for the Family For Beth and Tom, the holiday season has always been about family and togetherness. Some of their most cherished memories come from this time of year. But recently, rising costs have made it harder to keep their traditions alive. As parents, they took pride in the example they set…

Rental Assistance Keeps Aging Couple at Home When Dan and Kelly received notice of a rent increase on their Cape Cod cottage, they faced an impossible choice: leave the home where they had spent the last sixteen years of their lives together or fall behind on payments. Living on a fixed income, the couple struggled…

LCOC Helps Marcus – a Young, Single Father Stay on the Road and on Track For Marcus, a young single father living in Eastham, his car is more than just transportation – it’s a lifeline. It gets him to work, transports his daughter, Lily, to preschool, and connects them both to family and essential services…

Single Mother Keeps Her Family Warm with Help from LCOC When temperatures on the Cape dipped into freezing territory last December, Helena faced a crisis familiar to many working parents. The single mother of three had watched her heating oil gauge sink toward empty, knowing she couldn’t afford a refill. “I tried to make the…

Sharon Finds Balance and Community on the Cape Sharon has been living on a fixed income on the Lower Cape for almost a decade, when a chronic condition forced her into early retirement. But as grocery, housing, and utility prices climbed, her monthly check was stretched thinner each month. After paying rent, medications, and heating…

Nourishing Hope for Sarah and Her Son For Sarah, a lifelong resident of the Outer Cape and single mother of a sixteen-year-old son, Evan, the past year was particularly challenging. Between rising grocery prices, the annual rent increase, and higher utility bills, her paycheck from a local daycare no longer stretched far enough. When a…