Help for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Among the many families served by the Cape Cod Foster Closet are the thousands of grandparents on the Cape and Islands who are raising their grandchildren. So we were especially excited to meet State Senator Julian Cyr at the Sharing Kindness 2023 Suicide Awareness Walk Sat., May 20th at Veterans Park Beach in Hyannis. As…

Leo Cakounes Interviews Sharon Palmer On Spectrum, Cape Cod Public Affairs Programming Leo Cakounes talks to Sharon Palmer, Co-Founder and Director, about how the Closet provides essential needs to foster families and guardians of children who find themselves in need of basic tools to raise a child. (Aired on 10/31/21). Listen to the interview now….

Thank you, Harwich Pickleball Association, for choosing to donate a portion of proceeds from this year’s (10th annual!) FunFest Tournament to the Cape Cod Foster Closet! We are so grateful for your support, and also for the clothing drive you ran for our kids that day! We are overwhelmed by your generosity.  EASTHAM – It may…

Thanks to People of Action, the Barnstable Police Dept., and the Town of Barnstable for a fantastic 7th Annual Barnstable Unity Day Celebration on the Hyannis Village Green. We met amazing folks, including several who had raised their grandchildren, nieces, or their children’s friends. “I wish the Cape Cod Foster Closet had been around when my daughter brought home her…

22 July 2022 — ORLEANS, MA — Established in early 2021, Cape Cod Foster Closet provides a wide variety of resources for local foster families, including clothing, shoes, toys, books and baby equipment. The nonprofit supports foster, pre-adoptive and relative caregiver families and carries items for children of all ages — from newborns to 18-year-olds.