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.
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Falmouth Enterprise Feature!
Thank you, The Falmouth Enterprise for spotlighting The Cape Cod Foster Closet in this week’s issue. We are glad to now have a site in the Falmouth community. And thank you Lawrence-Lynch Corp for nominating us!
From Healing Hands to Helping Hearts: A Feature in Psychology Today
We often talk about the “need” in foster care, but it’s rare to see it captured with the depth and grit of a veteran investigative reporter. Recently, renowned local author Greg O’Brien sat down with our co-founder, Andy Palmer, for a feature in Psychology Today. The resulting article, “Foster Care: Angels on a Battlefield,” doesn’t…
Cape Cod Chronicle Article
Thanks to the efforts of our volunteer media relations coordinator, Sally Cameron, we’ve received some terrific coverage in this week’s edition of the Cape Cod Chronicle! While started to service foster families working through DCF, the nonprofit’s mission has expanded in just a few short years to serve another growing demographic, namely grandparents left to…
A Back-to-School Bonanza!
It was a Back-to-School bonanza with 125 kids signed up to pick out (and fill!) their own brand new backpacks and choose their own new sneakers. Thanks again to all our awesome volunteers, and to @CapeKidMeals for hosting us so generously!!
Foster Closet Spectrum Radio Interview
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….
