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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…
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!
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…
What a nice letter to the editor! And thanks again to Cam Kettles at the Provincetown Independent.
Thanks so much to Cam Kettles at the Provincetown Independent for this super-informative article. You can read the whole article online on the Provincetown Independent website. …a 2019 study by UMass Medical School was staggering: one of every 10 children living on Cape Cod and the Islands is being raised by grandparents. According to UMass…
Thanks to Joe Strickland of WMVY Radio for featuring the Cape Cod Foster Closet on a recent Cape Currents show. Listen here for an in-depth look at why we do what we do, how we do it, and how you can help.
We’re looking to help even more families on the Cape and Islands. Please help us reach them by posting this flyer to your social media — or by printing it to post at your place of work or worship, your local coffee shop, library, school, or other community organization. Thank you!
With more than 3,500 grandparents on the Cape and Islands raising their grandchildren, tools to help them are always welcome. We’ll be attending this free workshop (10/24 @ 11-1 at Sturgis Library) on legal guidance, hosted by the Grandparent-Guardian Collaborative. Hope to see you there, too! Grandparent-Guardian CollaborativeLegal Guidance Workshop Do you need help understanding legal…
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…
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!!
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…
Three cheers for Cardi’s Furniture & Mattress for sponsoring a drive for us at their showroom right down the street! Please stop by their location at 136 Rte. 6A in Orleans, where you can drop off new and nearly new clothing and pajamas as well as diapers, wipes, new socks, new underwear, backpacks, duffle bags…
All kids and teens ages 18 and under can eat FREE this summer at more than a dozen sites on Cape Cod — from Provincetown to Wareham and beyond. Summer Eats is a totally free-of-charge program that provides free meals to all kids and teens, ages 18 and under, at locations all across Massachusetts during the…
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…
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.
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….