Needy Fund helps Cape veteran, disabled adult child avoid foreclosure

Sarah Carlon, Cape Cod Times
·7 min read

The Cape and Islands are home to many active service people and veterans, many of whom struggle to make ends meet after or during the service of their country.

One such Cape veteran and his adult child, who is disabled, were living on limited income due to a serious work-related injury that left this man unable to work.

On top of this, this veteran has been appealing for disability benefits for years to help with costs, with no luck yet.

They fell behind on their mortgage payment and were facing foreclosure when they contacted the Needy Fund, which was able to help this veteran and his offspring with the payment.

The fund's staff also put the veteran in touch with partner agencies to help their financial situation in the long-term while he awaits surgery that will ideally get him healed and able to work again.

Getting help: Cape Cod Times Needy Fund launches summer fundraising campaign

More about the Needy Fund

Many human service agencies offer assistance to those in need, but the Cape Cod Times Needy Fund has been helping with a host of immediate, short-term emergencies such as food, rent, medical costs and other basic expenses since 1936.

No cash is given to Needy Fund recipients. Instead, the agency pays vendors through a voucher program. The case described above was provided by the Needy Fund on the condition of anonymity.

How to donate to the Needy Fund

Donations, which are tax-deductible, may be made at needyfund.org. Checks also can be made payable to the Cape Cod Times Needy Fund and mailed to Cape Cod Times Needy Fund, P.O. Box 36, Hyannis, MA 02601.

How to get Needy Fund assistance

Those needing assistance may contact the Needy Fund at 508-778-5661 or 800-422-1446.

Questions can be emailed to info@needyfund.org. The Needy Fund is also on Facebook (facebook.com/NeedyFund) and Twitter (@NeedyFund.)

Total Contributions to Date: $78,526.17

  • Anonymous, $10,000

  • Catharine and John Brennan, $5,000

  • The Bilezikian Family Foundation, $5,000

  • Linda Fennell, $3,000

  • John and Elaine Brouillard, $2,000

  • Don and Mary Lou Schwinn, $1,000

  • Howard Finkel, $600

  • Gregory and Bess Goldstein, $515

  • In memory of Loveda and Harry Grooms, $515

  • Lesley H. Miller, $500

  • John and Ann Reeves, $500

  • Louis and Nancy Proulx, $500

  • Paul and Amy Greeley, $500

  • Thomas and Doreen Dean, $500

  • David and Diana Brassard, $500

  • Bob and Karen McDonald, $500

  • In memory of John H. McIntosh, $500

  • Anonymous, $500

  • Bob and Sheila Wentworth, $300

  • John and Virginia Howarth, $300

  • Frederic and Sue Merrick, $300

  • Anonymous, $300

  • Anonymous, $266.77

  • Thomas and Laurel Frisoli, $250

  • Philip and Jill Nehro, $250

  • Sheila and Michael Giancola, $250

  • Stephanie G. Wall, M.D., $250

  • Charles and Judith Lewis, $250

  • Thomas and Joyce Fredrick, $250

  • Jeff and Nancy Bilezikian, $250

  • Maureen Brenner Manning, $250

  • God Bless America, $250

  • In memory of Ronnie and Edna Bourgeois from Ronnie Bourgeois, $250

  • Anonymous, $250

  • E. David Howes, $200

  • Nancy Gibbons, $200

  • Joseph and Alma Scordato, $200

  • Claire Curran, $200

  • Kathleen Kruczek, $200

  • Ransom and Claire Conrow, $200

  • Roland Kelley, $200

  • Sheila Curtis, $200

  • Gilbert and Nancy Martin, $200

  • Janet and Thomas Casiello, $200

  • In memory of Howard and Irma Spurr, $200

  • Anonymous, $200

  • In memory of Paul and Scott MacDonald from Mary Jane Farley, $200

  • Kathleen MacDonald in memory of Paul and Scott, $200

  • Anonymous, $200

  • Robert and Maureen DeMarco, $100

  • John V. Leblanc, $75

  • In memory of Mrs. Diana Shingles, $20

  • Terri and Sal DiFede, $100

  • In memory of Robert A. Domos and Robert L. Ruggles, $100

  • Anonymous, $103

  • Richard and Susan Nelson, $50

  • Theresa Janski, $25

  • Anonymous, $100

  • Frances Hoothay, $100

  • Katherine Delaney, $100

  • Peter and Christine Sontag, $20

  • Anonymous, $50

  • Dorothy Howell, $100

  • Tracey Oringer, $103

  • In memory of Tom Kochanek from Richard and Marge Kochanek, $100

  • Susan J. Labor, $25

  • Paul and Mary Ellen Hewins, $100

  • In memory of Jim Davis, $25

  • Richard and Karen Giusti, $100

  • Robertson and Patricia Dinsmore, $100

  • Audrey J. Hannant, $50

  • In memory of Barbara Brown, $50

  • Anita Desovic, $25

  • Joe Dunn, $25

  • In memory of George Carlson, $100

  • Schatze and Peter Thorp, $100

  • Lawrence Mortin and Patricia Schimke, $50

  • Anonymous, $50

  • John and Susan Negri, $25

  • Thomas and Cynthia Carey, $50

  • Edward Brown, $50

  • Walter and Wendy King, $100

  • Anonymous, $50

  • For Mama Peg, $25

  • In memory of Jane Mobilio, $50

  • Anonymous, $100

  • Paul and Lois Berg, $20

  • In memory of Armand L. Galdi, WWII, $20

  • Eileen Galligan, $50

  • Anonymous, $80

  • Donna Durkee, $50

  • Patricia Debs, $100

  • In memory of Paul, $50

  • Florence Harris, $10

  • Brad Rowe, $100

  • Anonymous, $25

  • In memory of Henri Coulombe, $50

  • Mary and Steve Ippolito, $103

  • In memory of Peter Dudley, $50

  • Donna Raymond, $20

  • Kathleen and James Kaiser, $100

  • Francis and Faith Ziino, $50

  • Lawrence and Anne Gaine, $100

  • Anonymous, $10

  • The Design Initiative, Inc., $100

  • Paul Cronin, $103

  • Alfreda and David Riley, $100

  • Irene and Charles Ehl, $25

  • Virginia Clarendon, $50

  • Patricia Connolly and Margaret Burke, $20

  • Mark Hirsch, $52

  • Joseph Daluz Jr., $100

  • Peaches and Kit, $30

  • David and Leila Fisher, $25

  • Charles and Mary Ferris, $25

  • Anonymous, $25

  • Kenneth F. Cadran, $100

  • In memory of Eugene N. Sprague, $25

  • Joe and Mary Barry, $50

  • Anonymous, $50

  • Ann & Carl Melone, $25.75

  • Katherine Goddard, $100

  • In memory of a frien,L.B., $100

  • Maureen McPhee, $50

  • In memory of Jim Lord, $100

  • Lou and Rita Gillette, $50

  • Sandra and Stephen Unsworth, $50

  • William and Patricia Roberts, $100

  • Douglas & Helen Pluciennik, $103

  • Seth Taylor, $50

  • Anthony and Jean Cimino, $12

  • Dan and Janice Speakman, $150

  • Margaret S. Cooper, $100

  • Alan and Susan Porretti, $100

  • Elizabeth Greenman and Linda Knight, $100

  • Elizabeth Perry and Carl Ahlstrom, $75

  • Anne and Clyde Hanyen, $100

  • James and June Dalton, $150

  • Anonymous, $20

  • Pamela l Flynn, $25

  • Anonymous, $25

  • Helen Prothero, $100

  • Celeste Charbonneau, $103

  • Julie D'Andrea, $40

  • John M. Reshetar, $25

  • Kevin and Heddy Kissling, $103

  • Karl and Hildegard Michels, $25

  • Michael and Sandy Concannon, $75

  • William and Maureen Crowley, $100

  • In memory of Barbara Collins, $50

  • Roberta Cass, $25.00

  • David and Penny Bergeson, $100

  • In memory of Jack Jerszyk, Fitchburg, MA, $100

  • C. Robert and Margaret Burns, $100

  • In honor of Bette Malatesta, $25

  • In memory of Thomas Ambrose, $75

  • Kathleen M. Teahan, $50

  • Carol Schneider, $20

  • Kathleen Looney, $100

  • Edwin and Christine Ordway, $100

  • Pat & George Neher, $103

  • John Baptiste, $100

  • Sandra Rice, $100

  • Erni and Daryl Johnson, $50

  • Anonymous, $150

  • Donna Mather, $100

  • Robert and Pat Lavery, $100

  • Pat S. Dowler, $50

  • In memory of Donald L. Gallucci, $30

  • Peter and Karen Vergoni, $50

  • Marsha McCarthy, $50

  • David and Ruthanne Allen, $50

  • In memory of my sister Susan Shubra from Virginia Barath, $75

  • Dianne Beuke, $50

  • Beth Paschal, $100

  • Jean Gallagher, $25

  • Gail and Gil - Eastham, $50

  • Rhodes Family, $154.50

  • Greg and Charlotte Hazell, $100

  • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel DiSenso, $50

  • Rosemary Keenan, $15

  • Janet Keating, $25

  • Eugene R. Monay, $100

  • Anonymous, $15

  • In memory of Jacquelynn Lauren Shallow, $50

  • W.E. Hathaway, $100

  • James Walsh, $50

  • William and Judith Lucas, $100

  • In loving memory of Don and Timmy, $25

  • In memory of Betty, Ellen, and Justin, $100

  • Mary Devine, $100

  • Peter Muise, $100

  • Mary and Brian Hastings, $50

  • Gerald and Colina Turner, $50

  • John and Ann Morrison, $50

  • Barbara Peterson, $50

  • Richard and Alice Kelley, $150

  • In memory of Willian D. Vines from Barbara Vines, $50

  • Anne Speyer, $50

  • In memory of Joni Morse, $100

  • Patricia Price, $30

  • Janice H. Griffith, $100

  • Gail Dieter, $25

  • Carol and Sy Sackler, $100

  • Anonymous, $25

  • In memory of Megan Concannon from Paul and Janis Donlan, $100

  • Anonymous, $40

  • John and Katherine Bonino, $25

  • In memory of Ann Galligan, $30

  • Theresa and George Stanley, $50

  • In memory of Donald Lake Sr., $75

  • Susan Leach, $20

  • Anonymous, $50

  • Faith and Herbert Peterson, $30

  • Art and Margie Lindberg, $25

  • Michael and Gail Watts, $150

  • Anonymous, $25

  • Francis Haggerty, $5

  • In memory of Barbara Goode, $50

  • Patricia J. Vieira, $100

  • M. Smith, $50

  • Carl Gustafson, $50

  • For Mary O'Connell from Joan Llewelyn, $50

  • In memory of Lorraine M. Costa from Robert Costa, $100

  • In memory of George Lundquist, $26

  • Eric Gordon and Carole Hebb, $100

  • Thomas and Gail Gorman, $50

  • Richard Dodd, $50

  • Robert and Sally Bullard, $50

  • Anonymous, $15

  • Ira and Donna Wertheimer, $150

  • Mary Ellen and David Bowley, $25

  • Betsy Garland, $20

  • In honor of Jen, Jay, and R., $25

  • Cheryle and Michael Young, $50

  • Jocelyn Croft, $20

  • Jonathan Parkhurst, $25

  • Muriel Garrison, $25

  • In honor of Cape Cod Families, $50

  • Anonymous, $25

  • Joan Wick Pelletier, $50

  • Irene Heisig and Tom Gribble, $100

  • Jennifer Tickell, $25

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Needy Fund helps Cape veteran, disabled child avoid foreclosure