Needy Fund helps Cape veteran, disabled adult child avoid foreclosure
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.
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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
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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
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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
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