Eos Foundation Releases List of Cape Cod Emergency Services

List features local organizations offering help to Cape Cod residents

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s winter approaches, and given the current state of the economy, The Eos Foundation has released a list of local Cape Cod organizations offering residents help with everything from fuel assistance to foreclosure prevention.

General help:

• Cape and Islands United Way, 508-775-4746
• Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands, 508-771-1727
• Local Councils on Aging (see links to Cape Councils on Aging here)

Emergency Financial Assistance:

• Cape Cod Times Needy Fund, Inc., 1-800-422-1446
• Falmouth Service Center, 508-548-2794
• Lower Cape Outreach Council, 508-240-0694
• Hands of Hope Outreach Center, 508-394-6361
• South Shore Community Action Committee – Cape Fund, 508-747-7575
• Local Saint Vincent De Paul Society through your local Catholic Church (see church listings here)

Fuel assistance:

• Fuel Assistance, 508-746-6707
• Good Neighbor Energy Fund through Salvation Army, 508-775-0364
• Citizens Energy Heat Assistance, 877-563-4645
• Self Reliance (Oil Co-Op), 888-808-0120

Food:

• Harwich Family Pantry, 508-432-6519
• Falmouth Service Center, 508-548-2794
• Lower Cape Outreach Council, 508-240-0694
• Serve New England, 888-742-7363
• Local Saint Vincent De Paul Societies (see church listings here)

Foreclosure prevention:

Housing Assistance Corporation 508-771-5400

Homeowner Options for Massachusetts Elders, 800-583-5337

Home Ownership Preservation Foundation, 888-995-HOPE

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The Eos Foundation "seeks an equitable and just society where the basic human needs of all individuals are met, and where children grow up healthy, with opportunities for high quality education and the tools to achieve economic self-sufficiency." Visit the website here.  Read more about the Eos Foundation in a recent Boston Globe article here.