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The following are brief descriptions, missions and examples of the fine work our 2011 Beneficiaries do for the Cape Cod community.
Cape and Islands United Way
The Human services provided through your support of The Cape and Islands United Way make a difference in the lives of our neighbors who have come upon difficult times. Please remember, that 99% of your contributions are distributed locally. www.uwcapecod.org
Cape Cod Young Professionals
The mission of the Cape Cod Young Professionals is to CONNECT Cape Cod's emerging workforce and future leaders with one another, ENGAGE them in our community, and to support their efforts to ADVANCE their lives, both business and personal, on the Cape. We advocate for young professionals on the Cape and strive to create networking, educational, and service opportunities that foster professional development.
CCYP is spearheading an unprecedented program here on the Cape. It's called CAREER CONNECT. This program creates and fosters local opportunities for young professionals who are truly the essence of Cape Cod's future. Career Connect links CCYP, local businesses and organizations, and young talent to create and offer internships,scholarships, and mentoring opportunities to foster professional achievement that can thrive here on the Cape. www.capecodyoungprofessionals.org
CHAMP Homes
CHAMP Homes are Places of Hope, Built on Faith. Fourty-five residents live in a family enviornment on our campus. We have served over 1,500 residents as we celebrate our 20th Anniversary of service as providers of affordable and supportive housing to individuals (ages 17+). We are entrepreneurial in our efforts to be self sustaining. www.champhomes.org
Cultural Center of Cape Cod
The Cultural Center of Cape Cod supports artisits of all kinds and ages---both emerging and established. The Center recognizes the essential role that the arts play in the lives of individuals and society as a whole. It supports and celebrates that role through a wide range of services, including youth programs, classes, exhibits, performances, special events, and partnerships with individuals and organizations across the region. For more information about the Cultural Center visit www.cultural-center.org or call 508-394-7100.
Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod
Hospice and Palliative Care of Cape Cod, Inc. (H&PCCC) is celebrating its 30th Anniversary as the area's only independant, not-for-profit hospice organization and one of the flagship hospice organizations in the United States. Since it's inception in 1981, the organization has grown to be Cape Cod's largest provider of of end-of-life service, caring for over 900 patients and their families each year.
H&PCCC provides services that enhance the comfort and quality of life to patients and families experiencing the impact of serious illness and loss. We are available 24/7 for care, referrals, and admissions. The organization offers a broad array of professional support services to all who may benefit. This includes our unique Kids Grieve Too program, Community and Bereavement Support, and our Open Door program, delivering expert care to all that are eligible to receive our services, regardless of the complexity of needs, special treatments being received, or ability to pay.
In 2010 our service area expanded to include on contiguous area from Provincetown to Boston. Hospice and Palliative Care of Cape Cod serves Barnstable County (Cape Cod). As Hospice of Boston & Greater Brockton, we serve Plymouth, Bristol, Norfolk and Sufflok Counties, and as Island Hospice, we serve Dukes County (Martha's Vineyard) Monies raised on Cape Cod stay on Cape Cod. H&PCCC is a state licensed, Medicare and Joint Commission certified 501-c-3 non-profit organization and is governed by a Board of recognized community leaders.
Donations from local citizens ensure that we can meet the growing needs in all the communities we serve, and provide the crucial difference between cost of services and reimbursements. www.hospicecapecod.org
Hopsice services: Our comprehensive hospice services are available to all eligible patients who are experiencing life-limiting illness, regardless of the complexity of care, delivered wherever the consider themselves at home, including health care facilities, anywhere in our service area.
McCarthy Care Center: The Cape's only hospice inpatient facility- and one of only a handful in the state, MCC provides intensive medical care in a home like setting for short term acute symtom management and stabilization.
Kids Grieve Too: Specialized support program for children and adolescents experiencing grief and loss.
Pediatric Palliative Care Program: Supportive advisory and referral service for children with life-limiting illness and their families.
Community and Bereavement Support: proving initial counseling and group support to anyone experiencing grief and loss, as well as Advance Care Planning and Trama and Critical Incident Stress Management.
The Kiwanis Clubs of Hyannis & Sandwich
The Kiwanis Clubs of Hyannis and Sandwich major emphasis is the performance of service projects which improve the lives of young people, primarily young children. This year, Kiwanis will donate a major portion of the proceeds raised to Rehabilitation Hospital of Cape Cod and the Islands, Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod and Special Olympics - Greater Cape & Islands. The balance of the funds will be distributed by Kiwanis within the Cape community for college scholarships for our high school graduates, to local food pantries and, through various other endeavors, to help meet the needs of those among us who have been less fortunate. www.hyannis-kiwanisclub.org
Silent Spring Institute
Silent Spring Institute is a scientific research organization dedicated to finding- and breaking- the links between enviormental chemicals and breast cancer. Our goal is prevention.
Silent Spring was founded in 1994 to respond to high breast cancer rates on Cape Cod. The Institute's Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Enviorment Study showed that the high incidence is not due to an older population, in-migration, or known breast cancer risk factors, strenghtening the possibility that enviormental exposures play a role. The Cape Cod Study continues groung breaking investigations of everyday chemical exposures that may contribute to breast cancer, other hormonal cancers, and infertility, and interfere with children's development. In our recent research, we found pharmaceutical and consumer product chemicals leaching from septic systems into Cape Cod drinking water. With your help, we will find better ways to protect the Cape's valuable water resources and promote a healthy future. Learn more: www.silentspring.org
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