Lower Cape Outreach Council - Serving the Needy of Cape Cod

Celebrity guest helps to

make the season bright at the

Hope Chest...

It started like a typical pre-holiday Thursday night at the Hope Chest. Anne Kiefer and a few stalwart volunteers were keeping the shop open for holiday browsers, when all of a sudden, the door blew open and there she was...Mrs. Santa. (Mary Claus, as a matter of fact.)

Jolly, thirsty and brimming over with ribald stories and hearty ho ho ho's, she informed us that Santa himself is booked straight through Christmas 2023 but, seeing as we had been very good this year, she had come as Santa's emmisary.

Regretably, she was disappointed to see how few of our neighbors had come out on that dark, chilly December eve. She remarked that she would have to inform Santa that the crowd was a little less than we might have hoped but she promised that it was not too late to change our wicked ways.

So, with all the best of the season, I urge you to make sure you visit the Hope Chest before the holidays are through. Otherwise, you might find a lump of coal in your stocking.

A few thanks

are in order...

Thank you Bank of America for your generous grant of ten thousand dollars to help with the general support of Lower Cape Outreach Council. These funds will help this winter when more and more lower Cape residents will turn to the Council for assistance with food and fuel.

Thank you to Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank for two grants totalling $6750.00, both to help with the general support of Lower Cape Outreach Council. (Thanks, Dave!)

Thank you Seamen's Bank for your grant of two thousand dollars to assist the Council in meeting the needs of the hundreds of families and individuals who depend on us.

Thank you TD Banknorth for your recent check in the amount of one thousand dollars to sponsor our fundraising production of Love Letters, starring Betsy Palmer.

Thank you,

Betsy

Betsy Palmer is a wonderful actress, a generous human being and a delight to everyone who gets the chance to know her.

On October 10th and 12th, I had the pleasure and privilege of co-starring with Betsy in a fundraising production of A.R. Gurney's play, Love Letters.

This production raised over $7,000 and provided a wonderful evening of theater to two very appreciative audiences.

Thank you, Betsy. I love you.

HOPE CHEST ads create a buzz!

It's not everyday that shoppers come into a store and make a point of commenting on the quality of that business' advertsing. For that matter, it's not everyday that media reps call to compliment an advertiser on the creativity of their marketing efforts.

Still, that's just what's been happening to the Hope Chest thanks to the clever and entertaining ads created by our own Richard Kirk.

Richard is a Native American artist, illustrator and marketing pro whose special abilities are paying off handsomely for Lower Cape Outreach Council and the Hope Chest.

If you haven't seen these ads in our local papers, here are the two that are currently making the rounds. More are coming so keep your eye peeled.

Cape Cape Associates

2008 Penniman House playhouse raffle

a huge success!

A summer long raffle of a playhouse sized replica of the Penniman House has realized $4410.00 for Lower Cape Outreach Council.

In a year when our golf tournament was called off and our clients have been asking for help at record levels, this was extremely good news and helped us rebalance a revenue tally that was slightly out of balance.

Our deep and sincere thanks to Jean and Mike Cole and all the folks at Cape Associates who made this such a successful and profitable raffle for Lower Cape Outreach Council.