Fall Fling – Fabulous Bid Opportunties
Evan Quinn2024-09-03T09:30:58-04:00The Fall Fling's auction, both in person and "silent" (that is online) will offer some great items to bid on!
Gerald Flynn House Improvements Underway
Evan Quinn2024-06-10T11:17:48-04:00May 1, 2024 - Work is underway sprucing-up the Gerald Flynn House on Palmer Avenue, which BTEO acquired in March 2024. Guided by Christian Valle of the Valle Group building company, several local contractors have, free of charge, begun improvements. For example, huge thanks to Hamilton Tree and Landscape and Rapoza Landscape for the work they recently performed (see related pictures).
BTEO Awarded Grant from Cape Cod Foundation
mstaradmin2023-12-29T11:24:42-05:00The Women and Girls Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation recently awarded $50,000 in grants to five nonprofit organizations, and BTEO was one of the recipients. The Foundation launched the Women and Girls Fund in 2022 to build resources and provide grants for initiatives that empower women and girls across Barnstable County. Read more >
Falmouth Residents Sleep Out To Raise Awareness About Homelessness
mstaradmin2024-01-03T15:21:45-05:00The Enterprise
The sun set at 4:15 PM in Falmouth on December 21. Some Falmouth residents spent that night - the longest night of the year - in tents or cars in the parking lot of the First Congregational Church to honor the 49 Cape and Islands unhoused people who died in 2023. The event began with a vigil at the church in recognition of National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. Read more >
BTEO Honored With Human Rights Award
mstaradmin2024-01-09T11:51:45-05:00The Enterprise
Belonging to Each Other was selected as the 2024 Human Rights Award group recipient by the Church Women United of Cape Cod. A celebration of the award is planned for mid-January.
Since 2006, Church Women United has held events nationally to recognize individuals and groups that have supported the cause of human rights by maintaining a high regard for the dignity of others. Read more >
Longest Night Vigil Aims to Bring Hope
mstaradmin2024-12-05T16:55:40-05:00The Enterprise
The longest night of the year - December 21 - is designated as National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, and this year marks 33 years of honoring those without homes who have died. Belonging to Each Other (BTEO), the Falmouth-based nonprofit providing winter shelter and year-round support services for Falmouth men and women experiencing homelessness, is helping to organize the vigil. Read more >
Interfaith Candlelight Service
mstaradmin2024-12-05T16:55:40-05:00National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 6 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Falmouth
Simple meal following in Fellowship Hall.
Donations of travel size toiletries welcome.
The community is invited to sleep out in tents or cars that night to experience what it is like to be homeless.
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A Roomier Rental For Falmouth’s Homeless
mstaradmin2023-12-05T11:48:50-05:00The Enterprise, By Elizabeth Saito
An outreach group is upgrading to more spacious quarters to house women experiencing homelessness in Falmouth through the winter months. Belonging To Each Other has teamed up with Saint Barnabas’s Church to offer a home with more bedrooms and common areas than they have had in the past as a refuge from November through April. Read more >
Troy’s Take: Hope is Real, Change is Possible
admin2023-09-15T14:11:02-04:00As we continue to strive to better understand the dynamics of addiction and recovery during National Recovery Month, it is important to better understand the full and sweeping scope of [...]