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Helping Our Women

34 Conwell Street
508-487-4357

Goals:

Provide direct services that assist in creating a more manageable lifestyle for women with chronic and life threatening illnesses;

Provide clients with referrals and advocacy that improve access to health care, social services and benefits programs; and

Develop and implement programs that empower and educate women on issues related to their healthcare and well-being, and that are inclusive of diverse needs.

Core Services:

Transportation to medical and social service appointments both locally and in Boston;

Financial assistance through direct payment to providers to meet medically related expenses;

Support Groups and special programs;

Assistance with errands and light chores around the home;

A Food and Personal Care products pantry; and

Social Services information, referrals,  medical advocacy


Recent News

Inspiration from How Client Members

Inspiration from HOW Client Members Dear Jim, To add a note of inspiration to your day, I'm sharing this 1-minute video that features client members who participate in our support groups. HOW Support Groups. Click to donate & help us reach our…

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HOW's Impact in 2023

HOW's Impact - End of Year Giving Matched As an important member of our HOW community, I thought you'd enjoy a short video highlighting the amazing outreach and services our staff and volunteers do each day. If you are able, I hope this video…

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Winter Solstice Reflection

A Winter Solstice Reflection A Video Message from Gwynne Click here to View Video Personal Products Drive - Thank you! Thanks to all who participated in our Personal Products Drive earlier this month. Your donations allowed us to stock our…

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Helping Our Women Community Update - December 15, 2023

Grace's story - End of Year Giving Matched Dear Jim, During the holiday season and every day, Helping Our Women (HOW), a resource center for Outer Cape women living with life-threatening or chronic health conditions, provides care and hope. From…

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Helping Our Women Community Update - November 2023

During this Thanksgiving time, we have so many reasons to be grateful at Helping Our Women. We've held successful celebrations marking 30 years of service to women on the Outer Cape, raised vital funds, our kind volunteers show up again and again to…

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Helping Our Women Community Update - September 2023

Greetings Friend, WOW! A lot has happened throughout the summer months since I last touched base. So many wonderful events, new organizational partnerships established, and incredible milestones for HOW. Perhaps the news I'm most excited to…

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Helping Our Women - Community Update- June 2023

Greetings Friend, Here at Helping Our Women we've been busy and this year we are celebrating 30 years improving access to healthcare and well-being for women living with chronic or serious health conditions on the Outer Cape! Perhaps the news I'm…

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Helping Our Women - Community Update - October 2022

Helping Our Women - Community Update - October 2022 Greetings Jim, The Board of Directors and the staff met for a retreat in our new office space in Eastham earlier this month. It was the first in person meeting in well over a year, so team…

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Helping Our Women - Community Update - September 2022

Greetings Friend, It has been a whirlwind of a summer for the HOW community! As you can see from my picture with Miss Richfield, I joined the fun at this year's Drag Brunch as the King of Hearts. Last Saturday I was at the 35th Swim 4 Life with a…

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Helping Our Women - Community Update - July 2022

Greetings Jim, We've got BIG NEWS to share with you today! It's not just the fact that the John R. McKay Post of the American Legion awarded HOW 2nd place for Most Patriotic entry in Wellfleet's July 4th parade where our signs: "Stars &…

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Helping Our Women - Community Update - June 30, 2022

Greetings Jim, There's alot happening in our world and here at HOW as we prepare for our Annual Meeting, our Summer Party & Auction, community events, and....the BIG NEWS we'll be announcing at the Annual Meeting! We're gathering today,…

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Helping Our Women - Community Update - June 2022

Greetings Friend, There's alot happening in our world and here at HOW as we prepare for our Annual Meeting, our Summer Party & Auction, community events, and....the BIG NEWS we'll be announcing at the Annual Meeting! We're gathering today,…

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Helping Our Women - Response to Supreme Court Decision

I’m writing to you today in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson both as HOW’s Executive Director and an attorney who has devoted much of my career to improving the lives and well-being of women. While…

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Helping Our Women - Community Update - May 12, 2022

As we continue to move forward on our mission to support women living with chronic or serious health conditions on the Outer Cape, we wanted to share some of the exciting news about a national award we received and the Betty Villari Community…

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Helping Our Women - Community Update - May 2022

Greetings Friend, As we continue to move forward on our mission to support women living with chronic or serious health conditions on the Outer Cape, we wanted to share some of the exciting news about a national award we received and the Betty…

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