Jose S. Castelo, President of The Castelo Group has announced that this year’s fundraiser held on Sunday July 17th was a great success, raising a total of $59,330! The Castelo Group donated $10,000 to Child & Family Services, which will benefit their Big Brothers Big Sisters program tremendously. “We are honored to be a recipient [...] Read more »

In August, Alphagraphics held their Fight Hunger Campaign to collect food to stock the shelves at M.O., L.I.F.E. Food Pantry at 723 Pleasant St., in New Bedford. Child & Family Services joined forces with Alphagraphics to help fight hunger by placing baskets at our Pleasant Street site for staff to donate non-perishable food items. We [...] Read more »

Liz Adler and Len Silvester know there are 2 ways you can deal with the death of your child…you can stop living or you can honor your child. They chose the latter. Her name was Katie (her biological father, Bill Lucas, still lives in Fall River) and she passed away in December 2008 when she [...] Read more »

The Friends of Child & Family Services are doing their part to help children in the community. They recently held an event and awarded Child & Family Services’ Community Based Acute Treatment Program (CBAT) $5,000! The Friends held their first event, Fashion Forecast, on March 27th at the Venus DeMilo. Over 300 people came out [...] Read more »

The Cape office of Child & Family Services, located at 1019 Iyannough Rd (Rte. 132) in Hyannis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gail L. Dietrick as the new Site Director. Ms. Dietrick has been with Child & Family Services for the past 8 years, her most recent position as Program Director of the [...] Read more »