The Community of Caring
 

 The Community of Caring (COC) was founded in 1980 by the Rev. Charles and Mother Mary Beth Kennedy to respond to unmet human needs:  hunger, homelessness, illness and others.

The agency was incorporated in 1983 as a non-profit human services organization that has a board of directors, staff, budgets, audits and other characteristics of a formal organization.  There is also the informal level of COC, in which members simply pledge to do an act of kindness every day.

There are two distinct components to COC:
 

Domestic Activities

  • Residence for homeless

  • Hot meal program

  • Food Pantry

  • Transitional housing units

  • Meeting needs for area residence as they arise




     

 International Activities
  • Members in North and South America, the Caribbean and Africa
  • Registered with US Agency for International Development as Private Voluntary Organization (PVO)
  • Sends shipments of food, clothing, medicines and other necessities on semi-annual basis
  • Sponsors annual "Mission of Mercy" trips to Haiti, Dominican Republic or Africa

     

"He hath shown thee...what is good, and what does the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and walk humbly with thy God?" -Micah 6:8

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The Community of Caring        245 East 8th St.        Erie, PA 16503        (814) 456-6661