The Erie Community of Caring honored the legacy of its founder on Thursday, on the day she would have turned 99.
Mother Mary Beth Kennedy built a legacy of kindness and philanthropy not just in Erie, but even across the world in Africa.
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On Thursday morning, that legacy was honored across the street from the Community of Caring building on East 8th Street, where friends, family and government officials joined together in memory of the organization’s founder.
Local representatives took the stage to make proclamations in Kennedy’s name, declaring August as Human Kindness Month in Pennsylvania.
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“Mother Kennedy was a woman of passion and love and kindness. Her whole model was ‘love can change the world,’ and we just feel that, the mayor has made this kindness month, and that if we could all be more kind to each other, what a better place it would be to live in,” said Chris Tombaugh, executive director of the Community of Caring…