King Kennedy Community Center

03/31/2026

02/23/2026

We would like to thank everyone who came to the Black History Program! There were 65 people in attendance. We honored Judith Morgan’s family with a Memorial Plaque for her faithful service during the Summer Program and other events that were held at King Kennedy. We honored Constance Dubick with a plaque for her 43 years of dedication at the King Kennedy Center. Sharon Williams sang “I Need You Now” accompanied by Gary Williams. Minister Fred Parrott came with an inspirational message titled, “Challenge to Change”.

02/18/2026

Open to the public!!

01/20/2026

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12/09/2025

The King Kennedy Community Center, Skeels Community Center, and Karing Hands Inc. Children’s Christmas Party was a success. There were 45 children in attendance. The children enjoyed eating hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, popcorn, cotton candy, cool whip, cookies, and brownies. Thank you to Kent State University for putting together the Peace Baskets for women, men, families, and children. Thank you to the Kent Youth Cheer and Karing Hands Inc. for donating Christmas gifts towards the party. Thank you Upward City Church, and Ravenna High School National Honor Society for setting up fun stations. Thank you Karing Hands Inc. for the cool food set up! Thank you Aaron Mitchell, Beloved Community for taking pictures and assisting with cleaning up.

07/28/2025

King Kennedy and Skeels Center would like to thank the Portage Parks District for allowing some of our campers to go fishing over the weekend at one of their properties! We would like to thank Renee Jones for joining us on the trip to help out! The children were able to catch 22 Blue Gill, 1 Perch, and 8 Bass.

01/30/2025

We will be having our Black History Luncheon Program on, Saturday February 22, 2025 at Noon. Open to the public!

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas from King Kennedy Community Center!

On Saturday, December 14, 2024 the King Kennedy Community Center, Skeels Mathews, McElrath Improvement Corporation (M.I.C.), and Karing Hands Inc., had a Senior Citizens/ Adult Christmas Luncheon, for the community! There were 51 people in attendance. DJ Harry Dukes played a mixture of Christmas Music, and Oldies but Goodies music while everyone engaged in conversation, and some did a little dancing. We raffled 8 gift cards, 2 hair gift certificates from Twisted Scissors, which was donated by Trisha Willis, 1 gift bag from the Reliable Nurse Foot Care, which was donated by Jenifer Vanek, the owner, and the Peace Baskets, that were put together by Stephanie Evans (King Kennedy Advisory Board Member), KSU Cheerleaders, KSU Black United Students, KSU Community Lab Partners, KSU CPAC Students (Center of Pan - African Culture), and volunteers from the PNC Bank for woman, man, or family.