How over 1,500 people are helping raise money for the King Kennedy Center

A cocoon maker volunteer, Anne, sews a project in one of the three rooms the Cocoon Makers use at Rausch Middle School on Wednesday, July 27. Sophia Lucente/The Portager

How over 1,500 people are helping raise money for the King Kennedy Center

- Alexandra Golden

In a project that involved over 1,500 Kent State students and dozens of volunteers, 18 quilted art pieces are now on sale to benefit a community center in one of Portage County’s historically impoverished communities.

The quilted pieces are part of the Social Justice Quilting Project and will be auctioned off virtually until Sept. 9. All of the money raised will go toward the King Kennedy Community Center, which was originally built in the 1970s with the help of university students. The center offers a safe place for youth to hang out and participate in social and educational activities.

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