PRINCE OF PEACE CENTER
SERVING THE SHENANGO VALLEY
AMOUNT DONATED: $15,000.78
As Prince of Peace Center, an affiliate of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Erie, we are witnesses and servants of Jesus Christ. Consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church, we provide support for the economic, emotional, and spiritual needs of those needing a helping hand to build self-sufficiency.
Committed to the sacredness of human life and the betterment of society, we affirm the dignity of those in need by responding with compassion to their basic human needs through advocacy, education, and empowerment.
Our services are committed to strengthening families, building community, and reducing poverty among people of all ages, faiths, races, and backgrounds.
Giving Week Progress:
FUNDRAISING GOAL: $12,000
Programs Supported by Your Donations
Prince of Peace Center operates a twice weekly soup kitchen available to our neighbors seeking a hot, nutritious meal. The free meals are prepared by volunteers and served take out style to our community each Monday and Wednesday, where our neighbors can take their meal to go or dine in. We served more than 17,000 meals in 2025! The Prince of Peace Center conducts a food pantry distribution monthly where those facing food insecurity can choose a variety of shelf stable food items, frozen meats, refrigerated dairy products and fresh produce. The Center also provides emergency food assistance daily to those finding themselves in crisis. Through our food pantry distributions, we are serving an average of 533 individuals each month which continues to grow with rising food prices, among so many other increased expenses. Our mission thrift store & boutique gifted more than $8000 in items to people in need and supported almost 2000 individuals. Two new programs in 2025 included Q-Academy, a male youth mentoring initiative, which was piloted in the Sharon School District. It will expand to 3 more schools in 2026. We also began developing free counseling services and our new Walking with Moms in Need program in 2025, both of which have launched this past Spring. As more and more of our neighbors are turning to Prince of Peace for assistance. support for our programs will empower the Center to continue to lift up a community in need.
Needs that Cannot beMet without Your Help
With the rising costs of food, gas, medicine, utilities and other services, more and more people are seeking assistance from the Prince of Peace Center because, simply put, they cannot afford rising costs. Job wages remain stagnant yet the cost of groceries, gasoline, utilities and other goods and services continue to rise. Our neighbors are struggling even harder to make ends meet. Additional funding is necessary in order for the Prince of Peace Center to continue to support the steady increase in need we have seen over the past few years.
