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MedTech Leaders Launch Nonprofit to Slay Food Insecurity
Yahoo Finance
Founders of MedTech leader RQM+ launch MISSION: AGAPE, a nonprofit dedicated to combating food insecurity, starting in McKeesport, PA, where over 30% of residents face hunger. McKeesport, ranked Pennsylvania's most dangerous city and the fourth most dangerous in the U.S. (National Council for Home Safety and Security, 2018), is the first community to benefit from MISSION: AGAPE’s impactful initiatives.
At the McKeesport Agape Center, they're not just fixing problems — they're finding solutions
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Born and raised in McKeesport, Ms. Doyle, 50, has always been aware of the inequalities that plague the area, where 27% of residents live below the poverty line — more than double the national average.
Meeting the basic needs of the Mon Valley's poorer residents
Two Rivers, 30 Minutes
How Topic Discussed: How did the McKeesport Agape Center evolve from a chat group on Facebook? What housing and food needs does it meet? How does it raise money and what are its needs? Where is the Agape Center now located and how has the new location affected its variety of programming? Why is the Agape Center launching a major fundraising capital campaign?
Recipient of Living the Message - Love Award
City Mckeesport News & The McKeesport Message Committee
The McKeesport Agape Center was incorporated on December 31, 2019. As local business owners of Doyle Mails It along Lincoln Way and administrators of a White Oak Facebook page, the Doyles have regular contact with the public. Every so often they would be asked for connection to resources for food and self-care, and the McKeesport Agape Center would meet that.
Family leads food drive for area communities
The Mon Volley Independent
Kelly and her family say they started using Facebook to provide sustenance to those in need long before the virus ever made itself known, but as unemployment numbers continue to rise and the economy remains shut down as a result of the pandemic, the family is offering more assistance than ever.