Largely organized by KOCO’s youth leaders, and supported by adult allies, KOCO Serves, our mutual aid project, provides seniors with a bag of fresh food and other personal care items. A team of intergenerational volunteers assemble the care packages and deliver the items to seniors who live in a mix of public and private senior living facilities, apartment buildings, and single-family homes.
Originally intended to target 300 area seniors, KOCO Serves now provides care packages to more than 200 seniors on a weekly basis. Since April 2020, over 15,000 separate households have received care packages and/or hot meals.
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