Patricia Ann Cargill Charities, in the tradition and memory of its namesake, exists to alleviate hunger and thereby improve the quality of life in Greater Akron and beyond.
Patricia Ann Cargill Charities was founded in 2022 by Ms. Cargill’s son, Donte Cargill.
PACC provides essential food and pantry items to more than 1,000 families each month while offering assistance for parents and individuals to become more self-sufficient. Resources include:
- Nutritional education
- Community garden and community kitchen
- Cooking classes
- Childhood nutrition education
- Financial education
PACC is focused on the immediate needs of community food insecurity, as well as the wide-ranging effects of malnutrition on our community, including physical, emotional, and intellectual health and development, employability, quality of life, learning and education, mortality rates, crime, parenting, finance, and economic development.
By improving the quality of food and better meeting the nutritional needs of even a fraction of the population, the economic impact on the region’s overall success is quantifiable through multiple metrics.
