Newsletter

Published by the COAR Peace Mission * 4395 Rocky River Drive * Cleveland, Ohio 44135-2569 * (216) 252-5572

December 2005 (Back to page 1)

Sheltering, educating, and healing children
for El Salvador's future since 1980

And don’t we all know Padre Ken??

Only those new to COAR are new to Father Ken. He was the founder and guiding administrator of COAR for the first 20 years. He sought out the orphans of the refugee camps, established funding channels in the U.S., and brought COAR much needed international publicity – bringing both funds and protection. But he did it all for the love of the children. Father Ken died, unexpectedly, in his sleep in March 2002. However, his family carries on his legacy.

Father Ken’s father was one of 10 children of Aloys and Anna Myers of rural Huron, Ohio. The extended family had a reunion in July and raised over $5,000 for COAR in memory of Aloys and Anna. Six members of the family were able to travel to COAR for the August 15th celebration and receive the thanks of the community.

Many of the hundreds of alumni who attended the festivities sought out the Cleveland/Myers delegation to relate the debt they owed to Fr. Ken and COAR and all those who supported it.

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This e-mail from Edgar Tolentino, who lived at COAR from 1986 – 1988, and who now lives in the US, says it all

e-mail from an alumnus, Subject:
One lucky person who lived at COAR

I'm very grateful to father Ken Myers for all the advice and guidance he gave us all. I lost my family because of the war and I found a refuge at COAR. I'm also very grateful to all the people in this country who make contributions to make possible our education, food, clothing and all the things we got while we stayed at COAR.

Just today while going thru this web site I learned that father Ken past away and it made me very sad, but I know he's with God and watching all his kids from COAR. I have lived in this country for the past 15 years and I never forgot all the things I learned from this experience at COAR. I would like to help in any way possible. I'm aware the 25th anniversary is coming and would like to include my testimony if possible so people can feel their sponsorship does help a lot.

<< Members of the Myers family thanking the assembled students for their presentation

V Donna and Don Myers make a new friend (sort-of)