PATH Week Philanthropy Dinner

TYLER — PATH Week continued in Tyler Wednesday night with the annual Philanthropy Dinner. Guests heard a keynote address from Barbara Elliott, president of the Houston-based Center for Renewal and author of the book “Street Saints.” Elliott urged attendees to become “street saints” — people who don’t just give, but meet the needy face-to-face. She says such volunteers change the hearts of the people they work with. Elliott said PATH is full of street saints, and she’s on a mission to find more.

Also last night, longtime PATH volunteers Ovada Horne and C.C. Baker took home the dinner’s annual honors, the Stone Soup and Gertrude Windsor Awards. And Baker presented an update on PATH’s “Faith in Our Future” campaign, designed to set up a $1 million emergency fund for the agency. Baker said the effort has now raised
$500,000. PATH Week continues through Sunday. You can go to http://www.pathhelps.org to learn more.