Path (People Assisting the Homeless) Hosts Fourth Annual Making It Home Tour
Experience a Virtual Guided Tour Celebrating the Meaning of Home
PATH (People Assisting The Homeless) hosts their fourth annual Making It Home Tour on Saturday, June 5, 2021, a virtual, guided journey through the homes of PATH supporters and residents across California. The virtual compilation of unique home tours and personal interviews celebrates the meaning of home after a year of accelerated homelessness due to COVID-19.
In March 2020, staying inside to keep local communities safe was paramount, and having a home was a privilege. Last year, PATH provided services to more than 26,000 people and helped 1,800 people move into their own homes.
“While we have made many adjustments this year, including teleworking and virtual events, one thing has remained the same: our mission to end homelessness for individuals, families, and communities. The Making it Home Tour provides vital funds to sustain our work and an opportunity to showcase what home means to our supporters and the people we serve”, said Joel John Roberts, PATH CEO.
The Making It Home Tour will feature historic and architectural gems throughout
California, including the famed Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.’s Warwick Evans House in Brentwood and one of the esteemed Architect Jeff Shelton’s Santa Barbara properties.
In addition to in-depth tours of each home, attendees will tour PATH Housing Sites in San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego and also gain access to interactive DIY home, decor, and design workshops from A&J Floral Designs, Loft & Bear Vodka and BobCat Room.
For ultimate viewing pleasure, special event packages are also available, mailed to each participant’s home the week of the event. Event packages include exclusive PATH wine glasses, wine from noteworthy California vineyards, travel-safe charcuterie items courtesy of Trader Joe’s, and more!
The Making It Home Tour streams on June 5, 2021 from 3 P.M. to 4 P.M. PST. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/path-making-it-home-tour-tickets-142755408269. All proceeds will go toward PATH’s mission of ending homelessness for individuals, families and communities.
Event sponsors include Variety, 805 Living, Urban Catalyst, Consumer Insights Group, The Tyler Family and Baked It Myself. For information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Carley Berkowitz, Community Event Specialist at PATH, at carleyb@epath.org.
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Homelessness affects the entire community, and by working together, we can foster a proactive and compassionate environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and a place to call home. Supporting PATH means contributing to both immediate relief for those experiencing homelessness and long-term solutions that address its root causes.
Building a New Food Facility
Although PATH counts some 300 monthly kitchen and food sorting volunteers, the work takes place mostly on plastic folding tables and makeshift equipment in a space that’s not dedicated to the process.
The nonprofit seeks $375,000 to build the brand new PATH Santa Barbara Food Resource Center, a dedicated food storage and distribution space as an addition to the existing PATH facility. The center would allow the nonprofit to more efficiently receive, sort, process, and provide food to the hundreds of participants it serves across its programs as well as redistribute a big percentage back out to the community.
“With that facility we could really ramp up our food rescue program and be able to better support so many more people in our community, and save a lot more food from being wasted,” says Liz Adams, PATH Santa Barbara’s regional director.
For someone to stay in the interim housing program for a full year, receiving three meals per day, hygiene supplies, case management, and a 24/7 home, it costs approximately $30,000 per person. With governmental budget cuts looming, private donations will have to make up the difference as costs rise with inflation. “We’re rallying that community support,” Adams says. “It really does take the whole village to do this work.”
Key Supporters
Sue Adams
Mark Asman
Denny & Bitsy Bacon
The Balay Ko Foundation
Nancy Fiore
Ron & Carole Fox
Goleta Presbyterian Church
Geoff Green
Daniel Lane
Don & Kelley Johnson
La Centra-Summerlin Foundation
Brian McTeague
Juliana Minsky
Glen Mowrer & Bernice James
Sheridan Taphorn
The Towbes Foundation
The Vollmer Family Foundation
Dylan Ward
Devon Wardlow
Wolfe Lyons Family