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PATH
pathsantabarbara.org
(805) 455-2331
PATH Santa Barbara Regional Director: Elizabeth (Liz) Adams
Mission
Our mission is to end homelessness for individuals, families, and communities. PATH envisions a world where every person has a home. Our values include creative collaborations, strategic leadership, empowerment for all, and passionate commitment.
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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