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More Than 90 Volunteers Turn Out To Count Homeless
Linda Flores, her husband, and their four children have lived at The Salvation Army for a month.
Date: 01/27/12 | Tyler

Nonprofits Kick Off Efforts To Keep Bowls, Bellies Full
Nonprofits in East Texas are kicking off their soup-collecting initiatives for those who will weather the cold this season.
Date: 01/20/12 | Tyler

Wikipedia, Other Sites Go Dark Over Proposed SOPA, PIPA Bills
In a move that heightens the growing tension between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark Wednesday in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.
Date: 01/19/12 | East Texas

Homelessness Focus Of PATH Effort
People Attempting to Help will again try to determine the size of the homeless population in the Tyler area. It is a daunting task. On Jan. 26, teams of volunteers will go into shelters, parks and alleys.
Date: 01/15/12 | Danny Mogle

PATH Executive Director Will Guest This Week
Christina Fulsom, executive director for PATH (People Attempting to Help) will be featured on this week’s Tyler Chamber Radio show.
Date: 01/08/12 | East Texas Business

‘Shine Your Light’ Blazed Tyler’s Heart
This year’s Shine Your Light campaign reflects well on all of East Texas.
Date: 01/06/12 | Editorials

Shine Your Light Surpasses Goal
The Shine Your Light campaign this year has been bigger and better than ever, organizers say.
Date: 01/01/12 | Tyler

Shine Your Light Hits $200,000 Goal
Today is the last day to contribute to the Shine Your Light campaign, but organizers are pleased to have reached their ambitious goal a day early.
Date: 12/31/11 | Tyler

PATH Helps Family Move Into Home Just In Time For Holidays
Nichole Leadon, like many of the clients that People Attempting To Help sees, felt she did not deserve the organization’s help.
Date: 12/23/11 | Shine Your Light

Mayor Issues $200,000 Challenge
The fourth annual Shine Your Light campaign starts today, and with more nonprofits and more matching funds, this year is looking to be better than ever.
Date: 12/18/11 | Shine Your Light Campaign

PATH Executive Director’s Focus Is Serving Tyler Community
Christina Fulsom, executive director of Tyler’s People Attempting To Help agency, spent most of her childhood in Spain, and moving to the Texas Hill Country in her teen years came with a culture shock.
Date: 11/20/11 | Brian Pearson: Business Briefcase

PATH Provides Hundreds Of Coats To Needy Children
Toting children and armfuls of coats, hundreds of Smith County families took advantage of free coat distribution Saturday morning sponsored by a local nonprofit organization.
Date: 11/20/11 | Tyler

Exercise Gives Students Taste Of Society’s Differences
After watching their peers sit down to a feast of pizza, lasagna, salad and cookies, students in the red group sat down to a lunch of white bread and peanut butter.
Date: 11/07/11 | Tyler

PATH Fails To Reach $5,000 Goal Through Website
Local nonprofit, People Attempting to Help, didn’t reach its $5,000 goal through the new donation website it tried this year, but there are still opportunities to donate to the Coats for Kids drive.
Date: 11/02/11 | Tyler

Home For 16 Veterans Now Put On Hold
A plan to create transitional housing for 16 homeless veterans is on hold, pending talks by a new mayor’s task force created last week to tackle the issue of homelessness in Tyler.
Date: 11/02/11 | Tyler

Christina Fulsom PATH Executive Director To Guest On Chamber Radio
Christina Fulsom, PATH executive director, will be on this week’s Tyler Chamber Radio.
Date: 10/30/11 | East Texas Business

Tyler City Leaders Examine Growing Homeless Problem
A growing number of people live in Tyler, but have no place to call their own.
Date: 10/27/11 | Tyler

PATH Coats For Kids Drive Needs Donations
Esther Viveros pointed to a Bible verse she had jotted on a Post-it note.
Date: 10/27/11 | Tyler

Saving Sight
Lighthouse vocational training manager Michelle Boyd, left, and PATH executive director Christina Fulsom, right, present a check from The Lighthouse to PATH for the Saving Sight Program for more than $15,0000 in donations from their recent golf…
Date: 10/04/11 | Clubs and Organizations Section

Speaker Calls Gertrude Windsor ‘Street Saint’ At PATH Week Dinner
Gertrude Windsor was a “street saint,” keynote speaker Barbara Elliott said at the annual People Attempting to Help’s PATH Week Dinner.
Date: 09/15/11 | Tyler

Show To Host PATH Director
PATH’S Executive Director Christina Fulsom will be featured on this week’s Tyler Chamber Radio show.
Date: 09/11/11 | East Texas Business

26th Annual PATH Week Celebrations Start Monday
People Attempting to Help will hold its 26th annual PATH Week events Monday through Saturday. The organization will be celebrating the family founders.
Date: 09/11/11 | East Texas

‘Brotherhood’ of 4 Homeless Men Survive Together On Tyler Streets
The four young men hanging out in the recreation center at First Baptist Church in Tyler are clearly best friends. As they shoot pool and kick back on a couch to watch television, they joke and mercilessly pick on one another.
Date: 08/28/11 | Discover

PATH Gets On The Road To Healthier Lifestyle
As the Fit City Challenge mission says, PATH employees are doing it one step, one bite, one health-conscious decision at a time. They’re taking more steps, eating more fruits and veggies and focusing on what they eat.
Date: 08/21/11 | Fit City Challenge

Meeting Set To Discuss Anti-Obesity Measures
The Fit City Challenge Coalition will meet from 1:30 to 3 pm today to discuss ongoing efforts to educate the community about obesity and create a healthier city. The meeting will be held at OneREALTORCenter, 2772 SSE Loop 323.
Date: 06/29/11 | Fit City Challenge

PATH Executive Director To Be Featured On Radio
Christina Fulsom, executive director of PATH, will be featured on this week’s Tyler Chamber Radio show to discuss the organization’s summer program.
Date: 06/05/11 | East Texas Business

Mayor’s Roundtable Project Aims To Enhance Vet Service
Marine Lt Col Tony Forbes is learning to live with invisible wounds that almost wrecked his life following tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Date: 05/18/11 | Tyler

PATH Volunteers Shown Appreciation At Luncheon
More than 130 volunteers from every department of a Tyler nonprofit, People Attempting to Help (PATH), gathered at Marvin United Methodist Church Monday.
Date: 04/12/11 | Tyler

Residents, Landlords Clash About Rental Property Conditions
Sitting in her West Oakwood Street apartment recently with the gas oven on high, 71-year-old Ethel Foley braced against the biting cold.
Date: 04/06/11 | The Investigators

Proposed Bills In Austin Could Cut Mental Health Services Funding
Proposed bills in the Texas Legislature, which may be voted on next week, could cut funding from state programs and reduce mental health services by as much as 20 percent.
Date: 03/23/11 | East Texas

Women’s Awards Lunch Is Saturday
The sixth annual Miracle Center Awards Luncheon, presented by New Days Ministries Inc., is scheduled for noon Saturday at the New Days Community Church Complex, 901 N. Broadway Ave., in Tyler.
Date: 03/03/11 | Tyler

Students Write Essays Of Hope For PATH
More than 70 area elementary, high school and home school students entered essays on the topic “How I Can Help Fight Poverty” in a contest sponsored by PATH.
Date: 02/20/11 | Achievers

PATH Seeking Blankets In Preparation For Cold Snap
PATH is seeking donations of blankets to distribute to the needy.
Date: 02/01/11 | East Texas

Shine Your Light Donation
(From left) Kyle Penney, East Texas Communities Foudation president, Christina Fulsom, PATH executive director and Danny Mogle, Tyler Morning Telegraph managing editor, hold a check for $31,923.
Date: 01/29/11 | Tyler

The Homeless Count
Off Highway 271 in Tyler, you’ll find a secluded campsite in the woods that is well-planned and organized — complete with landscaping, a makeshift stove, shower and an American flag hanging from a tree.
Date: 01/28/11 | Tyler

Shine Your Light Total $159,432.05 Breaks Record
The final total for the Shine Your Light campaign this year is the most that the annual campaign has collected since it began in 2008, and it breaks the previous record by more than $44,000.
Date: 01/05/11 | Shine Your Light

Shine Your Light 2010: With A Little Help PATH Aids Many
When one PATH client read about the Shine Your Light campaign two years ago, Ms. Fulsom said, he told her it gave him hope to see that people in the community cared so much.
Date: 12/22/10 | Shine Your Light Campaign

December 19: Improving Lives
ROSES: To Rabbi Neal Katz, a leader whose behind-the-scenes work is making Smith County a better community.
Date: 12/19/10 | Raves, Rants & Roses

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