PATH bridges the gap in our community between kind and generous people with caring hearts and our neighbors in need. PATH volunteers and staff live out their faith daily by serving over 25,000 people from Smith and surrounding counties each year through a highly individualized approach.

Every individual or family coming for assistance has a private meeting with a caseworker every time they visit. Caseworkers are trained to listen and provide encouragement, information on PATH’s programs, and potential referrals to other community resources needed by that family. PATH’s Choice Food Pantry is the largest in the region, operating 40 hours weekly, and many of PATH’s emergency assistance programs and the Transitional Housing program are unduplicated in our community. About 150 families daily come to downtown Tyler seeking hope and help from PATH.

One-third of the families we serve have never visited PATH before.