Date: October 23, 2002

PATH employees recently presented a $5,480 check to the Hope House in Jersey City to assist with the organization’s work to provide emergency shelter for women and children.

The money was raised during PATH’s 10th annual golf outing at the Oak Knoll Country Club in Parsippany.

PATH Director/General Manager Michael P. DePallo said, "I would like to thank the PATH employees who participated in this event to help support this very worthwhile cause. PATH has always worked hard to be an integral part of the communities we serve, and this contribution shows our commitment to Jersey City."

Hope House is an emergency shelter for woman and children operated by Catholic Community Services, the non-profit, non-sectarian social service organization of the Archdiocese of Newark. Hope House helps families become self-sufficient by giving them opportunities to make decisions and assume responsibility for improving their situations.

PATH is a subsidiary of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates some of the busiest and most important transportation links in the region. They include Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia and Teterboro airports; the George Washington Bridge; the Lincoln and Holland tunnels; the three bridges between Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH rapid-transit system; the Downtown Manhattan Heliport; Port Newark; the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island; the Brooklyn Piers/Red Hook Container Terminal; and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. The agency is financially self-supporting and receives no tax revenue from either state.