Article: Fundraiser aids homeless help center: Faith Promise Banquet to benefit The Living Room.

Byline: Mark Patrick Grandstaff

Feb. 19--A banquet at Lakeview Resort will fund The Living Room, a Walnut Street day room and resource hub for the homeless.

The seventh Faith Promise Banquet will be at 6 p.m. March 3. The deadline for RSVPs is Friday.

The banquet is free to attend -- the fundraising comes from individuals, companies and churches who pay $250 to sponsor each table, which will seat about 10 people, said the Rev. John Rittenhouse, The Living Room's program director.

About 20 tables have been sponsored so far, but there is still time for more, Rittenhouse said.

Oliver Phillips, author of the autobiography "The God of a Second Chance," will be ...

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