Honoring the Man. Empowering the Mission.
Some people talk about community. Patrick Burns has spent a lifetime feeding it.
As the owner of multiple grocery stores across the Philadelphia region, Pat has understood something that few do — that access to food is not simply a convenience. It is dignity. It is stability. It is the foundation that everything else in a person’s life is built upon. For decades, Pat has shown up for neighborhoods that needed someone to believe in them, creating jobs, providing access, and investing in people long before it was celebrated.
That is exactly why we are honoring him.
An Evening Honoring Patrick Burns will bring together the friends, colleagues, and community leaders who know Pat best — and the Siloam Wellness supporters who share his belief that people deserve more than survival. They deserve to thrive.
For nearly 30 years, Siloam has walked alongside Philadelphians navigating trauma, isolation, and instability — including one of the most urgent challenges facing our neighbors today: food insecurity. Because at Siloam, we know that an empty pantry is never just an empty pantry. It is anxiety. It is impossible choices. It is the quiet crisis of a basic human need going unmet. We respond to that experience as trauma — and we respond to the whole person.
Pat Burns has spent his life making sure people have what they need to get started. Pat also makes sure that Siloam has what they need to heal and keep going.
This evening is where those two missions meet. wearesiloam.org/
Honor the man. Invest in the mission he believes in.