Lane Transit District (LTD) General Manager Ron Kilcoyne, right, accepts the 2013 Ripple of Hope Award from Terry McDonald, executive director, St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, OR. The award recognizes an agency in the Eugene-Springfield area that partners with St. Vincent de Paul and other area organizations to provide emergency housing for the homeless. LTD earned the honor for transporting homeless people to the organization’s Egan Warming Centers when temperatures drop below 30 degrees. McDonald said: “I don’t think I am exaggerating that your efforts literally have saved lives.” He explained that the society operates centers throughout the region, rather than in a centralized location, adding: “As we all know, public transport is absolutely the glue that holds that effort together."