Helping Our Neighbors in Need
The Spring Thaw Contest is Underway!  Take a look at the snow pile in the front yard of Samaritan House and make a guess as to what date and time the snow pile will be melted. Each guess is $5 and the winner will receive $100 (in the case of multiple winners, the $100 will be shared). Please submit your guess by April 1st. Samaritan House Celebrates 20 Years of Service!  Please join in the celebration by participating in these events:
The Joyful Heart Cookbook is Here!
 The Joyful Heart
cookbook, celebrating 20 years of community involvement, volunteerism
and of course, food is now available! This unique cookbook, based on a
1939 Out of Vermont Kitchens cookbook, showcases the
individuality of each chef by asking that each recipe be submitted in
their own handwriting and include their sketches and/or comments. Call
or email Samaritan House to get your copy! (
Samaritan House Building Blocks
Prior to January 1, 1995 many people worked countless hours to
facilitate Samaritan House opening. In 1993 and 1994 there were
representatives from five churches that started the idea to organize
congregations into one unit to serve the low income community. Those
churches were: Romeo United Methodist, First Congregational UCC, St.
Paul Episcopal, St. John Lutheran and St. Clement Catholic. By October
4, 1994, three additional churches (Our Redeemer Lutheran, Washington
Davis United Methodist and St. Kieran Catholic) joined the effort and
representatives from all eight churches signed the "Michigan Nonprofit
Corporation Appointment of Directors" and are recognized in that
document as "founding congregations". These founding congregations
became the original building blocks of Samaritan House.
Save the Dates  June 14 - Food, Fashion and Flowers Fête July 25 - 17th Annual Golf Outing October 4 - Harvest Walk & Quilt Raffle Drawing  Income Tax Preparation  Our free Income Tax Preparation Program begins January 24th and continues through April 11th. Samaritan House, in cooperation with Accounting Aid Society and VITA (IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program), will offer both Federal and Michigan Income Tax preparation. This is a free program for individuals with a gross income of $35,000 or less, and families with a gross income of $53,000 or less. This free program at Samaritan House has returned over $1.4 million to this community at no cost to the recipients. Appointments are necessary. Please call Memories.... 
Samaritan House celebrates 20 years of community service in 2015 and we are looking for your memories! We hope to accumulate a bevy of memories to use throughout 2015, so if you have any photos or stories to share, please send an email to samaritanhouse@sbcglobal.net or call 586-336-9956.
| Our Vision Samaritan House will be recognized in the community as the Heart and Hands of Christ. Our MissionSamaritan House is a community service organization devoted to serving individuals and families within our community by recognizing their needs and mobilizing the means for dealing with those needs so that suffering can be relieved, dignity preserved, and love shared. Angels Corner
This month we recognize the following for a special effort flowing from a special heart. This month's Samaritan House Angels are:
- Thee Office Pub - Washington Elementary School
- Hevel Elementary Spirit Club
- Della Diederich
- Vickey Kipp
- Daniel's Salon
- Dawn Baker
- Jeremy Crawford
- Jeff Foltz
- Blo Salon - Nicole Kowalczyk
- Klaus Mabarak - Heidebreicht Chevrolet "Volunteers are not paid...not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless." ~Unknown Easter Food Drive This program provides our clients with the means to make Easter Dinner, plus a dozen eggs, a dye kit and $15 gift card for a ham. Last year we distributed 256 dinner baskets. We expect the number to increase this year. We are in need of the following items: - Jell-O - Canned Fruit - Canned Corn - Canned Green Beans - Cake Mix - Cake Frosting - Brown Sugar (1 lb. bag/box) - Mayonnaise - Easter Egg Dye Kits - $15 gift cards or cash donations for hams Share the joy of Easter with your neighbors by donating to our annual Easter Food Drive. Please bring your donations to Samaritan House by March 25th during business hours. Samaritan House Volunteers are Special!
Our heartfelt thanks to the Samaritan House staff of volunteers whose hard work and dedication serve so many. It is you who keep the doors open and the shelves stocked....and you perform these tasks with a happy heart and a smile on your face! You are Samaritan House, and without you Samaritan House would not be. To join our wonderful team of volunteers or for more information, please call Judy at 586-336-9956. Don't have time? Join our e-care network! You can help provide emergency clothing by simply checking your email. Learn how Serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Galatians 5:13-14 |