GSC celebrates 25 years of community service
 Supporters of the Good Samaritan Center gathered on December 1 with staff and board members to celebrate 25 years of service to the Excelsior Springs community.
Those attending enjoyed a powerpoint presentation, a short program and refreshments.
Receiving special recognition for their 25 years of service were Mary Lou Greim and Martha Buckman.
"A Classic Return to Paradise"
benefit held Nov. 5
The Paradise Playhouse Dinner Theatre and Events Center donated a portion of the gate for their Saturday, Nov. 5 production of "A Classic Return to Paradise" to the Good Samaritan Center to help provide food to hungry families for the month of November.The musical features Sean Martinez, pianist, and Elizabeth Codd, violinist. |
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Concert benefits local families with Winter Home Heating Crisis
The Excelsior Springs Area Democrats hosted Molly Hammer and Fred Albers in Concert to help raise assistance for area families needing help with home heating bills this winter. The benefit was held October 8 and raised $895.
The coming cold months will find some Excelsior Springs families making do without the utilities that most of us have come to depend on. We expect that electricity will give us light and entertainment, gas will heat our rooms, and water will flow from our faucets. We learn during utility outages just how much our lives are made easier and healthier by these services.
Emergency assistance to help individuals and families faced with utility shut offs will be greatly reduced this year, according to Martha Buckman, Social Services Director at Good Samaritan Center. The budget problems of all major governing entities are trickling down to the people who may find themselves in trouble and without resources. Recently disclosed census data shows that the poverty rate in the U.S. has risen to 15%. The usual winter heating help has been so reduced, and the need has grown so much, that after the elderly and the disabled are helped, the aid dollars will likely be gone.
If you would like to help support our most vunerable neighbors this winter, you can make a donation by clicking on the button below. Thank you for your support.
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Elms Hotel employees help with backpack donation
Employees of the Elms Resort & Spa donated backpacks to the Good Samaritan Center for back-to-school assistance. Shown from left are Keith Winge, Michelle Slankard (GSC board member), Tamela Speidel (Elms employee and GSC volunteer, April Graham, and John Marino.
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Carolyn Schutte Tribute Fund
The Good Samaritan Center will be accepting donations in tribute to Carolyn Schutte through PayPal. Carolyn, a past board member of the Center, suffered a reaction to a vaccine on June 24 that nearly took her life. She remains in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit at KUMC.
Since her hospitalization, many in the Excelsior Springs community have offered an outpouring of support for Carolyn and her family. "We again offer our thanks and deep appreciation, but our needs are being met," said Jim Schutte, Carolyn's husband. "However, there are others in our community who do have needs and lack the resources to meet them.Therefore, in lieu of flowers or other gifts of appreciation, we would ask you to donate to the Carolyn Schutte Tribute Fund of the Good Samaritan Center. Your contribution to a charity that she dedicated so much of her time and effort to help develop and maintain would be the highest honor you could pay to Carolyn."
Carolyn Schutte works for Edward Jones Investments as a Financial Advisor. She is a member of the Excelsior Springs City Council and former mayor. Those of you who are interested can follow her progress and sign her guestbook online at Caring Bridge.
Click the button below to make a donation in Carolyn's name.
Programs offered
The Good Samaritan Center offers Celebrate Recovery meetings at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the center.
This meeting is for those who are struggling with difficult habits or feel as if they feel they do not have a firm grasp on all that is going on in their life.
To register with a caseworker or for more information call (816) 630-2718, ext. 28.
For additional classes and programs currently available at the Good Samaritan Center building, click here.
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