Page 2 - Samaritas Annual Report 2019
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Dear Samaritas Nation,                                                                                                                                        In 2019, Samaritas served 12,044 people

        In 2019, Samaritas made great strides to expand    partners and cherished friends are all part of                                                             across the state of Michigan.
        our footprint in the affordable housing and        that wonderful village that supports and cares
        Substance Abuse Disorder services areas.  We       for the most vulnerable in our society.
        held our first signature event in southeast
        Michigan and it was a resounding success.  We      We are looking forward to opening our
        grew our transitional foster care program,         beautiful new West Michigan campus on the
        helping refugee children reunite with family       grounds of the former St. Joseph Seminary,
        members here in the states.  But we are even       moving our first refugee families into affordable
        more excited about the work and the rewards        housing in Freedom Village in Hamtramck,
        yet to come.                                       planning for the opening of our charter school
                                                           in Saginaw in 2021 and the continued growth
        As the largest private foster care and adoption    and success of our recently launched Substance
        organization in the state, one of the largest      Use Disorder services.  We have made great
        refugee resettlement organizations, a leader       progress in spite of the curveballs mother
        in senior living and affordable living—we are      nature has thrown our way, and we know we
        always striving to expand our services in order    will persevere in our mission to serve others as
        to be able to serve more families,  children,      an expression of the Love of Christ.
        seniors, people with disabilities and refugees
        who are fleeing war-torn countries.  “It takes     Thank you and God bless you.
        a purple village” as we like to say at Samaritas   Sam Beals, CEO and Dale Gerard, Board Chair
        and we know our donors, volunteers, corporate











                                                                           Board of Directors:     Directors:
                                                                           Board Chairman          Andrew Blum, Miller Canfield
                                                                           Dale Gerard             Rev. Canon Dr. William Danaher, Christ Church
                                                                                                   Cranbrook
                                                                           Vice Chairman
                                                                           David Morin             Mary Anne Jones, Priority Health
                                                                                                   The Rev. Donald P. Kreiss, Southeast Michigan
                                                                           Secretary               Synod, ELCA
                                                                           David Lochner           Jason Paulateer, Fifth Third Bank                                                  OUR MISSION: Serving people as an expression of the love of Christ.
                                                                           Treasurer               David Ripple, St. Joseph Mercy Health System - Trinity
                                                                           Dan Carter              Health
                                                                                                   Brett VanderKamp, New Holland Brewing Co.
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