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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Samaritas Hosts Statewide

Backpack Drive

amaritas hosted its 4th annual statewide backpack drive, Seniors in Affordable Living and Senior Living communities
collecting donations of school supplies and backpacks at all managed by Samaritas put the supplies and backpacks together.
Sof its locations throughout Michigan. This drive ensured Additionally, Compuware, DTE Energy, Chemical Bank and
every child in a Samaritas program started the school year feeling Covalent employees held
confident and prepared for the upcoming school year. backpack stuffing “parties”
to aid in the effort.
Additionally, Delta
Dental, a wonderfully “At Samaritas, we make
supportive partner of sure the children entrusted
Samaritas, donated in our care have the
1,000 already stuffed resources they need to be
backpacks to the successful. That's number
program! Donations, one. But we cannot do it
which were dropped off alone,” says Sam Beals,
at numerous Samaritas Samaritas CEO.
locations, equipped
children with the “We are grateful to the
necessary supplies to greater community for their
learn and succeed in the generosity in donating and
classroom. Samaritas provided a backpack to every child in its helping create farther-
programs, including foster care, affordable living, family reaching ripples of
homeless shelters, refugee resettlement, transformation.”
independent living for teens, family
preservation and Samaritas To learn about more
Community Center at our Back to opportunities to help the children in our care, or to participate
School Fair. in our backpack drive for 2020, please contact Lauren Brosch at
lbros@samaritas.org
Showing up on the first day of school
without the proper tools can make a
child look and feel different from
classmates, which can cause
embarrassment and stress. This
signature Samaritas effort helps
children in already challenging
situations overcome barriers and
highlights the nonprofit’s mission-
focused imperative to create “ripples of transformation”
throughout communities.

Passion For The Mission

"I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF SAMARITAS ARE PASSIONATE.
THEY'RE FOCUSED ON DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS;
AS IF THEY'RE TRYING TO TRANSFORM EVERY LIFE THAT THEY SEE."
~ NATHAN PLANTINGA, Miller Johnson Attorney and proud Samaritas partner

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