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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Game Night at the Family Center
The Northwest Wayne County Zonta Club arrived in full force,
bringing a delicious dinner and a whole evening filled with fun
and games! The families were thrilled to have these fantastic
ladies join them for a night of bonding and laughter. Thank
you, Zonta Club, for generously donating a game to every
family at the center. You brought a smile to every resident!

Fresh New Promotion in Troy
Refugee Family Basketball Outing In February, Samaritas teamed up with its neighbor Fresh Thyme Market in
Samaritas New Americans from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Troy, for a promotion to benefit refugee families. For one day Fresh Thyme
and Syria sampled American sports at the YMCA of Market customers could opt to shop for certain items that Samaritas
Metropolitan Detroit in December. These refugee refugee families needed to feed their families. Led by Cierra Jones and her
families made many memories while playing colleagues on the New Americans team, this “Ripples at the Register Day”
basketball and dodgeball with the YMCA coaches! All was a success and helped feed 11 families. Look out for more events like
were grateful to Rocket Mortgage staff for transporting this later throughout the year.
Samaritas Staff, volunteers, and clients to the YMCA for
this outing.

Hanging Out with Rochester Seniors
In March, volunteers from the Community Christian
Church of Sterling Heights kicked off that weekend with
the residents of the Samaritas Rochester Affordable April Easter Basket Drive
Living community. The group played games together Grand Valley State University (GVSU) students answered the call to
and had a great time talking and laughing.
assemble Easter Baskets for Samaritas' youngest clients during the
campus-wide "5 Days of Service" civic engagement campaign.

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