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FAITH IN ACTION DONOR SPOTLIGHT

THE THINGS THA T BIND US ZOOMINFO DONATES FIVE FIGURES
THE THINGS THAT BIND US

TO HELP FOSTER CARE KIDS

By Pastor Beth Birkholz, “Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that It’s all about scale for Zoominfo – finding the right solution, the right
Director of Congregational there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the
Engagement same mind and the same purpose.” 1 Corinthians 1:15 target for any organization – anywhere. And thankfully, their Grand
Beth.Birkholz@samaritas.org Rapids employees found a solution to help Samaritas sustain its
foster care program with their significant donation.

As you will read throughout this issue, the Afghan I deeply believed in this tenet, because I have This donation is a result of Zoominfo’s Winter Donation Drive
refugee crisis has had a major impact on life at always thought that we can serve together in the managed by its employees who advocated on our behalf. When
Samaritas since the middle of last year. We are world and do so much good. But in the past few Zoominfo leaders learned about Samaritas’ work to care for
thrilled to have so many families here and to months, I’ve truly seen it in action. Michigan’s most vulnerable kids, they were moved to increase
be able to welcome them in whatever ways we their donation.
can. I am so grateful to all of the congregations People from a great number of faiths and
who have reached out to help these families and denominations have come together to support ZoomInfo is great at helping companies hit their sales targets
other New Americans, and I want to say thank New American families, to become foster parents, and build new pipelines for recruitment and sales. They offer
you again for your work, your patience with this to do some landscaping work and beautification modern go-to-market software, data, and intelligence for more
often complicated process, and your generosity. for our shelters, the Family Center in Westland and than 25,000 companies worldwide. Regardless of industry or
In the past year, I have met so many people from Samaritas House Heartline in Detroit. size, ZoomInfo has B2B intelligence and solutions to help sales,
a variety of congregations. The thing that we have in common is that desire to marketing, and recruiting teams hit their sales and recruiting

For me, a pastor with Lutheran roots just like serve and support others. In the name of Christ, we goals.
Samaritas, it’s been a true blessing to work with are truly doing that together at Samaritas, and our With seven national offices, Zoominfo zoomed in on us. And
all of these groups. When I began at Samaritas, staff, clients, and those congregation servants are we’re grateful that we were in the neighborhood for Zoominfo
we talked about having a “Common Cause”. all reaping the benefits. employees to see how we nurture the well-being of foster kids in our care.

Zoominfo is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington. The Grand Rapids office is located at 435 Ionia
Ave SW in Grand Rapids. Visit zoominfo.com for more information about them.

Kroger Co. Foundation Feeds Refugee Families

The Kroger Co. Foundation places the community at the center of
what they do - purposefully “Feeding the Human Spirit”. In this spirit,
Samaritas will receive a $40,000 grant from Kroger to improve food
insecurity for Afghan families and refugees from multiple countries
under Samaritas’ care.

Thanks to Kroger, hunger will be one less worry for new refugees
arriving in communities statewide.

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