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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

THANK It's been an amazing 2024 of generosity and support from our community and

YOU corporate partners across the state! To learn how you can get involved with our
Samaritas programs, contact Opal Maye at Opal.Maye@samaritas.org

Words of Encouragement thanks to Meridian
Meridian Health Plan of Michigan gave 142 hand-written cards to
encourage and support children in foster care entering the new school
year! Cards were put into backpacks and distributed across the state to
the kids who needed them.

Thank You Volunteers at World Refugee Day Picnic
Volunteer groups including American Axle and Manufacturing, DTE,
Rocket Companies, and the YMCA volunteered to bring activities and
fun to refugee children at the World Refugee Day Picnic 2024.
Gameday at Gateshead
Ascend Church hosted a
Lansing Lugnuts Recruiting gameday for seniors at
Thanks to our friends at Delta Dental, Gateshead Affordable Living
Samaritas had a table in the in Detroit, bringing joy and
concourse of a Lansing Lugnuts camaraderie (and new
Game to recruit new, local foster budding friendships) to the
families. Go Nuts! residents.

Backpack Donations
Over 735 Stuffed Backpacks
were provided to children in
care for the 2024 school
year! In addition, many
programs donated individual
backpacks and school
supplies, helping ensure that
children in care were able to
access what they needed to
start the school year off
strong. This program was
possible through many of
our friends and partners
Donation for Refugee Families including First
The Young Professionals ARG for American Axle & Manufacturing Independence Bank, King of
supported local refugee families with a generous donation of Kings Lutheran Church in
essential hygiene products. Lake Orion, Bank of America,
Two Men and a Truck,
Raising Awareness for Foster Care Stellantis, Corewell Health,
During National Foster Care Month, the Kendra Scott store in Twelve Oaks Woodside Bible Church in
Romeo and Troy, Fenton
Mall hosted Samaritas for a Kendra Gives Back Event, raising funds through First Presbyterian Church,
sales to support Samaritas’ programs and build awareness for foster care. First English Lutheran
Church, Ticket to Dream and
Famous Footwear, DT
Midstream, Miller Johnson,
St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Mile City Church, Red Tree
Church in Ann Arbor, North
Point Development,
Comerica Bank, and New
City Fellowship, in addition
to many individual donors.
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