Healing  •  Hope  •  Growth

Samaritan Health & Living Center

The Samaritan Center’s mission is to provide Healing, Hope and Growth to the people of Elkhart County in ways that are life-giving and life-saving, and to make these resources available to all.

Our fees are among the lowest in the community because we set fees according to the actual cost of delivering services.  We rely entirely on benevolent giving to offset fee reductions given to persons who cannot afford the full cost, as we do not receive government funds for this purpose.  Mental health counseling is often considered an extravagance for those already struggling to get by, despite its crucial role in everyday functioning.  Your gift can bring new life to someone who might otherwise not receive the help they so desperately need.

Gifts of Healing

HOW YOUR GIFT HELPS THOSE IN NEED

$100               Assistance for an initial session—a new possibility!

$500               Assistance for 8 sessions— a new direction

$720               Assistance for 12 sessions—enough to get back on track

$2100             Assistance for 35 sessions—turning around a troubled marriage

Institutional Funds

These funds focus on the Samaritan Center as an institution,

underwriting its mission and ministry.

Samaritan General Fund

This fund helps a wide variety of clients including: couples in conflict; adults recovering from childhood abuse; families concerned about struggling children; and adults who are hindered in their day-to-day life by depression, anxiety, panic, loss or grief.

 

Silent Samaritan Fund

This fund involves women helping women. Almost two-thirds of the clients seen at the Samaritan Center are women, and women are often most vulnerable financially at the very time they most need counseling help. The Silent Samaritan program is run by women on the Samaritan Center’s Board of Directors; they solicit gifts for use only in helping women get the help they need. Gifts are made anonymously. Each year, this fund helps women to attain wholeness in the face of spousal abuse, childhood physical, sexual or emotional abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Women receiving Silent Samaritan assistance benefit not only from the help they receive, but also from knowing that other women care enough to give them this life-changing gift.

 

Small-Fry Samaritan Fund

Inaugurated in 2000, this fund was created to assist children. Children may receive help for issues such as abuse, coping with family problems or divorce, or behavior problems at home or at school.  Donors to the Small-Fry Fund help children learn to deal constructively with their problems and greatly increase the chances of these children growing up to be well-adjusted, productive citizens.

 

Pastors Referral Fund

As part of our partnership in ministry with local congregations, contributions to this fund enable the Samaritan Center to make vouchers available to pastors. Each pastor receives a voucher annually; the voucher can be redeemed for an initial consultation at no cost. This Fund enables pastors to refer their parishioners to the Samaritan Center with confidence that finances will not be an issue in getting started.

 

Jonathon Fund

This fund was created in 2009 in memory of Jonathon Burton in response to the growing need for therapy involving adolescents who may be facing relationship dilemmas, identity struggles, or suicidal thoughts and feelings.

 

Veteran’s Fund

This fund was created specifically for veterans, as well as their family members, to help cope with the stress of returning to civilian life. Over the years, we have seen progress made for those suffering from having served our country.

 

Samaritan Serenity Fund

In response to the growing need for addictions services, this fund was developed to give assistance to those struggling to free themselves from chemical dependence.

The Endowment Funds

Two funds help ensure the Samaritan Center’s continuity and provide resources for its mission. The Kintner-Ross Endowment Fund, managed by the Elkhart County Community Foundation, is named for the two individuals most responsible for the founding and evolution of the Samaritan vision. Contributions to this Fund remain permanently in the care of the ECCF, which annually distributes a portion of the Fund’s earnings to the Samaritan Center. The Founders’ Fund, which had its start in gifts in memory of long-time benefactor Lee Martin, has parallel goals but is managed by the Samaritan Center rather than ECCF. A gift to either Endowment Fund will “keep on giving” as long as there is a Samaritan Center.

 

The Capital Fund

This Fund provides for the long-term capital expenditures. Gifts to this Fund help provide for bricks-and-mortar (and computer-and-copier) needs essential to the Center’s effectiveness and survival.

 

The Development Funds

These Funds provide for ongoing education and professional development at the Samaritan Center. The Community Education Fund helps fund educational presentations that Samaritan Center professionals make in the community. The Clinician Education Fund provides for the continuing educational needs of our professionals.

 

The Operating Fund

This Fund supports for the day-to-day business operation of the Samaritan Center, helping hold down ongoing costs.

The Samaritan Center has initiated the Innkeeper’s Society, based on the parable of the Good Samaritan who gave money to the innkeeper to care for a wounded man he found on the roadside.

 

These Innkeepers will offer ongoing financial support to the Center, as a way for former board members and past supporters to continue their connection with the Center and our mission.

 

If you are interested in becoming a member, or would like more details, please contact us at 574-262-3597.

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