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Good Samaritan Center of Excelsior Springs is a not-for-profit 501 (c ) (3) organization committed to showing compassion and love to the poor and needy by providing emergency assistance with shelter, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, and health care. Once emergency needs are met, further guidance is provided to address educational, emotional, and spiritual issues.
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"Money Smart" Basic Budgeting
 The Good Samaritan Center and Bank of America invite you to attend a "Money Smart" Basic Budgeting seminar to be held Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
A second seminar, "Understanding Credit" will be held Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Both seminars will be held at the Good Samaritan Center. Door prizes and raffles! If you would like to reserve a spot in either class, or if you have a question, please contact Jennifer Chappel at 816-630-2718, ext. 23.
"Keeping the Peace 101"
The Good Samaritan Center presents Connie Miller with the class "Keeping the Peace 101" to be held on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, 1 to 3 p.m.
The class will deal with how to handle conflicts and disagreements, how to keep control of your anger, how to heave peace in your family, workplace and self, and how to get your point across effectively.
The class will be held in the Great Hall, downstairs at the Good Samaritan Center. To reserve a spot, or if you have a question, please call Jennifer Chappel at 816-630-2718, ext. 23.
Good Samaritan Annual Auction underway
The Good Samaritan Center will host its Annual Auction on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 at the Wal-Mart parking lot.
The Center is ready to accept items for the auction now and encourages those who have something they would like to donate to call the Special Auction Hot-Line at 637-2175. The Center needs to know about items that are being donated prior to Sept. 1 to be listed in the sale bill.
"We plan to pick up large items and take them to the Auction site starting Wed., Sept. 24, 25 and 26," said Bob Gerdes, Center Director. "100% of the proceeds of the Annual Auction are used to support the general operations of the Good Samaritan Center."
Examples of donations may be autos (in good running condition), clean used furniture, working organs and pianos, window washing service or other cleaning services, hosting of a dinner party for six or eight people, baking of a cake or pies, working appliances such as washers, dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators or deep freezers (please attach a signed letter stating that the appliance you donated is in working order), a church group willing to clean a yard in the fall, a Boy Scout troop that will work for six to eight hours doing a project for someone -- creative ideas are the best sellers.
If you are in doubt or have a question, please feel free to call the Good Samaritan Center at 630-2718, ext. 22, 23, 24, 25 or 28. If you leave a message someone will return your call.
Food Pantry donations earn you dollars!
This year you might want to take advantage of a new Missouri law that allows donors to food pantries to receive tax credits worth 50% of the value of their donation. The food pantry donation can be either money earmarked for the pantry or items donated directly to the pantry. Click here for more information and donation form.
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