Take a virtual tour of our new building.

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Elisa Sturkie, a senior at Mt. Tabor High School and aspiring filmmaker, approached Samaritan last year with the idea of doing her Girl Scout Gold Award at Samaritan. The Gold Award is the equivalent of the Eagle Scout project. Sturkie’s scout troop had talked about ways to make their projects meaningful to the community.

“I started thinking about what segment of the population I thought was the most underserved,” she said.

Sturkie, a member of Girl Scout Troop 41411, and Samaritan staff came up with the idea of doing a virtual tour of the building for Samaritan’s website.

Sturkie, who plans to study communications at Tufts University in Boston this fall, said that seeing the project come together was rewarding. You can take the tour here toward the bottom of the page.

Our Honor Roll of Donors is complete.

Thank you to our generous donors who make our work possible. To view our annual Honor Roll of Donors, click here.

Tour de Llama returns June 25

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Registration is open for Tour de Llama. Note: we’re starting at 8:30 a.m., half an hour earlier this year. To register online, click here.

Tour de Llama is back on June 25th.

The cyclists, the llamas and the great food are back for the Third Annual Tour de Llama. To register online, click here.

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Expungement clinic in the news

FB Jan. 16 expungementWe’ve partnered with Wake Forest University School of Law students on a series of Expungement Clinics that have been held at Samaritan in the evenings. The students’ work received some well-deserved recognition in the Winston-Salem Journal recently.

You can read the story here.

Volunteer Appreciation is Sunday, April 24.

volunteer appreciation 2015Mark your calendars now for Volunteer Appreciation on Sunday, April 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Please join us for food and fellowship.

Penny Campaign collection update.

PC deacon, santa, deuterThanks to everyone who helped us surpass our $50,000 goal. The Penny Campaign 2015 collection stands at $51,457, with money still coming in. We had a great day taking donations at 110 Oakwood and our new building at 414 E. Northwest Blvd. Be sure to mark your calendar for Penny Campaign 2016 Collection Day on December 3.

Our e-newsletter, Word on the Street, debuts.

To keep up with the latest at Samaritan, please sign up for our new e-newsletter below. To read the current issue, with news about the holidays at Samaritan, HOT Project and Penny Campaign, click here.

Lovefeast at our shelter

On December 8, New Philadelphia Moravian Church held a Lovefeast for guests in our shelter. About 35 guests attended, in addition to staff, board and donors. The Winston-Salem Journal came and wrote a story about the service. You can read more about it here. LF dark

Tyrone in the spotlight.

Tyrone SAM & EggsTyrone Baldwin, our go-to guy for anything related to our building, is also one of the first graduates of our Project Cornerstone program. He went from having it all to losing it all and he says he’d be dead or in prison without Cornerstone. His story recently caught the eye of a Winston-Salem Journal reporter. Read more about Tyrone here.