Gratitude reports are a nice opportunity to step back and absorb the past year’s accomplishments.
Good Sam’s 2002 Gratitude Report is now available here so you can see how your support helped hundreds of our neighbors in need.
Our Summer Appeal is Underway: We Value our Community of Generous Supporters
Thank you for being part of Good Sam’s response to the unprecedented crisis of homelessness in central Vermont In the last month, we have witnessed firsthand how the motel program closure is affecting individuals and families who have few other options than to camp. We are working tirelessly to come to the aid of as …
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Homelessness Awareness Day Gratitude Story and Poetry
“Homelessness”By Poet & Homelessness Advocate Jacob Folger Homeless MorningHomeless Noon and NightI am alone, fear gripping meAs I fight this fight. Cardboard for my bedTrash bag for my headNo future home in sight‘Move on’, the land owner says. Sleeping rough.Boy, it’s tough.My days, no job to doI have no purpose, where oh where am I …
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Testimony on Homelessness Awareness Day 2023
Testimony of Good Samaritan Haven Co-Executive Director Rick DeAngelis, Washington County January 18, 2023 For the record, my name is Richard DeAngelis and I am the Co-Executive Director of the Good Samaritan Haven or Good Sam for short. We provide shelter and services to individual adults experiencing homelessness in Washington County. Over 30 years ago, …
A Hapless Circumstance Ought not Make for a Hopeless Individual
Read Colby’s story about how she and her partner lost their home, had to live in their van and then a motel room for a year.
Thank You Welcome Center Donors & Partners
On August 11, 2022 Good Sam hosted a grand opening celebration to acknowledge and honor the partners and donors who made the Welcome Center vision a reality. The following is a list of some of the many organizations, financial supporters, and communities who helped make it happen…
Good Sam Welcome Center Opening Celebration a Success!
Good Samaritan Haven, in partnership with Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB), Downstreet Housing & Community Development (Downstreet), and many other community supporters, celebrated the grand opening of the Good Sam Welcome Center, an 18-room, 35-bed emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness in central Vermont on Thursday, August 11. The event was attended by Welcome …
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Tom Bachman: Donor / Volunteer Spotlight
We have so many thoughtful and talented volunteers helping Good Sam. Tom Bachman is certainly among them! He’s a former overnight shelter volunteer, former long-time board member, generous donor, and, his architect firm designed the new Good Sam Welcome Center. Learn more about Tom and why he devotes so much time and energy to the …
Barbara Jenne: Lifting Spirits
Barbara Jenne has been a Good Sam shelter manager for several years now. She’s worked at our main location on North Seminary Street in Barre and supported folks living in various motels through the pandemic. The guests and staff value her knowledge, compassion, and leadership. Barbara will be the shelter manager at the new Good …
Summer Appeal: We Can Each Help Make a Difference
Dear Friends, There are more than 400 adults and children living in shelters, motels, and outdoors in Washington County. Here are just a few examples of the vulnerable, isolated, and disconnected in our community: A woman in a green knit hat (she’s not yet ready to share her name with our outreach team) who lives …
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Good Sam Moves to a Co-Leadership Model
Julie Bond has joined Rick DeAngelis as co-executive director of Good Samaritan Haven. Good Sam provides emergency shelter and support services, offering stability, safety, and hope for people experiencing homelessness. DeAngelis, a long-time affordable housing and community development professional, has served as executive director of Good Sam since March 2020. Prior, he was on the …
2021 Gratitude Report
Because our community cares so much about our unsheltered neighbors, Good Sam has a lot of news to share! Read more about how you’ve helped improve–and even save–lives in our first official Gratitude Report since Good Sam’s beginning. Thank you for sustaining Good Sam for more than 35 years so we can provide emergency shelter …