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We turned 40 on June 23, 2026 and want to celebrate our collective success as a caring community through the decades! In honor of four decades of service to our neighbors experiencing homelessness, we’re launching a community-driven effort to raise $40,000, with several ways you can participate. Through Give Lively’s peer-to-peer and team fundraising tools, […]

Click this link to view report: Good Sam 2025 Gratitude Report

Good Sam guests, staff, and board members came together for an inspiring evening at the June 5 Montpelier Art Walk! Our community proudly shared a wide range of creative work—from stained glass and poetry to quilts, acrylic paintings, hand-painted tiles, decorated outlet covers, a hand-sewn fabric bowl, pencil drawings, diamond art, a fiction book, pottery,

As we launch our spring appeal, we want to share the poem “Two Totes” by Good Sam Executive Director Julie Bond. “Two Totes” powerfully captures the reality many people face when entering shelter—being asked to fit an entire life into just two small containers. The poem highlights the emotional impact of loss and displacement and

As April 1st approaches, many of our neighbors will be forced out of temporary motel placements and back into unsheltered homelessness. Our Street Outreach Team is preparing for another difficult season of crisis response, helping people who are suddenly outside with the basic supplies needed to stay safe and connected to care.​ Good Samaritan Haven’s

Good Samaritan Haven is proud to announce the official opening of Turret House, a newly renovated year-round emergency shelter in Montpelier, Vermont. The facility will provide safe, stable, and supportive spaces for adults experiencing homelessness—offering a place of rest, dignity, and connection for some of Washington County’s most vulnerable residents. Turret House will become the

(L-R: Tanya and Kathi) We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Tanya Crawford-Stempel who served on the Good Sam board from 2020 to 2025, culminating in the role of Board Chair.  Tanya brought more than 25 years of experience in nursing, public health, and community leadership, providing vital guidance and support throughout Good Sam’s arc of

This year, we lost critical federal and state funding at a time when even more people in our community are struggling to find safe shelter. We have not yet reached our 2025 fundraising goal—and your support is truly needed now more than ever. Thank you to everyone who has already given so generously. As a

GiftDrive (giftdrive.org) was born out of a University of Vermont dorm room when three students, Logan Vaughan, Miro Gohacki, and Corinne Atwell, saw how difficult it was for local nonprofits to collect in-kind donations. “We recognized the need to simplify giving, making it as easy as online shopping, so we created a free platform where