August News

Samaritan House
2009
Maintenance Needs

Inside the Building
General Cleanup throughout building

Upstairs
Back Hallway Ceiling: replace tiles
Shelving installed in office
Paint Prayer Room: (skilled painter please!  )

Basement
Louvered windows - repair & replace
Front stairwell door framed in and hung/locking doorknob
2 windows replaced in block walls/wood sash
Paint Walls & Doors in meeting room
(skilled painter please!  )
Ceiling Tiles replaced in basement rooms
Furnace ductwork replaced with energy efficient ductwork

Outside the Building
Paint Block walls at ground level (finish it)
Wash Window Trim: (pressure washer needed)
Wash & Paint Window trim: All around
Screen Door Painted
Paint Front and side Railings & Steps (2010)



Funds are needed for the following projects:

**All windows replaced**
~Buy a window Campaign~

**Basement Block Walls
Repaired&Sealed & Drainage installed
!!! We have a bad flood-leakage problem !!!

**Kitchen Remodeled
Upgrade to Health Dept. Standards
**Washer & Dryer hooked up

**Build 2nd Floor across main room from balcony floor

**Removal of 10 Stained Glass Windows
Upon sale of windows, funds will be used for:
New energy efficient windows
One window is spoken for!



Many Thanks & Blessings go out to the workers that volunteer at Samaritan House!! Fredonia UMC Team, Busti Church of God Team, Mission Meadows Team, and Bryan Decker who, through Chautauqua Works, has helped out here and at the church for a month, Brian & Brett Roy, who take care of our yard work & snow removal, Della Downey, who sorts & does our laundry, Joyce Tolman, Wendy, Elaine, Tiffany & Billie Jean Best, Amy Scott, Christine Valella, & Della, who maintain the sorting rooms & restock the shelves & racks, Tom Mackinder, who maintains our furnaces, Larry Downey & Mike Harrar who stops by to help load & unload whenever we need help, and to the many unknown donors who give out of their abundance to help others, and to those who sow financial seed to keep this mission running and our building maintained are: Park Church, South Stockton Wayside Chapel, Gerry Free Church, South Ripley UMC, Gerry UMC, and the United Church of Christ Women’s Conference of WNY “Pennies for People Campaign” who donated $1,000 to 8 different ministries in WNY! from Pennies!!!
Thanks to those friends who cheer me on when I need it most!
Thanks be to God who called us to this mission and provides our every need!!

Book-bags for Kids will have been handed out by the time you read this. Thanks!! to Dollar Tree in Jamestown for donating many items that will bless many kids! And Thanks!! to those who leave items in the donation bins. All the book-bags have been donated and Della faithfully washes and repairs them to be filled in August. We will be handing some out in the Silver Creek area as well as our own school district.

Hygiene Drive will continue as we are on-call, to help with the families in the Silver Creek flood areas, as well as the families we help locally. Thank you for your donations!

Any donations for the Flood Relief areas of Chautauqua County can be dropped off at Samaritan House for transporting to North County.
Please call ahead to make sure someone is at the building for your donations to be accepted.
716-962-2246 or 640-6819

Thanks for Being His Hands and Feet!Maureen Schafer, Director @ Samaritan House