OUR MISSION The Samaritan Community Center is a grace-driven nonprofit organization that serves the hurting and hungry of Northwest Arkansas through a compassionate community of staff and volunteers.  OUR VISION To encourage all who enter here to find hope and experience positive life change.  OUR CORE VALUES To Do Justly ... To Love Mercy ... To Walk Humbly.
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 Oklahoma Disaster Relief
   There are a large number of great organizations on the ground working disaster relief in Moore, OK. Some of these include Samaritan’s Purse, Convoy of Hope and the Oklahoma Baptist Association’s disaster relief group. Their greatest need at this time is for financial support which allows them to address the most pressing needs of the moment. For more information on how to give, see these websites:
  We would encourage those wanting to donate food, clothing or water to keep in touch with these websites as to their specific needs, as we saw firsthand in Joplin that beautiful intentions of people donating these items to various individual drives (or their own drives) created a logistical (and costly) problem for organizations working in that city (having to rent a huge number of warehouses and then try to figure out what to do with the massive amount of excess product afterwards).  
   The mayor and governor have asked that volunteers not come at this time unless they are specifically connected with organizations familiar and experienced with disaster relief. Search and rescue operations are still underway (in very dangerous conditions) and “unofficial” volunteers who show up at this point are being asked to return home which takes time and resources away from the official search operations.   As we learn more of specific volunteer/product needs that may arise in the weeks and months ahead, the Samaritan Community Center will work with these organizations to gather any needed supplies and/or volunteers specific to these organization’s requests for assistance.
 SCC Programs Guide 
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   Founded in 1989, the Samaritan Community Center is a nonprofit community service organization that has become a vital resource to Northwest Arkansas neighbors experiencing economic, emotional and spiritual distress. 
   On any given day the waiting rooms in our Springdale and Rogers centers are filled to capacity with clients - young and old, employed and unemployed, healthy and sick, married and single - many of whom have never before asked for personal assistance.
   Through our lunch cafes, food markets, resale stores, health clinic and kids programs, our staff and volunteers freely give unconditional love and assistance to anyone who walks through our doors.
   For many who visit our centers, the most important thing offered is Hope - something that is as individual as the clients we serve. For some Hope comes in the form of a hot meal, or having a snackpack of food handed to them as they leave school each Friday, or sacks of groceries to help fill empty cupboards. For others it's a smile and a hug. And for many of our clients, Hope is simply spending time in an environment where they are not judged but are loved and helped unconditionally.
   During this past year over 200,000 people in four Arkansas counties were helped through SCC programs. So whether you are looking for information on how to donate or volunteer to our center, need directions to our community centers or resale stores, or would like to find out how to take advantage of the program services we offer - you can find it all right here!