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Samaritan Community Center is a grace-driven, non-profit organization founded over 20 years ago. Through their soup kitchens, food pantries, resale stores, health center and the Snackpacks for Kids initiative, the staff and over 500 dedicated volunteers freely give unconditional love to clients regardless of their faith. In addition to offering a helping hand, Samaritan Community Center also believes in providing their Northwest Arkansas Neighbors with the guidance needed to navigate the path to emotional and physical healing.
Given today’s economy, the Center expects to serve over 100,000 of our Northwest Arkansas neighbors this year. This is a 53% increase in clients in just 3 years. The Center's waiting room is filled with clients young and old, employed and unemployed, healthy and sick, married and single - Most of whom have never before needed this level of personal assistance. For recent stories from their clients and staff, please visit their blog: http://samaritancc.wordpress.com/
With the needs of their clients in mind, the Samaritan Community Center has soup kitchens and food pantries in both Springdale and Rogers. Samaritan Shops are located in Rogers and Springdale, as well. In addition, the Center provides counseling services, as well as social workers to assist clients in need. For many who visit the Center, the most important thing offered is Hope and Hope is as individual as the clients - For some it is a warm meal, for others a smile, and for many it's spending time in an environment where they are not judged, but loved without condition.
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