About the Nonprofit
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What Makes Us Unique
Responding with compassion to the challenges of poverty-related needs across Lancaster and Chester Counties, Good Samaritan Services takes a customized approach to helping men, women, and children overcome homelessness and hardships. Good Sam serves up to 200 people a day; providing a flexible spectrum of services ranging from emergency shelter to permanent housing, along with personal development and financial stability resources to help people get back on their feet in a sustainable way. These resources include parenting education and support, job training, microloans, car donations, matched savings opportunities, and much, much more!
Our Mission
Good Samaritan Services gives immediate help to people who are experiencing homelessness, and helps those at risk of becoming homeless, by restoring their lives to stability. We engage the community to support these efforts.
Our Vision
To play a leading role in our community in ending and preventing homelessness.
Core Values
Our Christian faith is central to all we do at GSS. We draw on compassion to respond to the needs of individuals and families in crisis with generosity. To make a lasting impact we work in partnership with individuals and community groups; exercise thoughtful stewardship over the resources we have been given, and express gratitude for all the help we receive and share.
Our Approach
We respond to our neighbors in need without judgment or criticism. The teachings of Jesus in the parable of the Good Samaritan serves as a guide for our work.
Specifically, we are passionate about:
Recognizing members of our community who are in need
Reacting with compassion
Responding with generosity
Statement of Faith
Good Samaritan Services extends an invitation to everyone in need to receive help in the name of God’s love and mercy. Good Sam provides a series of services – a continuum – with a beginning and an end. There are many steps and opportunities for care and assistance. The endpoint is self-sufficiency (with God’s help), having successfully used our resources.