We Rise By Lifting Others
We Support Children and adults in need by providing clothing, financial assistance, food for kids, beds for kids, hygiene items, Adult Education workshops addressing poverty, opportunities for students in the Danville School District to participate in sports, camps, and other after school activities. We provide uniforms and trade kits for students in need at Columbia Montour Vo-Tech. We also provide spiritual guidance.
What We Do
We Provide Clothing
Free clothing is available to any family who needs it. Clothing is in excellent condition and sizes are available for all ages. We also offer coats and accessories, household items such as bedding, comforters, sheets, and towels.
We Offer Free Hygeine Products
A weekly hygiene products giveaway is held every Tuesday from 9 am to Noon for residents of Montour County and surrounding areas.
We Partner
The Good Samaritan Mission partners with the Danville/Riverside Food bank’s Feed A Friend program to help distribute holiday meals. We also partner with other agencies, organizations and churches such as Community Aid, AGAPE, The Gatehouse, Susquehanna Valley United Way, Montour County Human Services, Community Action Agency, The Danville Area School District, The Danville/Riverside Ministerium, Free2BMom and many others to help bridge the gap in services for those in need.
We Educate
The Good Samaritan Mission supports the Bridges out of Poverty “Getting Ahead” classes. The Bridges program brings people from all sectors and economic classes together to improve job retention rates, build resources, improve outcomes and support those who are moving out of poverty.
The Good Samaritan Mission also supports middle and high school students in the Danville School District through The Bigger Opportunities Program. This program is designed to help break the cycle of poverty through education by providing resources for a better future.
We Provide For Kids
Many Hands Helping Others program is a community project designed to help children in the Danville School District who are experiencing food insecurity by providing nutritional meals and snacks for the weekend and extended breaks. Many Hands also provides the students with supplemental clothing, hygiene items and other non-perishable items.
This program also supports children K thru 12 in the Danville Area School District who do not have an adequate bed to sleep on. They receive a new bed, new bedding and pillow and a laundry basket.
We Provide Crisis Financial Assistance
We provide crisis/financial consultation to residents of Montour County who may be experiencing difficulty with paying rent/security deposit, car repairs, and utility shut off notices.
What We Care For!
Expanding our programs to reach more individuals in need in the Danville Community and surrounding areas. We now provide beds for kids in the Danville Community who do not have an adequate bed to sleep on.
Providing meals to kids in the Danville School District who need nutritional support over weekends and extended breaks from school.
Providing educational classes and resources to adults in our community who want to break their cycle of poverty.
Providing daily hygiene items to families in need through our weekly hygiene product giveaway.
Providing socks, underwear, backpacks and school supplies to students in the Danville School District.
