We receive requests for assistance from a variety of organizations. Their referrals are usually related to a personal need that falls outside the organization’s funding abilities.  Many of these groups have become our partners—the Salem Council on Aging, Plummer Youth Promise, the House of the Seven Gables, and the St. Vincent de Paul Society, to name a few. We welcome referrals and opportunities to partner with other organizations.

Thanks to such referrals, the Samaritans have:

• Paid the security deposit or first month’s rent for people moving into elderly housing.
• Provided babysitting that enabled a young woman to complete the classes she needed to graduate from high school.
• Paid the tuition for a 12-week job training program
• Assisted a woman who had been accepted into elderly housing but had no means of financing the move
• Purchased a mattress and box spring for a senior experiencing the indignity of a bed bug infestation