Samaritan San Angelo
Samaritan
- a non-profit agency providing basic outpatient mental health
services to the citizens of San Angelo and the Concho
Valley
Samaritan
Counseling Center
Here’s Why Samaritan Needs Your Help …
The wretched physical appearance of the woman seeking our help was
a window to her inner turmoil. A gaunt 80 pounds; her voice
quivered when she spoke; her fingers bled from where she
had chewed her nails; and her eyes were dark and desperate.
This once proud woman had come to the Samaritan Counseling Center because after losing here family, her job,
and her self-esteem, she had finally lost her way.
This woman may be someone you know. Someone you may see everyday. And this is just one example of a person that comes to Samaritan hoping and praying that the professional counselors can help her find her way back to a better life.
What if Samaritan had no funds to provide pro bono counseling for this woman so in need of help? What if the staff had to tell her, "Sorry, we don't have the money to help you right now?"
Only you can help the Samaritan staff keep from ever having to say that. In their 33 years, the Center has rarely turned anyone away for lack of funding. But times are harder now and funding is tighter. To assure that everyone will continue finding professional help at Samaritan Counseling Center, we are asking for your help.
It’s A Fact…
- 1 in 4 people in San Angelo, Texas will need professional mental health services in their lifetimes.
- In 33 years, Samaritan has served over 65,000 men, women and children.
- In 2008, the clinical staff held 1,893 sessions for 415 clients.
- Of the total 415 clients, 172 were unable to pay and their counseling was subsidized by Samaritan.
- Samaritan it the only nonprofit outpatient provider of basic mental health services in the Concho Valley.
- If the economy worsens and there are more job lay-offs, there will be more people in need of professional counseling.
Who will help them?
YOU - individual friends, churches, businesses, and charitable foundations
- you have helped Samaritan Counseling Center provide
outpatient mental health services to the people of the Concho
Valley for over 33 years. Please help us continue to serve the
men, women, and children in need of our specialized services.
How could you help?
Your donations could
- help pay for counseling for someone unable to pay the full fee;
- help low-income parents attend the For Kids' Sake parenting class;
- help in the area of greatest need at the time of your donation;
- help with general operations of the Center;
- help "grow" the Endowment Fund to assure a long-life for the Center;
- help in other ways that have a special interest to you.
You could also honor the memory or the life of someone very special to you by giving a gift in memory or in honor of an individual, parents, grandparents, business associates--the list is endless.