Thanks to our 46 sponsors and 130 cyclists for helping us shoot past our goal for the third annual Tour de Llama.
We had a great day on June 25 at Divine Llama Vineyards in East Bend. Thanks to Grill Team Six for providing the excellent food. Thanks to Matt Canter and Ken’s Bike Shop for planning the route and taking care of all the details. And thanks to board member Michael West, the owner of Divine Llama.
If you’re a cyclist, come for the 30- or 60-mile rides through beautiful Yadkin County. If you’d just like a day in the country, come for the hayrides, wine tastings, music, farm tours and photo opps with llamas. To register or learn more, click here. Returning cyclists, please note the rides start earlier this year, at 8:30 a.m.
Elisa Sturkie, a senior at Mt. Tabor High School and aspiring filmmaker, approached Samaritan last year with the idea of doing her Girl Scout Gold Award at Samaritan. The Gold Award is the equivalent of the Eagle Scout project. Sturkie’s scout troop had talked about ways to make their projects meaningful to the community.
“I started thinking about what segment of the population I thought was the most underserved,” she said.
Sturkie, a member of Girl Scout Troop 41411, and Samaritan staff came up with the idea of doing a virtual tour of the building for Samaritan’s website.
Sturkie, who plans to study communications at Tufts University in Boston this fall, said that seeing the project come together was rewarding. You can take the tour here toward the bottom of the page.
Thank you to our generous donors who make our work possible. To view our annual Honor Roll of Donors, click here.
Registration is open for Tour de Llama. Note: we’re starting at 8:30 a.m., half an hour earlier this year. To register online, click here.
The cyclists, the llamas and the great food are back for the Third Annual Tour de Llama. To register online, click here.
Choose from 30- or 60-mile rides that begin and end at Divine Llama Vineyards in East Bend. Rides begin at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine.
We’ve partnered with Wake Forest University School of Law students on a series of Expungement Clinics that have been held at Samaritan in the evenings. The students’ work received some well-deserved recognition in the Winston-Salem Journal recently.
You can read the story here.
Mark your calendars now for Volunteer Appreciation on Sunday, April 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Please join us for food and fellowship.
Thanks to everyone who helped us surpass our $50,000 goal. The Penny Campaign 2015 collection stands at $51,457, with money still coming in. We had a great day taking donations at 110 Oakwood and our new building at 414 E. Northwest Blvd. Be sure to mark your calendar for Penny Campaign 2016 Collection Day on December 3.
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