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Inspirational stories happen every day at Good Samaritan Society centers across the country. They provide examples of how ordinary people are doing the extraordinary and how the Society is striving to fulfill its mission, believing that "In Christ's Love, Everyone Is Someone." If you have an inspirational Good Samaritan Society story that you would like to share, please contact us.
Jun 06, 2011
Straddling the border between the United States and Mexico, the cities of El Paso and Juárez are separated only by the Rio Grande. But in terms of economic and social disparity, the two are worlds apart. Watch the video Read the 2010 Annual Report El Paso, in Texas, reported just five murders in 2010, making it one of the... Read more
Jun 06, 2011
Ron Woodside knows he's not supposed to be alive."The doctors all agree," says Ron, 77, in telling how he survived a massive tornado last summer. "What happened to me is a miracle. I shouldn't have made it through what I did." Watch the video Read the 2010 Annual Report The tornado hit the evening of June 17, 2010. Later... Read more
May 03, 2011
(Albion, Neb.) – Good Samaritan Society – Wolf Memorial resident Mable Ragan is recognized as Nebraska’s oldest resident. She has joined an elite list of 70 documented American “super centenarians” — persons over age 110 — compiled by the Gerontology Research Group. Mable was born Feb. 1, 1901, on a farm near Looking Glass Creek... Read more
Mar 14, 2011
81-year-old fulfills lifetime wish by skydiving By Jessica Trygstad, National Campus. Photos submitted by Luke Evens Eighty-one-year-old Henrietta Pape had no trouble checking off skydiving from her bucket list of lifetime accomplishments. In a matter of 15 minutes, Pape suited up, ascended in a plane to more than 10,000 feet, dove off and was... Read more
