SAMARITANS PURSE
PO BOX 3000, BOONE, NC 28607 www.samaritan.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SAMARITAN'S PURSE IS A NONDENOMINATIONAL EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL AID TO HURTING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. SINCE 1970, SAMARITAN'S PURSE HAS HELPED MEET NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR, POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTERS, DISEASE, AND FAMINE WITH THE PURPOSE OF SHARING GOD'S LOVE THROUGH HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES THE CHURCH WORLDWIDE TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

SAMARITAN'S PURSE IS A NONDENOMINATIONAL EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL AID TO HURTING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE PURPOSE OF SHARING GOD'S LOVE THROUGH HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: THIS IS A PROJECT OF SAMARITAN'S PURSE THAT COLLECTS AND DELIVERS GIFT-FILLED SHOEBOXES TO MILLIONS OF HURTING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. WE DO THIS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S LOVE, GAIN A HEARING FOR THE GOSPEL, AND SHARE THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS--THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS TOLD US, "GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS" (MATTHEW 28:19). IN 2018, OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD REACHED BOYS AND GIRLS IN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES WITH 10,623,776 GIFT BOXES, INCLUDING 8,801,607 COLLECTED IN THE U.S. SINCE 1993, OCC HAS HANDED OUT 168.5 MILLION SHOEBOX GIFTS. THE 2019 NATIONAL COLLECTION WEEK WILL BE NOVEMBER 18-25 AT THOUSANDS OF LOCATIONS ACROSS THE U.S.

U.S. DISASTER RELIEF: MORE THAN 18,000 VOLUNTEERS SERVED WITH OUR NORTH AMERICAN MINISTRIES IN 2018 AND HELPED OVER 5,100 HOUSEHOLDS. FOLLOWING HURRICANE MICHAEL, WE HELPED MORE THAN 2,900 FAMILIES IN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA WITH CLEANUP AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS, PLUS OVER 2,100 IN THE CAROLINAS FOLLOWING HURRICANE FLORENCE. WE ALSO RESPONDED TO WILDFIRES IN SHASTA COUNTY CA, TORNADOES IN MARSHALLTOWN IA, NORTH HAVEN CT, GREENSBORO NC, WILKES COUNTY NC, JACKSONVILLE AL, AND SOUTHSIDE AL. WE CONTINUED TO MINISTER TO VICTIMS OF PREVIOUS DISASTERS, INCLUDING 139 HOMES REPAIRED OR REBUILT IN TEXAS FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HARVEY. "FOR ALL THE LAW IS FULFILLED IN ONE WORD, EVEN IN THIS: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF" (GALATIANS 5:14).

SOUTH SUDAN RELIEF: AS THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST NATION WENT THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR OF FAMINE AND STRIFE, SAMARITAN'S PURSE DISTRIBUTED FOOD RATIONS TO MORE THAN 451,000 PEOPLE AND SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD TO OVER 94,500 WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION. WE SUPPLIED MORE THAN 350 MILLION LITERS OF CLEAN WATER TO REFUGEES. OUR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL TEAMS AT MABAN HOSPITAL SERVED 4,300 PATIENTS, PERFORMED 1,170 SURGERIES, AND DELIVERED 1,200 BABIES. OVER 3,700 BIBLES WERE DISTRIBUTED AND MORE THAN 88,500 PEOPLE HEARD THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE JESUS FILM AND OTHER PROGRAMS FACILITATED BY LOCAL CHURCHES--MANY OF THESE CHURCHES CONSTRUCTED BY SAMARITAN'S PURSE SINCE 2005. "FOR HE SATISFIES THE LONGING SOUL, AND FILLS THE HUNGRY SOUL WITH GOODNESS" (PSALM 107:9).

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