About Us

Our Work Today

Today, 20 churches participate in the Samaritan Center’s work of serving the needy in the name of Jesus. An initial interview and a home visit allow staff members and volunteers to assess the extent of the client’s (or family’s) need.

In 2011 the Samaritan Center assisted 2,662 families of St Tammany Parish, including 3,650 children, 4,050 adults and 345 seniors.  These families received 1,481 (valued at $188,308).  869 personal units (valued at $12,072).  $3,900 in clothing and household items from Gran’s Attic.

Your donation enabled us to pay;
$16,968 in utility bills.
$43,991 in rent and house notes.
$2,570 in medical expenses.
$2,508 in homeless expenses.

The Samaritan Center receives no financial support from government sources. Local donations of food, clothing and money are its main source of funding.

The Samaritan Center actively networks with other Social Service organizations in the Greater New Orleans area and regularly meets with the Northshore Homeless Coalition and the Commission on Families. We are members of the Chamber of Commerce, The Old Mandeville Business Association, and LANO.

Serving Since 1989: Our History

In 1989, several Christian churches in Mandeville banded together to improve services to the poor in our community. Pooling resources of money, volunteers, donated canned goods and clothing, they hoped to streamline services by distributing them from a central location.

Victims of fires, floods and other emergencies received immediate assistance of food, clothing – and moral support. Single mothers and their children, families whose breadwinner had lost his or her job, and people who had suffered injuries and were enable to work found help, both material and spiritual, from Samaritan Center staff and volunteers. Then, as now, community support was tremendous.

Jesus said, “If you love me, feed my sheep.”
~John 21:17

That’s what we do at the Samaritan Center.