25 Years of Service!
Next year marks a major milestone for FSP’s partner agency in the Philippines.
In 2025, SAMARITANS (SP) will celebrate its 25th Anniversary!
As we prepare to remember and rejoice in SP’s past achievements, we also plan to identify target areas for investment to enhance SP’s impact for the future!
Property improvement plans call to re-roof and repaint the duplex homes; purchase a new van; to repair old equipment; renovate some living zones; to continue to develop the vegetable and fruit garden; and to beautify and decorate the playground area.
On the “people” investment side, we plan to finally launch a Friends of SP Philippines chapter. The COVID pandemic delayed this initiative, but it is time to broaden the friends network to help strengthen and sustain SP!
Plans also call for SP to apply with PCNC for donee status in the Philippines. Many private, corporate or government groups already visit SP to make a difference!
.All these special agenda will take place while SP and FSP continue normal operations of facilitating adoptive families to pick up children, supervising international interns from Missions2Go, and hosting teams from YISS, Lee University and First Baptist Cleveland (FBC), TN.
More important, our FSP board is committed to wisely build and oversee the budding endowment designated for SP. The endowment is a base of resources dedicated to help the perpetuity of SP’s operations, of providing loving family based care for the orphan children in a high quality home environment.
The bottom line is that when we think of SP reaching a milestone like a 25 th Anniversary, it becomes clear that it takes many friends to make Samaritans Place a reality!
From the bottom of our hearts, then, we say ” Thank you!” We aim to keep making you proud of being a friend of Samaritans Place!