Learn MoreExplore our website. Check out our list of Resources. Come to a Monday meeting; see our Calendar for the bi-weekly dates.
Get TrainingTucson Samaritans offer a workshop the first Sunday of every month from 1:30-5PM. It is helpful to anyone interested in becoming involved with the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans. The workshop includes the history of Samaritans, a brief border history, and what to expect on a Search. You can join their email list or sign up for Searches. Please call before attending the training. For more on training see Contact Us.
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HOW TO HELP
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PARTICIPATEJoin a desert Search team to provide humanitarian aid to migrants in need. Offer food, clothing, shoes and first aid to deportees at El Comedor. Join other Samaritans in witnessing Operation Streamline at the federal building in downtown Tucson. Go to What We Do to learn more about these activities. Go to Contact Us to let us know what interests you.
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GIVE GOODSEl Comedor, in Nogales, Sonora, Mex., offers hot meals, clothing, first aid and empathy to recently deported migrants. Tuesday is the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans’ day. Bring your donations to Monday meetings (the test: would you wear it yourself?) Items that are always needed -- jeans, shirts (no nylon), belts, caps, shoes, socks (white), daypacks. In winter -- hats, gloves, warm jackets. WOMEN’S sizes: shirts small to large; pants 6 to 14; shoes 5 to 8. MEN’S sizes: shirts medium to large; pants 30 to 36; shoes 7 to 11. Personal items such as toothbrushes and paste, and first-aid supplies are also needed. Click on this link to Contact Us.
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DONATE MONEYDonations to Samaritans can be made through The Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, which is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Click Special Instructions in order to designate Samaritans for general expenses such as water, food, blankets, clothing and first aid for migrants; Lifestraws for personal water filters; Vehicles for Search and Water vehicle expense; Asylum for transportation and food; El Comedor for humanitarian aid and food for migrants in Nogales, Mexico. Anything you give will be very much appreciated.
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Spread the Word Join the Writers Group to give and receive help and inspiration with writing letters to the editor, articles, website updates and creative writing. Help review and update the contents for “SAMS in a Box,” our project that enables winter visitor Samaritans to “show and tell” our border stories and realities in their summer hometowns. Sit in on a Writers Group after a Monday meeting to learn more about the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans. Click on this link if you wish to Contact Us.
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