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Across the Good Samaritan Society, many projects, programs and opportunities demonstrate how our centers provide value and give back—through time, talent and money—in their communities. Below are some consolidated numbers: �iIVING BACK Ministry and missions have always been a part of life within the Good Samaritan Society. One of the Society's biggest ongoing mission programs is Project Outreach. Project Outreach is a ministry that gives residents, staff inembers and friends of the Society the opportunity to reach out in ways that can make a real impact warldwide, in places such as Colombia, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Helping others adds life to our days, and can help us find meaning and purpose. Project Outreach gives us the opportunity to help, with the knowledge that we don't ha�e to do it all ourselves. As members of a large Christian community, our strength in numbers helps us accomplish great things. This year, the Society sponsored mi �� e,ck�: in Colombia and �oup kitchen in Soacha, Colombia,., Communications Coordinator at the Good Samaritan Socie'ty IVational Campus in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was able to teach English to the elders. She taught them the words "chicken," "potato° and "cookie" — three words she taught her Colombian grandmother 25 years ago. � LEARN MORE ABOUT PROJECT OUTREACH www.good-sam.com/projectoutreach The Evan, eran Good Gamaritan Snriatv a nnt-fnr-nrnfit __........._..... ___'_'�r _..._. ._. �._.._ corporation, is a charitable, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Good Samaritan Society's tax- exempt status means no employee of the Society or its related corporations receives excessive compensation in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. It also means that Good Samaritan Society organizations pay no dividends and have no shareholders; excess income over expenses is used for the purposes of center operations for the benefit of staff members, residents, clients and the community. The Good Samaritan Society's not-for- profit status does not mean, as some assume, that there are no funds left over after the bills are paid. Such funds are necessary for several vital functions, including: unusual expense; • Earning interest income that can new construction and improvements to existing buildings.