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“Well done, good and
faithful servant!”...
Annual Report
2005-2006
Matthew 25:23
LINKING
linking people in need with Christians who care
EQUIPPING
equipping local churches to meet community needs
BUILDING
building partnerships for effective community ministry
IMPACTING
impacting community through collaborative programs

Antioch Christian Center • Beaverdam Christian Reformed Church • Beechwood
Reformed Church • Bethany Christian Reformed Church • Calvary Baptist
Church • Calvary Christian Reformed Church • Calvary Reformed Church •
Cambodian Fellowship • Central Avenue Christian Reformed Church • Central Park
Reformed Church • Central Wesleyan • Christ Memorial Reformed Church • Christ
Our Savior Lutheran • Church of God Seventh Day • Church of the Nazarene •
CHURCH PARTNERS • Community Reformed Church • Comunidad Cristiana
Vida Nueva (Christian Reformed Church) • Crosswind Community • Drenthe
Christian Reformed Church • East Saugatuck Christian Reformed Church •
Ebenezer Reformed Church • Faith Christian Center • Faith Christian Reformed
Church • Faith Reformed Church • Fellowship Reformed Church • First Assembly
of God • First Baptist-Holland • First Baptist-Zeeland • First Christian Reformed
Church-Zeeland • First Presbyterian Church • First Reformed Church-Holland •
First Reformed Church-Zeeland • First United Methodist • Fourteenth Street
Christian Reformed Church • Fourth Reformed Church • Gateway Community
Church • Gibson Christian Reformed Church • Graafschap Christian Reformed
Church • Grace Community Church • Grace Episcopal • Grace Reformed Church •
Grand Haven Gospel • Hamilton Reformed Church • Harderwyk Christian Reformed
Church • Harlem Reformed • Haven Christian Reformed Church • Haven Shores
Community Church • Holland Church of the Nazarene • Holland Heights Christian
Reformed Church • Hope Reformed Church • Iglesia Evangelica Wesleyana •
Immanuel Baptist Church • Lakeshore Vineyard Christian Fellowship • Lighthouse
Baptist • Lighthouse Christian Fellowship • Living Promises Church • Manna
Fellowship • Maple Avenue Christian Reformed Church • Maple Avenue Ministries •
Maplewood Reformed Church • Maranatha Christian Reformed Church • Mars Hill
Bible Church • Montello Park Christian Reformed Church • Niekerk Christian
Reformed Church • Noordeloos Christian Reformed Church • North Holland
Reformed Church • North Street Christian Reformed Church • Oakland Christian
Reformed Church • Ottawa Reformed Church • Our Lady of the Lake • Overisel
Christian Reformed Church • Overisel Reformed Church • Park Christian Reformed
Church • Peace Lutheran Church • Peace Reformed Church • Pillar Christian
Reformed Church • Pine Creek Christian Reformed Church • Providence Christian
Reformed Church • Resurrection Life-Grand Haven • Ridge Point Community
Church • Rose Park Baptist • Rose Park Reformed Church • Second Reformed
Church • South Olive Christian Reformed Church • St. Francis de Sales • St.
Patrick's - Grand Haven • Third Christian Reformed Church • Third Reformed
Church • Trinity Reformed Church • United Methodist • Victory Point Ministries •
Vriesland Reformed Church • West Olive Christian Reformed Church • Westshore
Christian Church • Zion Lutheran

To Our Partners in Ministry,
This past fiscal year has been one of challenge and change. At the end of 2005, Janet DeYoung,
left to take the helm at the Community Foundation of Holland and Zeeland. Before leaving, she
ensured that the organization had both the financial and the interim leadership resources it
needed to see it through the transitional time. In March 2006, the Rev. Michael VandenBerg
became the ninth Executive Director in Good Samaritan Ministries’ (GSM) 30-year history.
The Board and Staff’s new strategic plan was made operational with a clear focus on the
intermediary role of GSM, emphasizing the Churches’ role of Christian compassion. We are
focused on strengthening our ties with local congregations, securing a broad donor base, building
collaborations, and repositioning staff members to excel at linking people in need with Christians
who care.
We continue to excel at providing support to our Love Inc. network through Faith In Youth, the
Community Housing Partnership, Relational Ministries, CarLink and the Clearinghouse. Each
has found broad community and church-based support and continues to move the church closer to
being the good Samaritans that Christ calls His followers to be.
Although we saw our funding for the Employment Alliance end, we were pleased to see several of
our church partners continue on with the work and to see it give rise to a new collaboration helping
ex-offenders re-enter the life of our community.
Faith In Youth continues to provide AmeriCorps members to faith-based organizations mentoring
at-risk youth and providing the needed love and care to transform lives. This program continues
to grow as new partners join us to make an impact on the youth in this community.
The Community Housing Partnership was again able to assist 40 families in moving from
homelessness to stable housing over the past year. With the assistance of State and Federal
grants, we have been able to assist homeless families in the area to find not only a secure home but
also a network of Christian friends that provides a much needed support system.
The Clearinghouse responded to over 3,500 requests for aid as more people found themselves in
need. Requests for transportation, rent assistance, paper and cleaning products and utility
assistance continue to provide challenges as we search to meet the needs of our community.
For all your prayers, encouragement, gifts and grace that have allowed us to weather the changes
of the past year, we offer the exciting prospects of the coming year. Thank you to all the
volunteers, donors, businesses, churches, board members and staff that make up the vitality of
Good Samaritan Ministries.
Scott Spoelhof Michael VandenBerg
Board President Executive Director

THE COMMUNITY
HOUSING
PARTNERSHIP
Perspectives on the Journey
The Community Housing Partnership
(CHP) is a collaboration with Good
Samaritan Ministries, Community
Action House and local churches to
help people move from homelessness
to stable housing.
A
nna was raised in Zeeland by a strong
Christian family. When she was seven years
old, her father passed away suddenly from a
heart attack. From then on, her mother raised her and
her two siblings alone.
Anna vowed to not cause her mother pain and trouble
with her decision as she saw her siblings do. However,
with a bad decision and the beginning of a relationship,
she saw all her hopes, dreams and goals disappear.
She became pregnant at 19 and only 13 months after
the birth of her first son, she had a second. She walked
away from her mother and from God.
Anna and her sons have been in and out of different
apartments and have stayed at the Mission twice. They
never stayed longer than a few months.
During their second stay at the Mission, Anna knew she
needed to make a change. She applied to the housing
program. After only six months in the program, Anna
sees that she and her boys will have a better future.
She has learned the advantages of keeping a budget.
She feels supported and loved by her mentors. Her
mother is also very supportive and helps her as much
as possible.
Anna says, “The program has helped me feel stable
and has given me a place to call home. Although it isn’t
permanent, when I leave here . . . it is my goal to find
permanent housing and be able to maintain it, to be
able to take everything I have learned about myself and
raise my boys like my mother raised me—[This is] the
best that I can give them.”
Anna found the verses in I Peter 1:6-8 a couple of years
ago and took it to heart. She says, “Though I have
suffered, I do rejoice in the fact that God is being
revealed in many ways, big and small.” She feels that
her trials have made her a stronger person and hopes
to be able to help others in the future.
N
ancy Stryker has been mentoring through
CHP and Hope Church for three years.
Mentoring is a way for her to share Christ’s
love with others in a meaningful way. The Hope
Church mentoring team has been working with Anna for
almost a year through CHP.
Working with Anna has been wonderful and very
rewarding. Nancy is amazed and inspired by Anna’s
positive and good-natured attitude. She sees Anna as
a very good and loving mom who does her best every
day to provide a better life for herself and her sons.
Nancy sees her role as a mentor “to walk alongside her
on this journey forward. All of us look forward to being
a part of her story.”
Standing: Nancy Stryker, Anne Duinkerken
Seated: Vern Boersma with Tyler Smith, Anna Cook with Alexander Smith
Hope Church Team Not Pictured: Ellen Maddix, Ben Swieringa, Emily
Jarzembowski, Jim VanderWoude, John Armstrong, and Leah Buckley
“In this you greatly rejoice,
though now for a little while
you may have had to suffer
grief in all kinds of trials, these
have come so that your faith—
of greater worth than gold,
which perishes even though
refined by fire—may be proved
genuine and may result in
praise, glory and honor when
Jesus Christ is revealed.”
I Peter 1:6-8
AT A GLANCE
In 2005-2006 CHP provided
housing, case management
and mentoring for over 40
families, including 100
children.

FAITH IN YOUTH
AmeriCorps
The AmeriCorps Faith In Youth
program, in its second year, is an
effective collaborative effort
between GSM, local churches and
public schools designed to help atrisk
kids.
A
t the Bridge after-school program, Nick,
an AmeriCorps member, developed a
relationship with a student named
Brandon during basketball games. Brandon was
a good basketball player and seemed like a good
kid on the court, but Nick noticed that off the
court, Brandon showed some problems with
anger.
Nick talked to the administrators at Brandon’s
school and was sad to hear that Brandon seemed
to be sliding down the slope of negative behavior.
Nick made it his mission to help Brandon in any
way possible. When Brandon received his third
suspension from school, he joined the
Suspending Bridges program which offers
mentoring and homework help and keeps kids
from being home alone and getting into more
trouble during their suspensions.
In the context of the Suspending Bridges
program, Nick and Brandon’s relationship quickly
grew to a more personal level. Over the long
suspension, Nick challenged Brandon not only in
academics but also in community service,
vocational exploration, conflict resolution, and of
course—basketball. When Brandon began to
give up over the amount of school work that had
to be done, Nick encouraged Brandon to look to
his future as motivation. Brandon began to
change his attitude dramatically over the course
of his suspension. Nick guided Brandon in
understanding the consequences of poor decision
making and the positive value in making good
choices. During community service, Brandon
volunteered with a smile on his face. During
academic time, Brandon studied hard and
received a 94% on a recent Math test. Nick
walked alongside of Brandon as a mentor and as
a friend.
Through the combined efforts of Nick, leaders at
the Bridge and Brandon’s parents, Brandon is
learning to understand the consequences of poor
decisions and the positive value of making good
choices. Brandon has entered an anger
management program at school and he is on the
basketball team at the Bridge, where Nick is his
coach.
Nick DeKoster and Brandon Coleman
AT A GLANCE
Each year
• Over 600 students are served
in after-school & mentoring
programs
• More than 100 volunteers
give over 2,500 hours of their
time
CHURCH/AGENCY
PARTNERS: The Bridge
Youth Ministry Center • Calvary
Reformed Church • Core City
Ministries • Cornerstone Youth
Ministry • Harderwyk Ministries •
Maple Avenue Ministries •
Montello Park Christian Reformed
Church • Rose Park Reformed
Church • Urban Youth Ministries

THE CLEARINGHOUSE
Linking People in Need with Christians who Care
The Clearinghouse is a volunteer-powered hub of
information and referral services. It responds to
immediate and short-term needs by linking individuals to
area churches and agencies that can help. The various
ministries include Care Closet, transportation, needs
assessment services, referrals and training.
J
ust over four years ago, Aline Miller from First
Presbyterian Church decided to try volunteering for the
Care Closet ministry that her church was supporting in
partnership with First Reformed, and Christ Our Savior
Lutheran Church.
The Care Closet ministry allows people in need to get personal
care products such as toilet paper and diapers which they can
not get using their Food Stamps. Each week, up to 20 families
receive this assistance through the partner churches.
Aline was a little concerned at first because she knew nothing
about computers. Every family that is helped through the Care
Closet is entered into a database, allowing the Clearinghouse
to serve those who haven’t received assistance before or in
several months to be helped ahead of those who have received
Care Closet products more recently.
Aline Miller
She went through training and read the manual provided for her
explaining Good Samaritan’s client database. At her work
station on Tuesdays, she began practicing what she had read
and it worked. She gave it a month to see how well she liked
working in this ministry.
The first month came and went, and Aline felt more comfortable
each week with what she had to do. Now, she can’t believe
four years have already gone by.
Aline actually volunteers on both sides of the Care Closet.
Besides helping people get signed up to receive assistance at
the Clearinghouse, she also works at First Reformed once a
month to distribute the products to those she talked with earlier.
Aline continues to volunteer for this important ministry. Her
commitment to Good Samaritan connects families in need with
Christians who can help.
AT A GLANCE
In 2005-2006, the Clearinghouse received
over 3,500 requests for assistance and over
60 local churches helped meet these needs.

NEIGHBORHOOD
ALLIANCE
Left to Right: Pastor Jason Kehrer (Central Wesleyan Church), Linda Pynnonen (First Presbyterian Church), Rev. Michael
VandenBerg (Good Samaritan Ministries), Pastor Keith Doornbos (Providence CRC), and
Pastor Socheth Na (Cambodian Fellowship)
I
n response to local church changes, staff changes and
providential leading, the church network known as the
Neighborhood Alliance under the leadership of Good
Samaritan Ministries took a step back to refocus and
re-evaluate. After consulting together, Good Samaritan and the
original Neighborhood Alliance partners agreed to work
together as partners in community ministry. It was clear that
continuing education and communication were important
aspects of this relationship.
Again through God’s direction, several church congregations
engaged in community ministry are now leading the way with
assistance from GSM in reorganizing the local church network,
known as Beyond the Walls. GSM is honored to be part of this
effort of local congregations reaching out to their neighbors.
Stay tuned for more on how the “good Samaritan” story is
demonstrated here in our community.
Neighborhood Alliance Partners
Bethany Christian Reformed Church • Calvary Christian Reformed Church • Calvary
Reformed Church • Cambodian Fellowship Christian Reformed Church • Catholic
Diocese of Grand Rapids • Central Wesleyan Church • Christ Memorial Church • First
Presbyterian Church • First Reformed Church • First United Methodist • Fourth
Reformed Church • Holland Classis RCA • Living Promises Church of God in Christ •
Maplewood Reformed Church • Maranatha Christian Reformed Church • Mars Hill
Bible Church • Montello Park Church • Park Christian Reformed Church • Providence
Reformed Church • St. Francis de Sales • Trinity Reformed Church • Volunteers In
Service • Zeeland Classis • Zion Lutheran Church

Maria Luis, her daughter Anacely and their mentor Kirk Walter
The mission of CarLink is to
support churches whose ministry is
to help families who lack
transportation. CarLink addresses
the difficulties people encounter
when they don’t have reliable
transportation. After addressing
the responsibilities of carownership,
learning to budget and
setting up a debt repayment plan,
CarLink clients are handed the keys
to a reliable used car. This allows
them to move on to a whole new
level of financial independence.
M
aria Luis grew up in Texas. She never
thought she would become homeless
and not have transportation. Every
day, she walked her 18-month-old daughter two
blocks to daycare and then she walked three
blocks to work, even in the bitter cold.
Even getting groceries was hard. Maria had to
take her daughter with her on the Max bus. This
meant standing out in the weather until the bus
arrived, buying only a couple of bags of groceries
because she had to hold her daughter’s hand on
the bus and then riding the bus home again. She
had to do this several times a week.
Maria found out about CarLink through her
caseworker at the Ottawa County Department of
Human Services. She was linked with Kirk Walter
from Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church who
mentored her and taught her about budgeting. He
helped her understand where she was spending
her money and how to make decisions on how to
allocate it. She was able to get control of her
financial situation.
CARLINK
Driving Toward Self-Sufficiency
Maria says, “What was great about Kirk was that if I
had a question, he was always willing to answer it. I
never felt I was intruding on his time. He was
awesome!”
Maria received a 1993 Chrysler Concorde after
completing the financial counseling. She says that it
has helped her in so many ways.
“Now I can drive my child to the sitter’s and drive
myself to work. I can go grocery shopping and if I
need something right away such as Pampers, I can
go get them. I never want to struggle like I have in
the past. Getting this car is one step closer to
making positive changes in my life for myself and my
daughter:”
CarLink is operated through a
partnership between Good Samaritan
Ministries and the Ottawa County
Department of Human Services.
Vehicles are donated by individuals
whose generosity is changing local
lives in very real ways.
AT A GLANCE
Of 25 new referrals received, 23 families were linked with
mentors and 18 cars were placed with those who needed
them. Overall, Good Samaritan/CarLink received 58
donated vehicles.
CARLINK DONORS:
Dennis Aalderink • Michael Amaya •
Gabriel Armstead • Leonard Atkins • Jim
Baar • Lennis Baggech • Tom Bos • Alice
Breese • David Brink • Jonathan &
Jeannette Brownson • Shelley Carden •
Daniel DeCook • Sue Drenkhahn • Peter
Everts • Fausto Fernandez • Lee Roy
Flowers • Larry & Priscilla Fuerst • Alfred
& Evelyn Hanko • Elizabeth Harden •
Jayne Hofstra • Russell Hower • Tonja &
Blake Janson • Emmett Jefferson • Karen
Jewell • Lawrence Kayser • Norman
Kleinheksel • Larry & Judith Lepoire •
Phillip Maines • Mark & Jill Mast • Greg
Maybury • James Morgan • Daniel
O'Brien • Wayne Peterman • Donald
Plasman • Marinus Pott • Rodger &
Amanda Price • Steven Reimink • Allen &
Ethel Riemersma • Macarthur Robinson •
David Ryden • Jane Schroeder • Richard
Shumaker • Prescott Slee • Gregory &
Linda Smith • Gabriel Tapia • Barbara
Vanausdall • Jeff & Corey VanDellen •
Jeff & Diana VanDellen • William
VanEenenaam • Florence
VanEenenaam • Robert & Susan
VanWyngarden • Matthew Vosburg •
Gary Vosburg • Bruce & Karen Weener •
Willis Weymon • Ryan White • Kerry
Wiersma
CHURCH PARTNERS:
Bethany Christian Reformed Church •
Calvary Christian Reformed Church •
Central Wesleyan Church • Christ
Memorial Reformed Church • East
Saugatuck Christian Reformed Church •
Faith Christian Reformed Church • Faith
Reformed Church • Fellowship Reformed
Church • Holland First Assembly • First
Baptist - Holland • First Reformed
Church - Holland • Grace Episcopal •
Harderwyk Christian Reformed Church •
Harlem Reformed Church • Immanuel
Baptist Church • Lakeshore Vineyard
Fellowship • Lighthouse Baptist • Manna
Fellowship • Maple Avenue Ministries •
Ottawa Reformed Church • Our Lady of
the Lake • Overisel Reformed Church •
Park Christian Reformed Church • Ridge
Point Community Church • St. Francis de
Sales • Third Reformed Church • Trinity
Reformed Church • Victory Point
Ministries

OUTCOMES STUDY
CONDUCTED BY THE FROST CENTER
S
ince 2001, Good Samaritan Ministries has been
conducting a study of the long-term effects and benefits of
mentoring programs on client families’ quality of life. In
2005-2006, phase two of the study was completed. The results of
the study by the Carl Frost Center for Social Science Research at
Hope College showed that individuals participating in Good
Samaritan Ministries mentoring programs increased their quality
of life according to many of the measured indicators.
QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES
1. Household income relative to federal poverty guidelines
2. Presence of a viable budget
3. Credit status
4. Employment status
5. Education/training level
6. Housing acquisition
7. Housing retention
8. Transportation
9. Child care
10. Relationship to a church
11. Presence of a support system
12. Access to health care for adults
13. Access to health care for children
14. Access to mental health/substance abuse services
Each client participating in any of Good Samaritan Ministries’
mentoring programs was evaluated on all 14 indicators at the time
they entered the program and at the time they exited.
GSM staff and volunteers attempted to contact client families who
successfully completed the programs (nearly 45% of the total)
3-months, 6-months and 12-months after completion for further
evaluation. This allowed for the study of long-term effects of
participation.
The entire series of reports drawn up by the Frost Center since
2001 has shown positive benefits for a fairly large number of
clients on many indicators.
The results of the 2006 report “continue to confirm the
encouraging findings that were demonstrated in previous reports
regarding the efficacy of GSM mentoring programs.”
SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS
The study observes a significant increase in the credit status
among those who successfully completed programs as well as
in the number of families with a viable budget over the time
clients entered programs. Other improvements were seen in
the areas of employment status (where clients seemed to be
retaining employment longer), housing acquisition (moving
from homelessness or unstable housing to renting), housing
retention, and transportation.
Smaller increases were noted in the areas of presence of a
support system and relationship to a church. Over 10% of
clients stated that they had no support system when entering a
program compared to only 3% at exit. From entry to exit, the
percent of people who had no relationship to a church and/or
no desire for a relationship dropped from over 25% to less
than 11%.
For more information and the full report, visit our website at
www.goodsamministries.com

REVENUE
Public Grants
(Local,State and
Federal)
Public Support
(United Way)
Private Support
(Individuals,
Churches,
Businesses)
Earned Revenue
(CHP rent, sale of
donated vehicles)
TOTAL REVENUE
$1,448,172
EXPENSES BY PROGRAM
Clearinghouse
Neighborhood
Alliance/Training
Employment Alliance
Financial Counseling
Community Housing
Partnership
Carlink
Faith in Youth
Outcome Project
Administration
Fundraising
TOTAL EXPENSES
$1,436,529
1%
12%
32%
13%
9%
13%
2%
6%
5% 5%
29%
53%
19%
1%
FINANCIAL
SUMMARY
Good Samaritan Ministries total budget for fiscal
year 2005-2006 was nearly 1.5 million dollars with
just over half coming from government grants,
one-third coming from local private support, and
some from fees and earned income.
Local private support was received from churches,
individuals, and businesses. These private
donations are critical for Good Samaritan
Ministries to support the general fund and to
access public funding for church-based ministry.
Fees and earned income were received from
transitional housing rents and the sale of donated
vehicles.
Of the government grants, the most significant
grant was received from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support
the Community Housing Partnership. Government
sources also supported CarLink and AmeriCorps
Faith In Youth programs. Programs without any
governmental support include the Clearinghouse,
Financial Counseling and the Outcome Study
Project. Programs supported by government
grants are also supported with matching state,
county and private dollars.
Financial summary based on 2005-2006 budget. Audit
available upon request by contacting Good Samaritan
Ministries, Director of Finance.

DONORS
Ms. Theresa Achterhof • Mr. Dan Ackerman • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Allen • Harold Alsum • Mr. and Mrs. David Altena • Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Anderson • Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson • Mr. and Mrs.
Marc Anthony • Mr. and Mrs. Tom Arendshorst • John & Emily Armstrong • Dr. Waino Aukee • Mr. and Mrs. Dan Aukeman • Mr. and Mrs. William W. Baker • Phyllis Baldwin • Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Barefield • Carolyn Bareman • Mr. and Mrs. Chet Baumann • Mr. and Mrs. Philip Beal • Mr. and Mrs. Jon Bechtel • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Becksford • Mrs. Mary Beelen • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Beld • Marjorie Bell • Trudy Berkel • Mr. and Mrs. David Boer • Lyle & Ruth Boerman • Mrs. Constance Boersma • Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Boersma • Mr. and Mrs. Randall Bohl • Dr. and Mrs. Daniel
Bolt • Mr. and Mrs. Roger Borr • Jack & Marilyn Bos • Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bosch • Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bosma • Ms. Elizabeth R. Boven • Dorothy Bradish • Ms. Susie Brandsen • Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Breuker • Mr. and Mrs. Rudell Broekhuis • Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks • Ms. Marilyn Brown • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brown • Connie Brummel • Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Buhl • Dr. and Mrs. J. E.
Bulthuis • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burns • Mr. and Mrs. Larry Busscher • Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bussis • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Callam • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Campbell • Donald & Lynn Carlsen •
Richard & Patricia Cederholm • Dr. and Mrs. James Chamness • Mr. and Mrs. Victor Claar • Marilynn Cobb • Nancy Collins • Community Foundation of Holland/Zeeland • Dr. and Mrs. James
Cook • David and Marianne Costello • Ms. Dorothy L. Couturier • Ms. Carol Cox • Mr. and Mrs. William Crowder • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cudzilo • Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cuneo • Robert Curtis • Mr.
and Mrs. Kyle Curtiss • Mr. and Mrs. Tim Custer • Mr. Gerard Cyranowski • Mr. and Mrs. George Dalman • Mr. and Mrs. Ken Dannenberg • Dave Darrow • Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davies • Mr. and
Mrs. Neil DeBoer • Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeBruyn • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel DeCook • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dekker • Mr. Scott R. Demeester • Christine DenHerder Bart • Mr. and Mrs. Max DePree •
Mr. and Mrs. Theo DeWind • Mr. and Mrs. Jack DeWitt • Mr. and Mrs. W.D. DeWitt • Mr. and Mrs. Roger DeYoung • Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Diekema • Dr. and Mrs. Lamont Dirkse • Mr. and Mrs.
Willard Doezema • James Donkersloot • Mrs. Grace Dozeman • Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Dreyer • Mr. Martin P. Dugan • Mr. and Mrs. Tim DuMez • Mrs. Barbara Duryee • Mr. Timothy Dyk • Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Dykhuis • Mrs. Jane Dykstra • Arlene Dykstra • Mr. Jim Edewaard • Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. John Eggenschwiler • Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Elders • Mr. and Mrs.
Alan Elgersma • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ervine • Gary & Diane Fenestra • Mr. and Mrs. Francis Fike • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Finn • Mr. and Mrs. Alan Folkert • Mr. and
Mrs. Perry Franco • Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fuder • Alice Garcia • Mr. and Mrs. Fred Geiger • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Genzink • Ms. Theresa Geurink • Gene & Beth Graftema • Grand Haven Area
Community Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. John Gras • Loraine Griffin • Christine Guimond • Mr. and Mrs. Gene Halsey • Ronald & Barbara Hartgerink • Mr. and Mrs. William Haveman • Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Haveman • Mr. and Mrs. W. James Havenga • Ruth Haverdink • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Haworth • Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hayden • Pearl Heerspink • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. Helder • Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Helder • Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hemmeke • Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Heyboer • Higher Ground Foundation • Ms. Denise Hoeksema • Mr. and Mrs. Jon Hofman • Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hofman •
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hofmeyer • Mr. and Mrs. David Holkeboer • Mr. and Mrs. Brett Holleman • Mr. and Mrs. Todd Holstege • Wendy Holstege • Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Homkes • Frank Hoogland • Mr.
Richard E. Huff • Linda Jacobs • Mr. and Mrs. Norman Jappinga • Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Jipping • John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Johnson • Johnson Controls
Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones • Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jousma • Mr. Cornelius Karsten • Mr. and Mrs. Eric Kern • Mr. and Mrs. Harris Kiekover • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Klamer • Mrs.
Gertrude Kleinheksel • Mr. and Mrs. John Kleinheksel • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kleis • Mr. and Mrs. William Klerekoper • Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Klomparens • Mr. and Mrs. James Knister • Ruth
Knudsen • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kolk • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koning • Mr. and Mrs. Philip Koning • Mrs. Trina Kort • Mr. and Mrs. Chris Krimendahl • Elizabeth Krimendahl • Mr. and Mrs. Herschel
Kuipers • L & D Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Laarman • Larry Lampen Trust • Mrs. Steve Langejans • Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Langejans • Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lanser • Mr. and Mrs. David
Lappinga • Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence • Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lintemuth • Viola Lohman • Mr. Raymond J. Lokers • Mr. and Mrs. Ron Lucas • Georgia Luebke • Mr. and Mrs. John Lunn • Mr.
and Mrs. William MacDhubhain • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Manglitz • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mannes • Marion A. and Ruth K. Sherwood Foundation • Marsilje Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Chris A. Martin •
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Masselink • Ms. Judith Mastenbrook • Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mathias • Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mavis • Jim & Kim McDonough • Mr. and Mrs. George McGeehan • Judith Meeuwsen •
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Meiste • Mrs. Juliana Meiste • Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Meyaard • Mr. and Mrs. Max Michmerhuizen • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Michmerhuizen • Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Moore • Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Mosher • Mr. Wallace and Rev. Dianne Mugg • Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Muiderman • Mr. Gregory Mulder • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Munsch • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murray • Barbara Nauta •
Mr. and Mrs. John Nicely • Gladys Nienhuis • The Rev. and Mrs. John Nordstrom • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norman • Mr. and Mrs. Wade Nykamp • Scott & Mary Nykerk • Mr. Robert Oisten • Mr.
and Mrs. William E. Olney • Mr. and Mrs. Tom Oonk • Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Orlebeke • Jim & Norma Osterhouse • Charlotte Ott • Sharon Overbeek • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Padnos • Mr. and Mrs.
Loran Peerbolt • Mr. and Mrs. Morris Peerbolt • Mr. and Mrs. David Petroelje • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pippel • Mr. and Mrs. Donald Plasman • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Printz • Cindy Putnam • Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Pynnonen • Mr. and Mrs. William Reynolds • Mr. and Mrs. Ken Rininger • Mr. and Mrs. Willard Rink • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rotman • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rynbrandt • Mrs. Julia Rypma •
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Salas • Mrs. Jeanne Sanford • Mr. and Mrs. A. Charles Schaap • Mr. and Mrs Frank Jr. Scherburne • Mrs. Beth Schipper • Mr. and Mrs. James Schippers • Lorraine Scholten • Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Scholten • Mr. and Mrs. Rick Schreur • Dr. and Mrs. Carl Schroeder • Mr. Jason Shoemaker • Mr. and Mrs. Jack Siebers • Rev. and Mrs. Steve Smallegan • Mrs. Loretta Smith •
C. Edward & Louise V. Smith • Mr. and Mrs. Steve Spoelhof • Mr. and Mrs. Scott Spoelhof • Springview Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steimle • Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sterenberg • Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Sternberg • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Strazanac • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stryker • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Swart • Mr. and Mrs. Edward Swart • Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Syens • Mr. and Mrs. William
Tamminga • Mr. and Mrs. David Tapley • Ronald & Ruth Ann Telgenhof • Helen Telgenhof • Mr. and Mrs. Lee TenBrink • Mr. and Mrs. Clayton TerHaar • Mrs. Hazel Tibbe • Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Tillema • Mr. and Mrs. Brian Tinholt • Mr. and Mrs. James Townsend • Rev. and Mrs. William Unzicker • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Updegraff • Mr. and Mrs. Jay VanDaalen • Marian VandeBunte •
Harold VandeBunte • Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Vandenberg • Michael & Nancy VandenBerg • Mr. and Mrs. Marvin VandenBosch • Mr. and Mrs. Wayne VandenBrink • Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
VandenHeuvel • Mr. Lowell VandeRiet • Mr. and Mrs. A.C. VanderKolk • Mr. and Mrs. Jay VanderMeulen • Mr. and Mrs. Dave Vanderwel • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth VanderZwaag • Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn VandeVusse • Mr. and Mrs. Richard VanDorp • Dr. Harold VanDyke • Mr. and Mrs. Larry VanDyke • Dr. and Mrs. Tom VanEenenaam • Mrs. Margaret VanGrouw • Mrs. Ruth
VanHeukelom • Angie VanHoven • Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell VanPutten • Mr. and Mrs. Howard VanRaalte • Mr. and Mrs. Donald Van'tHof • Mr. and Mrs. Gerald VanWyngarden • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Vasilauskas • Mr. and Mrs. Norman Veldhoff • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Veneklasen • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Venlet • Sandy VerHage & Douglas Laninga • Janice VerHelst • Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Vogel •
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Vredeveld • Mrs. Hazel Vugteveen • Mr. and Mrs. Dan Walcott • Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Walters • Jeane Walvoord • Mr. and Mrs. Derwin Walvoord •
Catherine Wasson • Mary Jo Waters • James Watt • Carol Wedeven • Lori Wenzel • West Michigan Christian Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. William Wiersma • Marian Wiersma • Ms. Ruth Winkler •
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Winter • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witzel • Mr. and Mrs. Ron Wolthuis • Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Woodall • Mr. Scott Wrenn • Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wyma • Mr. Dwight Wyngarden • Mr.
and Mrs. James Zoetewey • Rick & Carol Zuverink • Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zwiep
ORGANIZATION DONORS
Mr. Ken LaGrand • Terry DeYoung & Cindi Veldheer • Advanced Marketing Concepts LLC • Bradford Company • Broekhuis Bros. • Disher Design & Development • Eagle Computer Technology
Inc • Elzinga and Volkers, Inc. • Esstee, Inc. • Fleetwood • Greater OC United Way & Volunteer Center • Haworth, Inc. • Heart of West MI United Way • Heights Service Inc • Howard Miller
Company Foundation • Hudsonville Creamery & Ice Cream Company • Jack Ostema Graphics, Inc • John A. VanDenBosch Company • Johnson Controls • Koetje Wood Products Inc • Lamb
Industrial Supply • Lighthouse Insurance Group • Manpower Temporary Services • Maple Avenue CRC Ladies Aid Society • ODL Incorporated • Paragon Bank & Trust • Precision Metal Products,
Co. • Presbyterian Women • Reformed Church Women • RepcoLite Paints Inc • Schreur Printing Co • Skips Pharmacy • STM Manufacturing Inc • The American Legion • The Bank of Holland •
Town & Country Group • VanDenBerge Pest Control Inc • VanderMeulen Builders, Inc & River Hills • VanHill Furniture • Ventura Manufacturing Inc. • VerHage of Holland • Vogelzang International
Corporation • West Michigan Pediatric Dentistry • West Michigan Pediatric Dentistry • Wilbur Stoltz Properties • Woman's Literary Club • Zeeland Lumber & Supply Co • Beechwood Reformed
Church • Bethany Christian Reformed Church • Borculo Christian Reformed Church • Cambodian Fellowship Christian Reformed Church • Central Ave Christian Reformed Church • Central Park
Reformed Church • Christ Memorial Reformed Church • Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church • Community Reformed Church • Ebenezer Reformed Church • Faith Christian Reformed Church •
Faith Reformed Church • Fellowship Reformed Church • First Christian Reformed Church • First Presbyterian Church • First Reformed Church - Zeeland • First United Methodist Church • First
Zeeland Christian Reformed Church • Fourteenth Street Christian Reformed Church • Graafschap Christian Reformed Church • Grace Church of Holland • Grace Reformed Church • Hamilton
Christian Reformed Church • Hamilton Reformed Church • Haven Christian Reformed Church • Haven Shores Community Church • Holland Heights Christian Reformed Church • Hope Church •
Immanuel Baptist Church • Maranatha Christian Reformed Church • Niekerk Christian Reformed Church • Noordeloos Christian Reformed Church • North Street Christian Reformed Church •
Oakland Christian Reformed Church • Overisel Christian Reformed Church • Overisel Reformed Church • Park Christian Reformed Church • Pillar Christian Reformed Church • Providence
Christian Reformed Church • Second Reformed Church • St. Patrick's Church • Third Christian Reformed Church • Third Reformed Church • Zion Lutheran Church
VOLUNTEERS
Ed Anderson • Sarah Anderson • John Armstrong • Alice Aukeman • Dolores Balcazar • Lisa Ball • Dayna Beal • Anna Beird • Jennifer Bieri • Dawn Boelkins • Rose Boerman • Vern Boersma •
Sara Bolanos • Kate Bolt • Terri Borgman • Tracy Brower • Harley Brown • Craig Busscher • Vicky Busscher • Elly Butler • Josh Campbell • Marcus Cathey • Sybil Cathey • Lorna Cook • Karen
DenHerder • Dean DeRidder • Mary DeRidder • Alishia DeVries • Janet DeYoung • Karen Diepenhorst • Kenneth Doss • Elizabeth Krimendahl • Marty Dugan • Larry Dykhuis • Pat Dykhuis • Jane
Dykstra • Dean Eekhoff • Lynette Eekhoff • Cherie Elhart • Jeff Elhart • Bob Ellis • Randy Essenburg • Mariann Goelz • Stephan Gombis • Brandi Hafler • David Hafler • Nancy Hardy • Tom
Hardy • Edward Hartline • John Hoekstra • Rane Hoesch • Sheri Holstege • Sharon Huminsky • Charles Hunt • Lori Hutchinson • Keith Janofski • Emily Jarzembowski • Karima Jeffrey • Christine
Johnson • Renske Karsen • Shalyn Kempema • Carrie Kendall • Charles Kendall • Carey Koele • Cathy Korzinek • Craig Korzinek • Chris Krimendahl • Monika Krimendahl • Cindy Laman • Connie
Lankheet • Marilynn Lantay • Marilyn Lynn • Ellen Maddix • Ann Marcus • Sheila Markvluwer • Mari Martin • Sandy Meyer • Laurie Miedema • Aline Miller • Carol Miller • Donald Miller • Kristin
Miller • Sheri Munsch • Bob Nagelkirk • Lisa Neymeiyer • Eileen Nordstrom • Marilyn Oberstadt • Bill Petroelje • Kim Petroelje • Noreen Pothoff • Linda Pynnonen • Wayne Pynnonen • Joy
Rankin • Rosemary Reidsma • Vince Reidsma • Anna Ritsema • Paul Roels • Sue Rouwhorst • Deb Salguero • Ed Schierbeek • Rick Schreur • Jennifer Schroeder • Lucille Schroeder • Jacque
Simpkins • Ted Simpkins • Steve Smallegan • Jan Smith • Bart Spencer • Susan Spencer • Scott Spoelhof • Hugo Staal • Thelma Staal • Cindy Stafford • Beth Sterenberg • Nancy Stryker •
Benjamin Swieringa • John Swieringa • Vern Swieringa • Adeline Sybesma • Donna Taylor • Heidi Taylor • Ron Telgenhof • Ruth Telgenhof • Tom TerHaar • Kim Tinholt • Rich Valk • Shirley
Valk • Greg Valkema • Kim Valkema • Amy VanAllsberg • Abby Vanderbilt • Bill Vanderbilt • Ed VanderKooy • Gary VanderVeen • Mickie VanderVeen • Jim VanderWoude • Bernie VanKampen •
Shirley VanKlompenberg • Lucile VanKoevering • Hather VanLeeuwen • Brian Velazquez • Sherri Veldhuis • Jayne Venlet • Elsa Vogel • Glenn Vogel • Sonja Vogel • Marlene VonIns • Kathy
Walcott • Kirk Walter • Henry Walters • Russ Warren • Missy Warren • Adam Weiler • Ruth Westenbroek • Wayne Westenbroek • Carol Wilson • Scott Wolterink
For any omissions, mistakes, or misspellings, contact Good Samaritan Ministries Advancement Department, 616-392-7159

GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES
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BOARD OF
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GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES
513 East Eighth Street, Suite 25
Holland, Michigan 49423-3765
www.goodsamministries.com
Robyn Afrik, AmeriCorps Program Director
Sara Bolanos, Office Assistant
Stella Burns, Office Manager
Rich Campbell, Director of Housing
Sybil Cathey, Supervisor of Clearinghouse Services
Linda Jacobs, Director of Finance & Administration
Dianne Mugg, Chaplain & CHP Ministry Coordinator
Debra Salguero, Client Services Coordinator
Loretta Smith, Home Maintenance Educator
Michael VandenBerg, Executive Director
Deborah Vogel, Communications & Event Manager
Lori Wenzel, Training & Resource Manager
Name Business Church Affiliation
Scott Spoelhof
President
Bayside Capital Management Christ Memorial Church
Laurie Miedema Holland Deacons Conference Victory Point Ministries
Vice-President
Steve Smallegan
Secretary
Zeeland Classis Reformed Church Peace Reformed Church
Jayne Venlet
Treasurer
Meyaard, Tolman & Venlet, CPA Third Christian Reformed Church
Dayna Beal Image Group Central Wesleyan Church
Kenneth Doss Doss Law Office Christ Memorial Church
Larry Dykhuis Herman Miller, Inc. Ebenezer Reformed Church
Sheri Holstege ESSTEE, Inc. Real Estate Management Second Reformed Church
Carey Koele Godfrey Koele Investment Group Faith Reformed Church
Mari Martin Performance Strategies Group Christ Memorial Church
Eileen Nordstom Community Representative Third Reformed Church
Kim Tinholt Huntington National Bank Third Christian Reformed Church
Scott Wolterink Hope College Third Reformed Church
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