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Events and News
STICK HORSE RODEO
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Yippeee! -- Great family fun and a chance to help support Good Samaritan Ministries.
Good Samaritan Ministries will be hosting a Stick Horse Rodeo on July 25, 2009 in downtown Brownwood in conjunction with the annual Brown County Rodeo Parade and Downtown Brownwood's Sidewalk Sales.
Immediately following the Rodeo Parade, Good Samaritan Ministries will have our first ever Stick Horse Rodeo for children ages 4 to 11. We will be providing each contestant with a stick horse, a cowboy hat, a bandana and a ribbon or award for participation. There will be six events divided by age group. They include barrel races, flag races, bronc bustin’, a boot scramble, calf roping and pig penning. After the rodeo, the contestants will get to take their horse and gear home as a “thank you” for participating.
For a description of the events, see below.
Registration is Free, but entry is limited to 200 children. Deadline to register is JULY 15, 2009.
For an entry form, visit KOXE radio station, a participating downtown merchant or click here.
Good Samaritan will have vendor booths stationed along Center Avenue for shopping before and after the parade. Happy Jack’s concession trailer will also be there to sell hamburgers, hot dogs, funnel cakes, fries and drinks. They will have an additional station selling cotton candy and popcorn. If you would like information about being a vendor contact Joy Edgar at 643-2273 M, T, Th, Fr between 9am-1pm and Wed between 1-5pm.
We are seeking “Pardner”ships to cover the cost of the stick horse, outfit and the entry fee for each child. This will be a fun-filled event for the children and their families and it will help our downtown businesses by keeping the rodeo crowd engaged a little longer. Please consider being a “Pardner” with Good Samaritan Ministries and let’s give the children a fun summer event that doesn’t financially stress the parents.
If you would like to sponsor one or more children, a $20 donation will provide: Entry fee, Stick Horse, Cowboy hat, Bandana, Sheriff badge and Award/Ribbon. For information contact Joy Edgar Angelia Bostick at 643-2273 M, T, Th, Fr between 9am-1pm and Wed between 1-5pm.
Brief Description of Stick Horse Rodeo Events:
Barrel Racing: 3 cones or small barrels are placed on the track. Riders will be shown how to ride their stick horse around the small barrels in a cloverleaf pattern. The rider must ride around w/o turning one over. A timer will be used to record the times of each rider. The rider who finishes fastest wins.
Pig Penning: Riders will compete in teams (max of 3). Each team will be given a pig (milk jug pig) and a fly swatter. Each team will place their pig on the ground and herd them into a single pen using the fly swatter while riding their stick horse. The winner is determined by the team who gets their pig into the pen first. FOR AGES 4 – 7 YRS
Flag Racing: The rider will start at the starting line and race to a bale of hay containing a flag (placed about 20 feet away). The rider will ride down to the bale of hay, take the flag, and return to the finish line. A timer will be used to record the times of each rider. The rider who finishes fastest wins.
Calf Roping: Two bales of hay are set up 3 feet apart (farther for older kids). A saddle will be placed on the back of one bale and a calf roping dummy will be on the other bale. Starting 5 feet back, each rider will ride up to the bale with the saddle, dismount the stick horse and sit in the saddle. The rider will then get three tries to toss a hula hoop over the calf’s head. The rider with the most successful attempts will win. If there is a tie, the winner will be determined number of successful attempts and by time.
Bronc Bustin' : The rider begins his ride in a miniature bucking chute on his stick horse. His 6 second time begins when the chute gate opens and he bucks out holding on to his stick horse with one hand and the other hand high in the air. The rider must make his horse buck, jump and twist for 6 seconds and is judged on the presentation of his ride. Highest score wins.
Boot Scramble: Participants choose a boot, put it on and line up at the starting line on their stick horse. They race down to a pile of boots and shoes, find the mate to the boot, put it on and race back to the starting line. Fastest time wins. FOR AGES 8—11 YRS
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YOU + KROGERPLUS CARD= $ FOR GSM
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It is time for the annual renewal of your support of Good Samaritan through Kroger’s Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program. The new Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program year begins July 1, 2009 and ends April 30, 2010.
Print the the barcode image and note below and present it to your Kroger cashier at checkout. After they have scanned your KrogerPlus Card and the barcode below, you will be enrolled for the 2009 Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program. After this initial scan of the barcode below, each time you shop at Kroger and use your enrolled KrogerPlus Card, Kroger will contribute a percentage of your eligible purchases to the Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation fund. Once a card is scanned with the barcode, it will be activefor the remainder of the program year.
This new system allows for only one charitable organization to be chosen per household. We hope you choose Good Samaritan Ministries.
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WHAT DO YOU DO DOWN THERE?
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“Blessed are
those who can give
without remembering and
take without forgetting.”
Elizabeth Bibesco
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“I’ve heard about Good Samaritan,” he said, “but I don’t know anything about it.” That was the comment a man recently made to a GSM staff person in one of those casual meetings that take place while you are shopping or running errands. “So what do you actually do down there?” he asked when he found out I was picking up supplies for GSM.
What does Good Samaritan do?
That’s a good question.
In a nutshell, Good Samaritan Ministries touches lives in concrete ways in the name of Jesus.
In a day’s time, we may
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Help a couple pay a utility bill that’s past due because the husband is laid off from a local industry;
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Help a single working mother with food for her and her daughter because after paying her rent and utilities, there isn’t much money left for food;
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Help a woman get a Bible for a handicapped youth who is graduating;
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Provide a listening ear to the worried, elderly man who comes to get food for his sick wife and himself;
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Assist a couple with some basic household items as they try to set up house again after their home is destroyed;
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Make available good clean clothing at a low price so a struggling family can purchase their own clothes instead of doing without;
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Work with a school counselor to make sure a school child has shoes that fit.
What does Good Samaritan do?
We help struggling and hurting families throughout Brown County. We provide more than two hundred volunteers opportunities to use their God-given talents to help their neighbors.
We share God’s love in word and deed.
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EMPTY BOWLS
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Imagine tables of hand-crafted, ceramic bowls ready to be filled with soup to raise money to feed the hungry. That is what happened at an Empty Bowls event in Abilene which raised over $1,100 for Good Samaritan Ministries as well as other West Texas charities.
This was Good Samaritan’s first year to participate in the program.
Empty Bowls is an event to help raise awareness about hunger issues, as well as to raise money to fight hunger. Guests are served soup in a handmade bowl in exchange for a cash donation to fight hunger. The bowl then becomes a reminder to the donor of the meal’s purpose.
Every time the donor takes the bowl from his cabinet, he will be a reminded that someone’s bowl is always empty. It will also be a reminder that on this one occasion he helped alleviate hunger, and that he could choose to do so again at any time.
Plans are in the making for an Empty Bowls event in Brownwood this Fall to benefit the Good Samaritan Food Pantry.
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AMAZED and BLESSED
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 Two older ladies, neighbors and friends, arrived at the Food Pantry. They had heard people talk about Good Samaritan, they had read stories about it in the newspaper, but they had never visited before. Now they needed to see if we could help them with food.
For one of the ladies, the need was great. She was an active 93 year old, but her only income was her Social Security check of less than $600 a month. The other woman, who was in her eighties, received a larger Social Security check, but it still was not adequate to cover all her living expenses.
When the women arrived, they were amazed at how beautiful Good Samaritan’s building was and they wanted to look around. So before they got their food, they were given a tour. One of the women remembered the buildings from decades back. She was amazed at how the building had been changed and how beautiful it was and how enjoyable the atmosphere of it was.
Later, both ladies shared how impressed they were with the volunteers and staff. “Everyone was so friendly and helpful,” they said. They especially were impressed with the amount of food they received and how “useable it all was.”
For both women Good Samaritan’s Food Pantry was a real and needed blessing. For the ninety year old widow it was “a special God-send.”
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2009 MONTHLY MINISTRY REPORTS
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Ministries
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Jan |
Feb |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Totals |
| Food (Families) |
731
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616
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685
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729
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643
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3,404
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| Food (individuals) |
1,887
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1,576
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1,813
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2,007
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1,693
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8,976
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Clothing
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1,127
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1,110
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1,034
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1,039
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1,129
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5,439
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Rent/Utilities
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45
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31
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24
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35
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35
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170
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Medical
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31
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19
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17
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22
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21
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110
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Baby Blessings
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5
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1
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1
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1
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4
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12
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