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Wed 6th March, 2013
Happy Parents Raise Happy Kids - workshop
Panthers Football Club Park St Hawthorne 4171
Free fun, interactive workshop for parents and carers.
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The Good Sams Foundation

Welcome to the Good Sams Foundation website.

The Foundation was established in 1999 to provide ongoing finances and resources to the work established by Sisters of the Good Samaritan.

For over 150 years in Australia the Sisters of the Good Samaritan (affectionately known as the Good Sams) have provided refuge, education and hope to women and children in need.

Some of the key projects include providing safe accomodation to women and children escaping domestic violence who would otherwise find themselves homeless. We are currently implementing prevention programs and education programs with the aim of reducing controlling behaviour, in schools and the community.

Who are the Sisters of the Good Samaritan?

The Sisters are women who have chosen a unique life path, putting the needs of others ahead of their own. They have chosen to forego a family and career. They believe in walking a path with God and working in the community fulfilling the parable of the Good Samaritan.
The Sisters are affectionately known as Good Sams.
Learn more about the Good Sams at goodsams.org.au

Good Samaritan Benedictine Values

What underpins all the projects undertaken by the Sisters are their values. These are at the core of everything the Sisters have done over the last 150 years.
Learn more about the The Good Samaritan Benedictine values.