Dear Friends,
Following the Burial service for Lee Showalter, many folks have asked me about the Good Samaritan Fund. This fund was established by Janet and Lee Showalter almost ten years ago to benefit Manakin Church. A monetary gift from a trust that they had established was sent to the Diocesan Composite Fund to be invested on our behalf. The earnings from this fund come to Manakin quarterly and at the request of the Showalters, they are divided equally between operational needs and outreach.
The model for the establishment of this gift came from the church where Lee worshipped in Roanoke, Virginia. He liked how the fund could sustain the day-to-day needs of the church, but equally look beyond our walls to those we can support through outreach in the community.
We often wonder about our legacies and who will be impacted after we are gone. The Good Samaritan Fund will long live on to support our church and community. Donations to this fund will help it to continue to grow and benefit Manakin Church.
Last year, funds from this trust helped with our donations to the following charities and non-profits in the area:
Backpacks of Love
Bon Secours Community Hospice House
Boys Home of Virginia
Families of the Wounded
Family Lifeline
Fine Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Free Clinic of Powhatan
Good Samaritan Ministries
Grace Inside
Lonesome Dove Equestrian Center
NAMI (Suicide Prevention) Virginia
Powhatan Christmas Mother
Powhatan Coalition of Churches
Powhatan County Rescue and EMS
Powhatan Habitat for Humanity
Powhatan Animal Shelter
Powhatan Social Services
Rebuilding Together Richmond
Richmond Christmas Mother
Richmond Friends of the Homeless
Shalom Farms
St. Joseph’s Villa
Virginia Sexual Domestic Violence Action
Blessings,
Gini+