Empowering Our Community
Hours:
By appointment through the winter.
Spring hours: Saturdays 9am-Noon tentatively starting in March
We are excited to once again serve our community!
A new Board of Directors and Executive Director is in place. The team is working to obtain grants, sort through previous donations, and get the building repaired. We had regular hours June through October 2024. However, due to no heat in the building, we are only open by request in the cold weather months. For appointment requests, please reach out to us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ChautauquaCountySamaritanHouse
or to the Volunteering contacts below.
To stay viable, we need your help!
Volunteering: While we don't have current weekly volunteer positions at the building, there are many things that need done! Please contact Aimee at 716-499-4745 or Sarah Burns at 716-336-9739 to discuss options.
Physical Donations: Can be dropped off in the donation shed behind our building. Clothing, shoes, belts, purses, linens, curtains & stuffed animals tied in garbage bags are all accepted!
Monetary Donations: There are several ways to give!
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PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZZHL4PSJWMCF8
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via US Mail: PO Box 931 Sinclairville, NY 14782
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Cans & Bottles Redemption - just mention Samaritan House at: Can Kings - Fredonia or Don's Car Wash - Lakewood
Our Mission
Under the leading of God, Chautauqua County Samaritan House, Inc. serves Chautauqua County and beyond as a helping hand to families in need while treating people with dignity and respect, nurturing an atmosphere of self-sufficiency and community service, thereby sharing the love of Christ. Collecting and distributing goods and services that meet the needs of the community we serve, thereby actively promoting the mission of Chautauqua County Samaritan House, Inc. We network with other agencies and churches throughout the County, and beyond our borders, to help alleviate the effects of poverty.
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Our Story
A Distinct Mission
Since 2004, Chautauqua County Samaritan House has been dedicated to supporting and empowering the underprivileged in our rural area.
Major Samuel Sinclear founded Sinclairville, New York in 1809 as "Sinclearville." Sinclairville was incorporated in 1887 and calls itself "The Heart of Chautauqua County." The 2020 census showed the population of Sinclairville at 578 and the population of Chautauqua County at 127,657.
Our building was publicly dedicated on September 25, 1845 as the First Congregational Church and Society. 100 years later, the property was sold to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Sinclairville where they worshipped for the next 56 years. In 2001, the now Park Methodist Church outgrew the building and in 2004 Samaritan House was organized.
Our Impact
• To be a helping hand to families in need.
• To treat people with dignity and respect, thereby sharing the love of Christ.
• To increase awareness in our communities about poverty, and how to end it.
• To offer classes for raising the standard to get out of poverty.
• To provide life-skill programs for education and awareness.
• To network with other agencies providing help to those in need.
• To network with churches throughout the county, to eradicate poverty and share the love of Christ, promoting unity among the brethren.