Good Samaritan already had a plan for their new home but needed help
coming up with the funds and labor to implement this plan. With this in mind
ECF committed to a partnership with Good Samaritan to provide volunteer
services and some funds to build this new, permanent clinic. They call this
partnership The Matthew Project.
Good Samaritan’s new home will be constructed in three phases. Each phase
will add a wood-frame-on-concrete-slab clinical building. These buildings will
be built primarily by volunteers overseen by professionals. Phase one, a
one-story 4,000 square foot building, is currently under way which will
ultimately house multiple medical functions as well as the pharmacy. The
lobby/waiting area will be included in phase one and 24 new parking spaces
will be added.
According to the Matthew Project’s design, ECF has funded a volunteer
coordinator position to engage teams of volunteers in Central and North
Georgia and to inspire them to participate in these mission trips to build the
new facilities. Utilizing her background in fundraising and volunteer
management, Volunteer Coordinator Hannah Phillips works with these
mission teams to arrange the logistics of all volunteer participation.
With the construction of Building One just getting underway, our volunteer
needs vary, but there are two primary types of volunteers needed. The first need
is for able bodied missioners to work on constructing this building. The second
volunteer need is for people more interested in providing hospitality to the
construction workers by preparing lunches and snacks.
The Phase I clinical building will be one
story with 4000 square feet.
Supervisors and volunteers
have begun construction of
Building One.
The Matthew Project will be a three phase project that we anticipate will last for
three years. Things are just beginning and we would love to have you join us in
this mission. To learn more about The Matthew Project and how you can
participate, contact Hannah Philips, [email protected], 901-2772517. Or visit http://thematthewproject.episcopalatlanta.org.