Donations of baby items for ages 3 and under accepted each Tues & Wed 10:00am-1:00pm
Donations of baby items for ages 3 and under accepted each Tues & Wed 10:00am-1:00pm
Number of teen girls that will get pregnant at least once before age 21. We help them to raise healthy babies and not have a 2nd pregnancy as a teen.
Reason why teen girls drop out of school. We help them to stay in school, and then go on to community college or a vocational education program.
Of unmarried teen mothers end up on welfare. We help them to get an education and jobs so that they do not end up on welfare.
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Learn more about Samara's Village and our impact from Debbie Keener, our Program Director.
We believe in the power of education to change lives. Therefore, pregnancy and parenting education is our main service; not just for the young mothers, but the fathers, also.
We also provide emotional support. Through one-on-one mentors, we encourage healthy lifestyles, literacy, continuing education, career development, monitor the child’s early development, and connect our participants to community resources for the services they need.
Through a generous community that provides in-kind donations, we are also able to provide for the young family’s immediate needs in times of financial stress. Our Resource Closet contains everything from diapers and wipes to formula and baby food to infant clothing to books and strollers and much more.
Four local women came together in 2016 to support pregnant and parenting teens with Samara's Village, and created the grassroots charitable nonprofit organization. They chose to serve pregnant and parenting adolescents because Brunswick County’s teen pregnancy rates are higher than the surrounding counties and most of the counties in North Carolina.
Research has shown that adolescent parents and their children are at a higher risk for becoming unhealthy physically, socially and emotionally. Samara's Village founders noticed that available programs helped meet physical and educational needs only and so they wanted to create a service that worked in a holistic way.
They became a 501(c)(3) and chose the name Samara's Village because the name means 'under God's protection'. They operate under the notion that it takes a village to raise a child.
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Chairman - Diana Setaro
Secretary - DIana Saullo, corp_secretary@samarasvillage.org
Treasurer - Donna Robey-Sullivan
Program Chair - Diana Setaro
Program Committee - Niesha White-Diggs
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Executive Director - Debbie Keener
Home Visitor Team Leader - Karyn Ducey
Volunteer Coordinator - Janis Gassenmeyer
Our fiscal year ends June 20. If you have questions regarding our finances please contact the Corporate Secretary at corp_secretary@samarasvillage.org
This functional expense pie chart, illustrates that we spend 90 cents of every $1 donated on our program. If you have questions regarding our finances please contact the Corporate Secretary at corp_secretary@samarasvillage.org
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Samara's Village is a 501(c)(3) Charitable Non-Profit organization serving Brunswick County, NC
NPO/EIN: 81-0698994