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Learn the stories of people you pass everyday. Help cashlessly and effectively.

become a samaritan

The samaritan app reveals the story of unsheltered people whom you pass by daily. You can give towards critical needs and create lifelines of hope.

  • Bring simple kindness and sustaining resources to someone without a home. learn more →

  • Citygoer Sees Homelessness

    What went through your mind when you last saw this?

    "I don't have time…" "I don't have cash…" "Will cash help?"

  • Read Beacon Holder's Story

    Samaritan uses bluetooth to send you a notification when you’re close to a homeless beacon holder. You can learn of their story and give directly towards critical, unmet needs.

  • Redeeming Items

    The beacon holder can use funds at partnered stores or nonprofits to buy what they need to survive or leave the street.

  • Check-Ins with Counselor

    To keep their beacon active, beacon holders meet with a counselor monthly to set and follow up on goals.

  • Beacon Holder Success

    Over time, good things happen in the context of good relationships—from housing to job training, addiction recovery, and employment.

  • Walk with, not by

These are our neighbors.

As much as others ignore them, you don't have to.

We're never more likely to do something than in the moment we see the need with our own two eyes.

This app exists to provide a simple, compassionate response.

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This makes me feel like there's somebody out here who actually wants to help. - Chuck Now-Housed Beacon Holder
This is another lifeline. It’s awesome. Makes me feel almost normal again. Like part of the human race almost. - Heidi Miller Beacon Holder
Even when I don’t have faith in myself, or feel I can’t make it, this just gives me a extra… oomph. - Lamar J Beacon Holder
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Learn this person's story by searching their &handle in the Samaritan app.

It gives my clients the ability to care for their own needs with dignity, honor, and gratitude. - Emily Ishiki Community Advocate REST
Vulcan
Marys place
Amazon
Goodwill seattle
Grocery outlet
St vincent de paul
Nordstrom
Deloitte
King county metro
Millionair club charity
Facebook
Costco
Outdoor emporium
Pike market senior center
Street bean coffee belltown
Zulily
Union gospel mission
Tune
Docusign
Army navy surplus
La bodega
Lane powell
Rover

Want to help? Whether you’re a church, company, or local merchant, there’s a way to invest in our unsheltered.

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