Founded in 1982, The Good Samaritans is an organization of community volunteers dedicated to assisting Good Samaritan Hospital in its mission within the community of Greater Cincinnati.

The Good Samaritans follows its own bylaws and serves Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation as a “friend – fundraising society.” The organization was conceived as the brainchild of a group of dynamic women who wished to support the hospital and increase Good Samaritan’s value to the city.

The Good Samaritans have proven to be extremely effective in impacting community health needs. More than $4.5 million has been raised over the past 25 years. The funds have helped underwrite a variety of efforts undertaken by Good Samaritan Hospital to improve the availability and quality of health care for the people of Greater Cincinnati.

Supported projects have addressed areas of research, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and education of patients and caregivers.

The Good Samaritans are quite proud of their contributions:

• $626,000 Medical Education Research Fund
• $506,000 Clinic Assistance Endowment Fund
• $305,000 Cardiovascular Services - Audiovisual Equipment
• $299,000 Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Center
• $288,500 E. Kenneth Hatton MD Research Laboratory
• $285,000 Perinatal Research Center
• $276,000 Fetal Therapeutics Collaborative
• $270,000 Cardiac Catheterization Pre- and Post-Recovery Unit
• $253,000 Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science
• $250,000 Cardiovascular Services - TMR Heart Laser
• $245,000 Radio Oncology
• $235,000 Faculty Medical Center
• $165,000 Outpatient Cancer Care Unit
• $114,000 Parish Nurse Ministry Program
• $90,000 Rehabilitation Center
• $87,000 Arrhythmia Mapping Technology for the Heart Center
• $47,000 GSH Nursing School Scholarship Endowment
• $37,000 Community Trauma Prevention Program
• $35,000 Regional Molecular Diagnostic Center
• $30,000 Peripheral Laser Angioplasty Laboratory

The Good Samaritan Officers
May 2009 - May 2010

• Judith Roth, President
• Susan Cranley, President-Elect
• Leslie Baggish, Past President
• Suzanne Costandi, Recording Secretary
• Susan Manegold, Treasurer
• Second Year Director, Lesley Loon
• Second Year Director, Mavis Saladin
• First Year Director, Kitty Tallarico
• First Year Director, Darlene Welling

Please contact Lynn Meyer or call (513) 862-1258 for more information.