GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of giving to transform communities and the world. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

Each year, the Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN) hosts our state’s nonprofit giving event in partnership with a legion of generous partners. Since its inception, the GAgives movement has helped thousands of nonprofits raise more than $90 million, thanks to the generosity of some hundreds of thousands of individual and corporate supporters. Year after year, the movement has grown and is now Georgia's biggest giving day. Starting on November 1st, the event culminates with a 24-hour bonanza of giving on #GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving on December 3, 2024.

Each year, Good Sam dedicates more than $500,000 of its annual operating budget to the expenses of running Friday Clinic. We rely on 100% on philanthropic support to keep this important program going.

And you can help us! This GA Gives Day, we're inviting you to Give Good Fridays with Good Sam. We are hoping to raise $50,000 in a single day to provide an entire month of medical, dental, mental health, medication, and food access for people experiencing homeless in Atlanta.

Perhaps no one is more vulnerable or faces more challenges in accessing healthcare than people experiencing homelessness. The Friday Clinic at Good Samaritan Health Center exists to serve these neighbors in their time of need, creating a safe and consistent place where they can receive the highest quality care.

Every Friday for the last 9 years, Good Sam pauses our normal clinic operations to provide our Full Circle of Health services to people experiencing homelessness. We use the Good Sam van to shuttle friends from locations throughout the city to our front door, where they will receive complete medical, dental, and mental health assessments and a tailored treatment plan, at no cost. Prescribed medications are dispensed for free at our onsite pharmacy and every patient is given meals and hygiene kits to take with them as they leave the Center.

Click the link below to learn more about the breakdown of these costs and to make your gift now!