When the little rock house on West Mary and South Fifth Street opened its doors in 1987, a small group of volunteers rounded up three people for the Free Hot Lunch Tuesday Program. The following week, El Buen Samaritano served 42 lunches.
In El Buen’s early years, its programs and services consisted of a soup kitchen, clothing closet, food pantry and literacy classes. Today, El Buen is a vital source of psychological, nutritional, medical and educational help to low-income families unable to make ends meet.
