Helping people move toward economic self sufficiency.
A car takes you far!
Who We Help
The Samaritan Car Care Clinic works on a referral basis with Northern Kentucky social service agencies to help low-income families with car repairs. Repairs are done on a shared cost basis with the goal of helping the families get to their jobs and stay on the path to self-sufficiency.
What We Do
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Change engine oil
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Replace air filters
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Replace wiper blades
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Replace bulbs
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Top-off fluids
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Inflate tires
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General car repairs
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Who We Are
The Samaritan Car Care Clinic offers a lifeline to working poor families. Our services enable these families to maintain their cars, to allow them to access jobs and transport family members to school and health care appointments.
“This is a great service. It is different than what others provide. Others do the normal services like food, but changing my oil is so great because my car is important to me. If I can’t get to my job, I can’t pay my bills.”
– Samaritan Car Care Clinic Participant
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The Clinic is honored to be one of the four grant recipients from Impact 100. We will be able to help a lot of people with this generous opportunity. Congratulations to all the finalists as all of these causes are worthy. Working together we all help make our community a better place.Impact 100 Awards $400,000 in Grants to Four Regional Nonprofits
Impact 100 Cincinnati announced four local nonprofits who will each receive a $100,000 grant for innovative community projects. Selected from among seven finalists, the following organizations received the highest rankings via member ballots and were announced at Impact 100’s 2023 Annual Awards Celebration on Sept. 12 at Music Hall.
Impact 100 Grant Recipients for 2023:
KTMIS (Keeping Teen Moms in School)
Project: Purchase three used passenger vans to transport teen moms and their children to Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati, eliminating a primary obstacle for enabling this vulnerable population to stay in school and graduate, breaking the cycle of generational poverty.
People Working Cooperatively
Project: Create a workforce development program with training modules to train skilled workers to perform critical home repairs and other services for low-income families in Cincinnati, benefiting both the newly skilled worker and the homeowner.
Samaritan Car Care Clinic
Project: Purchase and repair used cars to sell, which will boost inventory and accelerate much needed car availability for women from the Ion Center in Covington, Ky., and Brighton Center in Florence, Ky., eliminating transportation as the obstacle to their recovery and financial stability.
YES Home
Project: Renovate the YES Home in Aurora, Ind., creating a safe and therapeutic space for counseling and family visits for youth often experiencing abuse, neglect or mental health issues, ensuring they receive the necessary support and services to overcome their challenges and improve their well-being.
The other grant finalists were Fly & Dry Basic Needs Bank, Tikkun Farm, and Whitney/Strong.
“We congratulate each of our grant recipients and look forward to seeing the considerable impact they will have on our community,” says Impact 100 President Kathy Thornton. “We are proud of all of our finalists, and we invite the community to view their wish lists and donate items that could benefit their work and the people they serve.”
Thornton continues, “Thanks to each of the nonprofit applicants who presented us with transformative initiatives and are working tirelessly to ensure that all people in our community may thrive.”
View wish Lists for all seven finalists buff.ly/3PfCHRA
Founded in Cincinnati in 2001, Impact 100 is an organization of women who follow a collective giving model to fund transformational grants to create an equitable, thriving community for all. The Cincinnati chapter has awarded more than $6.5 million in grants across a 10-county region that includes Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Eastern Indiana.
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Samaritan Car Care Clinic Receives Grant from Local Giving Circle Give Where You Live NKY — Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky
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The Samaritan Car Care Clinic received a $6,000 grant at Give Where You Live NKY’s most recent speed philanthropy meeting. This is the second time the nonprofit has been selected as the awardee of t...Comment on Facebook
Well deserved!
Listen up! Bruce Kintner, Director of Samaritan Car Care Clinic, will be a guest on the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Spotlight Podcast on Monday, August 21! He highlights our new Covington garage, our mission, and how you can get involved. Tune in on the NKY Chamber Facebook page at 4 p.m., or listen where you find podcasts.Are you ready for next week’s NKY Spotlight Podcast, presented by CVG? We are joined by Bruce Kintner of Samaritan Car Care Clinic, who showcases their new Covington Garage and how they’re filling an unmet need for families in NKY.
Laura Menge of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation also joins us to highlight the 2023 Devou Cup honoree, which will be awarded on Sept. 14 at Annual Dinner, presented by Fifth Third Bank.
Tune into the podcast at 4 p.m. on Monday on the NKY Chamber Facebook page or listen on your preferred podcast streaming platform.
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Thank you to Bruce for joining us on the podcast!
Thanks, Bruce! You are doing great work in NKY!
Yeah!! Go Bruce!!
Sixteen years ago, a group of volunteers began performing oil changes for low income single moms. The need was apparent and the mission expanded to arranging repairs through a network of local Northern Kentucky repair shops. Cars that were donated were repaired and provided on a cost sharing basis to families. In 2023 a new facility was opened to provide a permanent repair facility to expand the services of the Samaritan Car Care Clinic.
We need to shift our focus from raising funds to build the building to growing the funds for repairs to move more families along the road to self-sufficiency. Please consider becoming a monthly sustaining member to provide the steady flow of funds to lift up families. This steady flow of funding will help us deliver services to a larger number of families.
Our model is offering people a hand up. Our clients participate in cost sharing arrangements to support their journey to self-sufficiency. Your support extends your helping hand to a family!
All donations, large or small, are greatly appreciated.
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Our lifts raise cars, your gift lifts lives! A car takes your far! Sixteen years ago a group of volunteers began performing oil changes for low income single moms. The need was apparent and the missio...Comment on Facebook
You can help the Samaritan Car Care Clinic earn some money just by doing your regular grocery shopping! If you haven't registered your Kroger Plus Card yet with their Community Rewards Program, please do so at www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow/
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DONE!! 👍😍
Attached is our June 2023 Newsletter. Thank you for your continued support of the Samaritan Car Care Clinic! ... See MoreSee Less
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The Samaritan Car Care Clinic is pleased to share that Impact 100 has selected the Clinic as one of 7 finalists for the Impact 100 2023 grant cycle! Impact 100 is a group of more than 500 women who support philanthropy in the Greater Cincinnati region.
For the 2023 cycle, just over 100 initial Letters of Intent were submitted by non-profits in the region. That was condensed to 33 actual applicants. That was then further reduced to 15 site visits by Impact 100 members. And out of that group of 15, Impact 100 members selected 7 non-profits to be considered for 4 grants. Each grant will be for $100,000.
The Clinic finds out in September whether the members of Impact 100 will select the Clinic as one of the 4 grant recipients. The Clinic grant application was for a vehicle purchase program to support low-income single moms at Brighton Center and Ion Center for Violence Prevention. Look for an update in the next newsletter!
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Clinic volunteer Alan Nguyen helping clean on a donated 2005 Sienna van on June 21. The van is currently slated for a single mom of 4 going through job training at Gateway Community College.
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