Events & Drives

Where We've Been — and Where We're Headed

Throughout the year, Good Samaritan Outreach hosts and joins community events, drives, and service days. Here's what's coming up — and a look back at what we've been part of.

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Upcoming Events

GSO Thrive & Toastmasters
Toastmasters Club Meeting

GSO Thrive & Toastmasters

📅 Wednesday, May 6, 2026 · 5:00 PM  ·  📍 Good Samaritan Outreach — 20 E. Cherokee Ave., McAlester, OK 74501

Learn how Toastmasters helps build confidence, improve communication, and develop leadership skills in a supportive environment. GSO is working to start a Toastmasters club right here in McAlester — come check it out and see if it's right for you. Open to the community. No experience needed. We'd love to see you there!

Past Events

A look at recent events, drives, and partnerships we've been part of.

GSO Easter Egg HuntPast Event
Community Event

GSO Easter Egg Hunt

📅 Saturday, April 4, 2026  ·  📍 McAlester, OK

Staff and volunteers dyed and stuffed hundreds of eggs at the thrift store the week before, then welcomed kids and families to a free Easter Egg Hunt. A simple day, a lot of joy — and a chance for the community to see GSO doing what it does best: showing up.

Donor & Community Leadership DinnerPast Event
Donor Appreciation

Donor & Community Leadership Dinner

📅 Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · 6:30 PM  ·  📍 20 E. Cherokee Ave., McAlester, OK

An Evening of Hope & Community — donors and community leaders gathered with GSO staff for an evening of dinner, stories, and gratitude. A chance to honor the people whose generosity makes the Thrive Program possible, and to reaffirm the mission together.

St. Patrick's Day Community FestivalPast Event
Community Festival

St. Patrick's Day Community Festival

📅 Saturday, March 14, 2026  ·  📍 Choctaw Ave., McAlester

GSO joined M.A.G.I.C. and special guests from Midleton, Ireland for downtown McAlester's St. Patrick's Day Community Festival. Our info booth introduced neighbors to the Thrive Program — and our men served as the friendly faces representing GSO to the community.

Roots — Child Welfare CollaborativePast Event
Civic Partnership

Roots — Child Welfare Collaborative

📅 Tuesday, March 3, 2026  ·  📍 McAlester, OK

GSO joined the Roots child welfare collaborative in McAlester to advance three goals: equipping a community-based partner — staffed with people who have lived experience — to walk with families before, during, and after crisis; closing gaps in mental health access for bio, kin, adoptive, and foster families; and redesigning Individual Service Plans into strength-based Family Service Plans focused on safety, resources, and successful reunification.

McAlester Clean-Up DayPast Event
Community Service

McAlester Clean-Up Day

📅 Saturday, February 28, 2026  ·  📍 McAlester, OK

GSO Thrive men joined neighbors for McAlester Clean-Up Day — vests on, gloves up, working alongside the community to keep our city clean. The kind of work that builds pride in a man and shows up in a neighborhood the same week.

Leadership McAlester — Economic Development & Nonprofit DayPast Event
Civic Partnership

Leadership McAlester — Economic Development & Nonprofit Day

📅 Thursday, December 11, 2025

GSO joined Leadership McAlester's Economic Development & Nonprofit Day, sharing the Thrive Program with local leaders and connecting with civic, business, and nonprofit partners shaping McAlester's future.