The Samaritan House, the local homeless shelter, held its annual raffle drawing on December 19th. Pictured is Solomon Ray and Samaritan House Executive Director Chris Krager as Solomon draws the winning tickets. Solomon recently starred in a movie filmed here in the Flathead Valley called The Wylds. In years past, the guest celebrity has been Rob Quist, former Chief of Police Frank Garner and City of Kalispell Mayor Pam Kennedy. The Samaritan House provides shelter and Transitional Housing for local homeless people. Each year the Samaritan House serves nearly 1,500 local homeless people. Every bed at the shelter has been full every night since 2002. The Samaritan House uses the proceeds from the benefit raffle to provide for shelter expenses, utilities, toiletries and to provide help for homeless families.
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