by International Samaritan | Aug 13, 2021 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | August 13, 2021 In our most recent book club meeting, I was floored by the memories of Ron Salcer about his parents, Kati and Willi Salcer, two survivors of the Holocaust. Ron’s parents never discussed their experiences until he was a young...
by International Samaritan | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mike Tenbusch | July 26, 2021 Are you looking for ways to get in shape, to spend more time with family and friends, to make a difference in the world, AND to have some fun? The Great IntSam 5K was made for you. This race was born out of desperation last year. In...
by International Samaritan | Jul 9, 2021 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | July 09, 2021 Please accept my apology for not writing you in over a month. I’ve missed you! As much as I enjoy sharing these reflections every couple of weeks, I had to step away for a bit to meet with supporters of our mission around the nation...
by International Samaritan | May 28, 2021 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | May 28, 2021 Just before the pandemic was declared last year in March, a team of students from University of Michigan’s campus chapter of International Samaritan served on our organization’s first service immersion trip to the garbage dump community...
by International Samaritan | May 18, 2021 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | May 18, 2021 This week, I’d like to share with you a little bit of what our mission feels like when we say we are walking hand-in-hand with people in garbage dump communities, along with those with a calling to help, to break the chains of poverty...
by International Samaritan | Apr 30, 2021 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | April 30, 2021 The story you are about to read is true. The names have not been changed to protect the innocent… With a few minutes to go in the 1986 high school district semi-finals at Redford Thurston High School, just west of Detroit, U of D...
by International Samaritan | Apr 13, 2021 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | April 13, 2021 Last week I received an email from Kevin Lopez, our team leader in Nicaragua, about Mateo, one of our scholarship students in Managua. One picture he sent of Mateo instantly reminded me of a picture taken years ago of my own...
by International Samaritan | Mar 30, 2021 | Letters from the President
Finding Light in Loss Presented in collaboration with the Catholic Foundation of Michigan By Mike Tenbusch | March 30, 2021 In August of 1927, President Calvin Coolidge visited the construction site of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. While there,...
by International Samaritan | Mar 11, 2021 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | March 11, 2021 There was a fascinating article by Siddhartha Mukherjee in the New Yorker last week about the wide divergence in how the pandemic has affected different nations. Some nations are continuing to show inexplicable resilience to the...
by International Samaritan | Feb 26, 2021 | Letters from the President
By Mike Tenbusch | February 26, 2021 When she was in grade school, Racquel wanted to be a soldier when she grew up. In a few months, she will be graduating from Excelsior College in Jamaica with a dream of one day owning her own hotel. Her vastly different life...
