What is National Good Samaritan Day?

On March 13th, National Good Samaritan Day honors those who offer assistance when needed. The day is also known as Good Samaritan Involvement Day, and it honors kindness in all its facets.

"Good Samaritan" comes from a Bible parable where a Samaritan helped a stranger who had been robbed and beaten and left dead by the side of the road, where a Samaritan helped a stranger who had been robbed and beaten and left to die by the side of the road. Not only cleaned the man's wounds and clothed him, but escorted him to an inn where he paid for the man's care. The Samaritan was not only responsible for the man's care.

Today, the word is used to describe those who do acts of kindness for those in need, particularly those who are strangers.