Folks who enjoy Southern Gospel music are in for a special treat next month, when the award-winning Triumphant Quartet takes the stage at the Cullman Civic Center.

The concert, which begins at 7 p.m. on Oct. 19, benefits the Good Samaritan Health Clinic in Cullman. Also appearing in concert will be the Wallace State Singers. A love offering will be received during the concert.

Triumphant Quartet bass singer, Eric Bennett, who graduated from West Point High School in 1984, says that he is looking forward to the concert.

“Home is always in the forefront of my mind. I always enjoy seeing family and friends, and the people I graduated with,” he said.

Bennett was home for his 30-year class reunion last spring. “There is just a closeness in Cullman people, this is a sweet place,” he said thoughtfully. “The people I graduated with acted like we never left high school.”

Bennett often spots familiar Cullman County faces in the audience. Sometimes they drive hundreds of miles to hear the Triumphant Quartet, following the group from city to city several times each year.

The Triumphant Quartet has been nominated for a Dove Award for their latest CD, “Living In Harmony.” They were previously nominated for a Grammy for Best Southern Gospel CD. For the past six years, the group was chosen as the Singing News Fans Favorite Quartet, and they have several more nominations coming up in late September.

The quartet is made up of Bennett singing bass, Clayton Inman, lead, his son, Scott Inman, the group’s baritone, David Sutton singing tenor and G.W. Southard on piano. The singers have been together for the past 13 years. They all make their home now in Sevierville, Tennessee.

Each year, the Triumphant Quartet appears at Dollywood during Southern Gospel Week, but most of the time they are on the road, taking their message in song to people all over the United States.

When Bennett’s former classmate, Jolanda Hutson, who is the executive director of the Good Samaritan Health Clinic, suggested that the group perform for a benefit concert, Bennett and his fellow quartet members couldn’t turn her down. “The Good Samaritan Health Clinic is such an incredible organization,” he said. “It helps so many people!”

“I know that Jolanda has always had such a big heart for people, and this organization has that same kind of heart,” Bennett said.

Since 2004, the Good Samaritan Health Clinic has been providing quality healthcare services to low-income, uninsured residents of Cullman County between the ages of 19 and 65. Dr. William Peinhardt is the medical director for the clinic. “Our mission is to deliver sustainable, long-term healthcare and all-around wellness to the uninsured members of our community,” Hutson said.

“Good Samaritan operates as a primary care clinic,” she explained. “We provide a full range of services and referrals to specialty physicians, as well as the majority of medications free of charge to our eligible patients.”

The Good Samaritan Health Clinic coordinates care for patients by providing them in-clinic access to numerous healthcare services, including routine dental exams, x-rays, and referral service to a network of participating dentists. Hearing evaluations and vision care for high risk individuals are also available.

“Good Samaritan does not duplicate any healthcare services that are offered for free elsewhere,” Hutson pointed out.

As a non-profit organization, Good Samaritan relies solely on donations to provide care to uninsured residents of Cullman County,” Hutson continued. “It is through generous donations, grants, and the support from local organizations, churches and businesses in the community that we are able to provide healthcare services to our patients. In addition to the monetary donations, we receive support through the donation of in-kind services. We are grateful for all the support we receive from the community.”

The clinic receives funding in part through the United Way. The concert is their biggest fundraiser of the year. 

“We make it a point to greet our patients with a smile, treat them with utmost compassion, dignity and respect, realizing that at any moment each one of us could be a potential patient of good Samaritan Health Clinic… needing healthcare without insurance or the ability to pay,” Hutson said.

Residents of Cullman County without any health insurance coverage, who meet certain income requirements, and are between the ages of 19 and 65 may be eligible to receive health care services through Good Samaritan Health Clinic.

The clinic is open Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed daily from 1noon to 1 p.m. for lunch.

For more information, contact the Good Samaritan Health Clinic at 256-255-5965.

“If you are unable to attend the concert but would like to make a donation, go to www.goodsamaritancullman.com or call 256-775-1380, extension 123,” said Hutson.

Caring for Cullman Concert benefitting the Good Samaritan Health Clinic

Presented by Triumphant Quartet and Wallace State Singers

Monday, October 19, 2015, at 7 p.m.

McGukin Civic Center, Cullman

Doors open at 6 p.m.

General Admission $12

Artists meet-and-greet with Artists Circle Seating near stage-$25

Love offering will be received

For more information, call 256-255-5965

If unable to attend concert and would like to make a donation, go to www.goodsamaritancullman.com; or call 256-775-1389, ext. 123

Ticket outlets (all in Cullman):

Good Samaritan Health Clinic

401 Arnold Street NE, Suite A

256-775-1389, ext. 123

www.goodsamaritancullman.com

You can also find them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter

Borden Family Pharmacy

3190 AL Highway 157

256-734-7535

The Added Touch by Cullman Cabinet

1735 Childhaven Road NE

256-734-1540

The Added Touch Too

108 Clark Street NE

256-734-1540

Yates Chance Christian Bookstore

1650 2nd Avenue SW

256-734-8652