The Samaritan Group of Kent County is launching a major fundraising and volunteer recruitment campaign to expand its emergency winter shelter, which is traditionally open at three churches in Chestertown — First United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church of Chestertown, and Chestertown Church of the Nazarene — from January through March. Kent County News reports the organization, which provided 661 bed nights to 21 people last winter, aims to begin a journey toward a year-round shelter by opening its doors a month earlier, in December.