Community of Giving 2012

Second Annual

Community Giving of

These organizations make a difference...

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Advertiser Index: Adult Resource Alliance ......................................... 7 Al Bedoo Shrine ...................................................... 8 Alzheimer’s Association ......................................... 7 Angela’s Piazza ...................................................... 13 Big Sky Senior Services, Inc................................ 13 Billings Catholic Schools Foundation ................ 17 Billings Community Foundation......................... 16 Billings Food Bank ................................................ 32 Billings Golden K Kiwanis Club .......................... 16 Billings Studio Theatre ......................................... 17 Boys & Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County ........ 18 Family Life Expo ..................................................... 6 Family Service Incorporated ............................... 21 Friendship House of Christian Service................. 3 Habitat for Humanity .............................................. 8 Head Start Incorporated .......................................11 LaVie ......................................................................... 9 Mental Health Center ............................................11 Montana Rescue Mission .................................... 10 MSU Billings Foundation....................................... 5 Planned Parenthood ............................................. 27 Pompey’s Pillar Historical Association ............... 28 Red Lodge Area Community Foundation .......... 12 Rimrock Subaru .................................................... 12 Salvation Army...................................................... 15 Special K Ranch .................................................... 25 St. John’s Lutheran ............................................... 25 St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation ..................... 23 Step Incorporated ................................................. 27 The Center for Children and Families ................ 29 Tumbleweed Runaway Program ........................ 29 Western Heritage Center...................................... 30 Yellowstone Casa Inc. .......................................... 30 Yellowstone Public Radio .................................... 28 Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter ..................... 24 YWCA Billings ....................................................... 26 ZooMontana .......................................................... 26

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s you travel through Billings you see the spirit of the holidays everywhere. It is truly a magical time. What you may not see is the wide range of important services that are being provided, behind the scenes, to children, families and individuals from all walks of life who are struggling to make ends meet.

We are blessed to live in an area that cares about and is committed to providing essential services to the community. Our local non-profits who are steadfast in their missions are making a difference in the lives they serve.

Inside the pages of Community of Giving, you will have a comprehensive look at our local non-profits and the range of important services they provide to our region and how they significantly enhance the quality of life in the Billings area.

We hope you enjoy reading this section and find inspiration in the good deeds accomplished every day. Consider taking time out of this busy holiday season to meet some of the terrific people at nearby non-profits and discover rewarding opportunities existing for volunteers of all ages.

The residents of the Billings region have an enormous capacity for generosity and compassion for those less fortunate.

The Billings Gazette is proud to be a part of this giving community. I wish you all the happiest of holidays and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous New Year.

Michael Gulledge, Publisher Billings Gazette *All advertorial and photos provided by the advertisers in this section unless otherwise noted.

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Friendship House of Christian Service

Photo courtesy of the Friendship House

Thank you, Billings. For 55 years you have partnered with Friendship House of Christian Service to help support some of the neediest kids and families in our community. Together we have helped more than 4,000 kids with a safe, caring and academically inspiring place to be after school while at the same time working with families to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. We could not have done it without your volunteer help and generous financial support. Would you join us in making after school tutoring, training, mentoring, and spiritual development available for our children for the next year and beyond? Would you help us train families to thrive and grow for generations to come?

We have been blessed to be a blessing.

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Montana State University Billings Foundation “Having put myself through college and then dental school I know what a struggle getting an education can be. When Dr. Sexton told me about The Opportunity Campaign and the students it benefited, I knew this is where I should be helping.”

“Our gift to The Opportunity Campaign has given Ed and me a chance to help the many MSU Billings students who are working so hard to make a better life for themselves and their families. We hope our support will encourage and motivate students to get their degrees.”

Marilyn & Ed Bartlett

“I view my gifts as an investment in the students, the university and the community.

We cannot afford to not educate our citizens.”

Mike Ross

“What drew us to The Opportunity Campaign is that it specifically focuses on individuals who are most often overlooked in terms of financial support and scholarships. Keeping higher education affordable for all students gives them the chance to reach their full potential.”

Wayne Hansen, DDS ‘52

“We at Food Services of America-Billings believe that education is a powerful component of success. It creates confidence in individuals and positions them for endless John & Claudia Decker/ opportunities within the Briggs Distributing community.”

Warren Helmer, President Food Services of America

“The highlight of setting up my scholarship has been meeting and maintaining a relationship with the recipients.

You don’t have to be wealthy to make a difference in someone’s life!”

Sharon Ille ’65, ‘74

“Throughout my life, I will give what I can to scholarships because, as a former scholarship recipient, I recognize how life-changing scholarships can be.”

Rob Barnosky, ‘09

“When Betsy and I had the chance to create a scholarship through The Opportunity Campaign, we didn’t hesitate.

My roots are in Eastern Montana and I am thrilled to see that my alma mater continues “We both deeply appreciate to have a strong presence in “A college education has what a fundamental Eastern Montana.” become unaffordable for many, cornerstone Montana State but the benefits of a two- or University Billings is to the Carter ’76 & Betsy four-year degree can make a vitality and well-being of the Mollgaard significant impact in the Billings community and this M & C Beverage, Inc. success of an individual over a region of Montana. Our lifetime. I feel our support can contributions to the help make this difference and Foundation are our way of our “payback” will be their putting our money where our educational achievement.” mouths and hearts are.”

Kay Foster Bill & Amy ’82 Gibler Brown

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a golden opportunity to make a difference At Montana State University Billings, we know increasing scholarship support for students of all financial circumstances and backgrounds is the best investment we can make in the future. Each year, MSU Billings attracts an ever-expanding and increasingly diverse population of students who provide the university and the community a wealth of energy and talent. Every student unable to complete an MSU Billings education leaves behind unrealized potential and a dream unfulfilled.

For the past three years, 2010-2012, a talented and dedicated group of volunteers has worked diligently to raise $6 million in scholarship support through The Opportunity Campaign for MSU Billings Scholarships. The vision of this campaign is to provide additional resources to elevate the educational opportunities of all students, regardless of socioeconomic standing. Efforts have been focused on students who do not qualify for traditional forms of financial aid: part-time students juggling family, work and class schedules; adult learners sharpening their skills for advancement in their current positions or those seeking to reenter the workforce; or first-generation students earning a two-year degree. As The Opportunity Campaign nears its conclusion on December 31, 2012, this is your golden opportunity to help make a difference. If you believe shaping future graduates will result in a better community, state and world, please join us now.

IT HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Chair Ronald P. Sexton ‘59, ‘64 Vice Chairs Allyn Hulteng ‘82, ‘02 Nick Cladis ‘73 Marilyn Floberg ‘66 Dave Warne ‘72

Members Bobby Anner-Hughes ‘80 Marilyn Bartlett Amy Gibler Brown ‘82 Bob Carr John Decker Rolf Groseth Joel Guthals Sharon Ille ‘65, ‘74

Members Stacy Klippenstein ‘90, ‘94 Marilynn Miller Kathie Riggs Jason Rodriguez ‘10 Mike Ross Tim Schruth ‘73 Alex Tyson ‘95 Sandy Wong ‘83

THE FOUNDATION

For more information on the Opportunity Fund, please contact:

MSU Billings Foundation 1500 University Drive Billings, MT, 59101 msubillings.edu/foundation 406.657.2244 A COMMUNITY OF GIVING 2012

Established in 1968, the MSU Billings Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization under the Internal Revenue Service Code 501 (c)3. The Foundation exists to further the role of the University by solicitation, investment and management of monetary support. Through financial and volunteer support, the Foundation enhances the quality of instruction, strengthens research efforts and provides community outreach to the constituent groups served by the University.

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A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 1500 University Drive Billings, MT, 59101

NAME______________________________ ADDRESS___________________________ CITY___________________STATE______ ZIP____________PHONE_____-________ E-MAIL_____________________________ Contribution $100

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Family Life Expo FamilyLifeExpo.com Your Family Information Source!

A Free Community Resource for Billings Families . Read Expert Articles

. Post Questions to Expert Advisors . Share Stories With Other Families New Home

Healthcare Insurance New Family

Education Jobs & Careers Retirement

Community

Financial Planning Vacations Daily Living

Meet your Billings professional experts at

A Free Online Resource Guide Designed to Help Families FamilyLifeExpo.com first launched its website to the public last February to serve as a free resource for Billings families. To date, the site has expanded to include micro-sites serving seven Montana cities. The purpose of the website?

To help families find information to address the daily crossroads families reach as they grow and age – childbirth, healthcare, education, finances, jobs & careers, home & property, insurance, vacations, retirement, and more.

The website was developed by a Billings mom who struggled getting the information she needed to help her make the best decisions for her family. Shortly after launching the website, it became very apparent that she was not alone. According to Quantcast, an independent website monitoring service, FamilyLifeExpo.com now realizes five times the amount of traffic as compared to other websites of its size within its markets. Clearly relaying a message that families need, and are looking for, help.

At FamilyLifeExpo.com users can browse topics to read expert articles, anonymously post questions to expert advisors, share stories with other families, and get

connected with professionals and providers in their own community that can help.

Knowing that the internet can be very impersonal, the organization created an opportunity for families to meet their local experts in person at the Family Life Expo event. The next expo will be held at MetraPark Pavilion on Saturday, February 2, 2013. The event is free to the public and offers lots of fun and educational opportunities for all ages.

Funding for the Family Life Expo event is provided by exhibitors and sponsors. The event’s title sponsor is Billings Clinic. Proceeds cover show expenses and remaining funds are donated to The Mark Alan Hart Foundation, a Montana nonprofit set up to help fund cancer treatment for patients who lack funding to pay for their care. Funds donated by Family Life Expo are used specifically to help fund cancer treatment for Montana children.

For more information, visit www.

FamilyLifeExpo.com or call them in Billings at (406) 294-9116.

Family Life Expo is a service of ACCLAIM, LLP, a Montana based company, and is not affiliated with any religious, political, or advocacy organization.

Event MetraPark Pavilion Saturday, February 2, 2013 10am - 4pm

Free Admission ProceedsProceeds from Exhibitors Benefit Benefit

to help fund cancer treatment for Montana children

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Alzheimer’s Association According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report, Montana is the home to 21,000 people living with Alzheimer’s and more than 46,000 caregivers. Behind every statistic there is a person, and that person has family and friends who are often tasked with the time consuming and emotional caregiving tasks that

Alzheimer’s introduces into their lives. Therefore, the need for education, information and supportive services is critical.

At the Alzheimer’s Association Montana Chapter, we are committed to providing care and support for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and raising awareness in our community – whether it is

our successful Walk to End Alzheimer’s events, program and service offerings or online resources and 24/7 helpline staffed by professional care consultants.

To continue these services for our community, we need your support. Please send your donation to Alzheimer’s Association, 3010 11th Ave N., Billings MT 59101.

Adult Resource Alliance Many of us have heard the term “pay it forward”, but at what point do we really follow through and act on it? There are countless ways every day to make a difference, and Adult Resource Alliance of Yellowstone County has been finding ways to give back to the Billings community for 37 years.

Adult Resource Alliance connects adults age 60 and older with programs they need to live independently. In addition, they offer a full range of volunteer opportunities that encourage continued involvement in our communities.

So if you are looking for ways to “pay it forward” sign up for one of their rewarding programs:

Meals on Wheels Yes I want to help!

Here is my donation of: $20 $35 $50 $100 $__________ Name_____________________________________________ Address___________________________________________ City, State, Zip______________________________________ Email, Phone_______________________________________

Deliver nutritious lunches and a smile to those who are homebound.

Billings RIDES

Use your vehicle to provide rides to individuals with no alternative transportation.

Bookkeeping Assistance

Assist someone with balancing their checkbook and simple bill paying.

Financial Gifts

If you’re like many people, finding ways to give of your time is nearly impossible. If you would like to provide support in the form of a financial donation, Adult Resource Alliance has many options from which to choose, including planned gifts, contributions to the endowment fund, honorarium donations and more.

To learn more about how you can “pay it forward” call Alliance at (406) 259-9666.

Thank You! Your generosity allows us to make a difference every day in the lives of Yellowstone County adults age 60 and up.

A memory change that affects daily life is 1 of the 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Recognizing the symptoms is the first step toward doing something about it. For more information, and to learn what you can do now, go to alz.org/10signs or call 800.272.3900.

If you’d like more information about how you can volunteer or give a financial gift, please contact us today.

AllianceYC.org

Learn more at ©2012 Alzheimer’s Association. All Rights Reserved.

1505 Avenue D, Billings, MT 59102 | PH: (406) 259-9666 | FX: (406) 259-2849 A COMMUNITY OF GIVING 2012

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Habitat for Humanity

Al Bedoo Shrine

To each family, it’s a miracle…

Will you help a low-income family spend their next Christmas in a simple, decent, affordable home?

Habitat for Humanity Mid-Yellowstone Valley has pre-qualified families working toward “their turn” to build their new home. These families have over 20 children and all are currently living in poverty or substandard housing. Habitat builds with volunteer labor and sells the home at 0% interest to the pre-qualified family. Your donation now will help purchase the materials to build the next house. Please consider a charitable contribution to Habitat for Humanity right here in Billings this holiday season……… or anytime.

Blessings $40 .................................................................................................... Range Hood $50 .............................................................................................. Mail Box & Post $60 ..................................................................................................... Box of Nails $75 ...................................................................................... Bathroom Hardware $100 .................................................................................................. Kitchen Sink $125................................................................................... Exterior Doors – Each $240 ................................................................................................... Dishwasher $1100............................................................................Windows - Whole House $3300 ................................................................................................. Vinyl Siding $3750 ....................................................................................................... Flooring $5,000 ............................................................................ Corporate Sponsorship $10,000 ......................................................................Contributing Sponsorship $25,000 ........................................ Major Sponsor – House named after donor $148,300 ............................................................................ Whole House Project

Helping Children to a Quality of Life Shriners Hospitals for Children is a health care system that is world renowned for pediatric specialty care, innovative research and teaching programs. We treat children from birth to 18 years in age who have a qualifying medical condition. There are 22 Shriners Hospitals in the United States, Canada and Mexico, all focused on delivering their services with compassionate, family centered and collaborative care. Acceptance as a patient is based solely on a child’s medical needs, and care is provided regardless of the patient’s ability to pay for their admis-

sion and treatment in the Shrine Hospital environment.

The Al Bedoo Shrine Hospital Corps is dedicated to developing an awareness of our programs for locating, helping, and providing the highest quality care for children who are in need of specific types of medical attention.

This mission is carried out without regard to race, color, creed religion or sex.

Shriners believe children are priceless so our care to them is priceless. Shriners Hospitals for Children are creating a better tomorrow.

If you know a child we can help, or for

more information, contact the Al Bedoo Shrine, P.O. Box 20673, Billings, MT 59104, or call (406) 259-4384.

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shriners?

Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals for Children®

GRATEFUL FAMILIES THANK YOU!

During 2012, four Yellowstone County families completed the work required by their homeowner partnership with Habitat for Humanity Mid-Yellowstone Valley. But their commitment to owning decent, affordable housing did not end there. They will continue working hard in the coming years to complete the purchase of their homes by making their monthly mortgage payments and to provide their children with the safety and stability of a permanent place to call home.

Please consider investing in your community with a tax deductible gift to help more Billings families raise themselves out of poverty housing in 2013. It’s easy to make a contribution by visiting our website, www.billingshabitat.org, or by calling us at 406-652-0960, or mailing your gift to Habitat for Humanity Mid-Yellowstone Valley, 1617 1st Avenue North, Billings, MT, 59101.

THANK YOU FOR CARING!

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for Children® Shriners International is a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth. The organization founded and continues to support Shriners Hospitals for Children as its official philanthropy.

• Shriners Membership: 309,000 • Number of temples (chapters): 195, located in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Panama and Germany • First Shriners Temple (theme) established in New York City in 1872 • First Shriners Hospital for Children: Opened in Shreveport, La., in 1922 • Number of Shriners Hospitals for Children: 22; 20 facilities in the U.S., one each in Canada and Mexico • Where the money comes from: As a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, Shriners Hospitals for Children relies on the donations of Shriners and the general public.

• Hospital Support : Approximately 90 percent of the Shriners Hospitals for Children operating budget is spent in direct support of the organization’s three part mission of patient care, research and education.

Shriners can be seen in parades, at service organizations, community events and throughout the State for clinics and club activities.

If you are interested in learning more, call 259-4384 or stop by the Al Bedoo Shrine @ 1125 Broadwater Ave in Billings anytime.

PO Box 20673 Billings, MT 59104 To learn more about Shriners International: Visit shrinersinternational.org

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LaVie LaVie, a non-profit agency located in Billings since 1991, serves women in and around our community concerning their unplanned pregnancy. You may have seen our television commercials and remember our slogan, – “getjellybelly”. We are that place!

LaVie cares about women and provides quality medical services, in a safe environment, that are relevant to women facing unplanned pregnancies and does not profit from their choice. LaVie offers pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, STI testing, medical consultation and education classes - Duet program - free of charge. Other health care services for women are available by making an appointment with the LaVie physician or nurse practitioner. LaVie is pleased to offer women’s health care for all stages of life such as Well-Woman Exams, Sports Physicals and Menopause Screening.

Thought you had a great plan for your life?

LaVie is a non-profit organization supported by the generous donations of individuals, businesses, churches, and family foundations in our community. With the community’s help, LaVie has served nearly 1,500 women with a variety of our free services. LaVie’s patients appreciate our generous donors as they seek education and information in order to make the best possible decision relating to their healthcare.

The LaVie generous friends, board of directors, volunteers and staff look forward to serving many more women in 2013!

And now you think you might be pregnant?

Don’t know where to go first?

Before you make a decision about pregnancy that comes at a less than perfect time, go to

La Vie’s Heights location is at 44 Wicks Lane.

www.GetJellyBelly.com

LaVie West

La Vie’s second location is at 2321 Broadwater Avenue.

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LaVie Heights

2321 broadWater aVe • biLLings, mt 59102

44 Wicks Lane • biLLings, mt 59105

406-652-4868

406-256-7038

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Montana Rescue Mission Help the Montana Rescue Mission change lives while maximizing your gifts for tax purposes The remainder of 2012 may require more thought than usual as you consider the philanthropic aspects of your financial and tax planning. You may find that time spent determining the best ways to make your charitable gift to the Montana Rescue Mission (MRM) can help you stretch your charitable dollars.

As you consider your year-end gift to the MRM, remember that it can generate income tax deductions that could help reduce your tax bill for 2012. The amount you save depends on your tax rates and the portion of the MRM gift you are allowed to deduct. Only gifts made by December 31 can help reduce the amount of taxes you will owe in April.

Cash gifts made to the Montana Rescue Mission may be used to eliminate federal income tax on up to half of your adjusted gross income. Additional state income tax savings may be available as well. Giving securities (stocks, bonds, or mutual funds) that

are worth more than they cost can bring additional tax savings. Securities gifts are generally deductible for income tax purposes at their full current value if they have been owned for longer than one year and can reduce or negate capital gains taxes. Other MRM gifts can come from retirement plans, your living will or trust, life insurance, or annuities. Check with your tax professional regarding current tax laws and how they may apply to your MRM gift.

Other donation options vital to Mission efforts are cash donations with a specified purpose such as helping to pay natural gas, electric, or insurance costs. Commit to donating a specific amount to the MRM each month.

Even five dollars a month goes a long way in helping a family get back on their feet.

There are numerous other ways you can help the Montana Rescue Mission that don’t involve a direct or indirect cash gift. Volunteer your time

to help. Volunteer hours with the Mission can be tax-deductible. Commit to supplying specific items to the MRM on a regular basis such as toilet paper, paper towels, bath towels, etc. To find out what the Montana Rescue Mission’s current needs may be visit their

website at www.MontanaRescueMission.org, or call them at (406) 2593800. Remember that tax savings, as always, depends on completing your gift to the Montana Rescue Mission

by December 31.

This holiday season your support will help provide hope for the homeless in Billings.

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600 women, 900 men, and over 800 children. .115,000 meals .

24 hours per day, 365 days a year. .

FREE OF CHARGE. Now that you know the facts, what can you do? . . .

Last year the Mission served over

Please don’t All services are provided forget Make a donation on our secure website, www.MontanaRescueMission.org. us! were provided to hungry people.

The Montana Rescue Mission serves our community

(91% of your donation directly serves the homeless) Make a donation of appreciated assets for the maximum year-end tax benefit.

(Call for information) Volunteer your time and talents.

406-259-3800

www.MontanaRescueMission.org

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Changing Lives www.MontanaRescueMission.org

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Mental Health Center The Mental Health Center (MHC) is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the establishment, development and maintenance of high quality mental health and chemical dependency care in South Central Montana. Regardless of economic, educational, or social status, one U.S. citizen in four suffers from a mental illness. During our last fiscal year, the MHC provided over half of one million dollars of charity care to individuals in need.

The Mental Health Center uses a client-centered, recovery-oriented mental health delivery model that emphasizes support for community

living, psychosocial rehabilitation, and recovery for individuals with disabling mental illnesses. Professionals at the Mental Health Center specialize in promoting all areas of mental wellness with their team of over 135 qualified psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, Licensed Mental Health Therapists, Licensed Addictions Counselors, psychiatric nurses, case mangers, Mental Health Workers, Outreach Liaisons and support staff. Together, the MHC remains committed to offering hope and sharing solutions within the community.

Head Start Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of low income children through the provision of education, health, nutrition, social and other services for children and their families.

Head Start provides comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged three and four year old children, with a special focus on developing early reading and math skills. Head Start programs are different from public or private preschools because not only do children receive a high quality preschool education, they also receive services such as health, nutrition and social services that support them in their education and development. In addition, Head Start engages parents in their children’s learning and helps them in making progress toward their own literacy, education and employ- empowerment of parents in the educational process and is a unique ment goals. Significant emphasis feature of Head Start. is placed on the involvement and

Offering HOpe-SHaring SOlutiOnS

During tHiS HOliDay SeaSOn

It Is estImated that one In four IndIvIduals are affected by mental Illness • We serve clients with the most severe • We are fortunate enough to connect and disabling mental illnesses such as daily with these amazing individuals schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, • We are in awe of our clients’ capacity bipolar disorder, and other mood disorders for compassion, perseverance, and • Many of the clients we serve are homeless generosity or at risk of becoming homeless

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Applications for the 2013-2014 school year will be available in March 2013.

To volunteer call Tera Debolt 406-869-1220 Other Locations: Red Lodge, Joliet, Lockwood, Hardin, Laurel

North Park Head Start Inc. 615 N. 19th Street, Billings, MT 406 -245-7233

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Rimrock Subaru Rimrock Subaru of Billings is celebrating the “Share the Love” event Campaign for the 3rd year this holiday season featuring local nonprofit organizations and charities in Billings and the surrounding areas.

Rimrock Subaru will feature a non-

profit organization or charity in each of their full page ads in the Billings Gazette for 32 days. Please look for your favorite charity and non-profit organizations in Rimrock Subaru’s Share the Love campaign.

Red Lodge Area Community Foundation The Red Lodge Area Community Foundation works to impact lives, solve problems, and improve our community. Local Community Foundation’s focus on three main roles: leadership, asset development, and project funding through grant making. We do this with: 1. Oversight of the Nonprofit Shared Services Center, 2. Generating over 1.2 million dollars for 52 local charities through the annual Fun Run for Charities (since 2003), 3. Grant making of over $200,000 in 2012, 4. Facilitating Leadership through C3-Creating Community Change in the areas of Healthy Community, Youth, Poverty, Economic Development, Sense of Place and Communication 5. Generating permanent Endowment Funds.

The Foundation brings together the financial resources of all philanthropists including individuals, families, and businesses to support charities in Red Lodge. Donors can help design gift plans that achieve their philanthropic interests, meet diverse economic situations, and maximize their tax deductions. Donors can take advantage of briefings on important issues from foundation staff and get advice on particular charities. For more information, please visit our website www.rlacf. org or call Tracy Timmons at (406) 446-2820.

Connecting People ~ Building Community in 2012 Red Lodge, Montana • Manage the Nonprofit Shared Services Center for Over 70 Charities • Facilitate the annual Fun Run for Charities Granting $195,000 • Successfully Raised Permanent Endowments to $100,000 Get a great deal. Support a great cause. With every new Subaru purchased or leased,

• Connect Newcomers to Volunteer Opportunities • Granted $5,000 from Donor Advised and Field of Interest Funds • Build Capacity for area Nonprofits Through Education • Create Community Change by Facilitating Stakeholder Conversations • Establish Youth Volunteer Programs

Rimrock Subaru is sharing the love this 2012 Holiday season with our local non-profit organizations and charities. We want to know how you share the love with your favorite non-profit organizations and charities. Please go to our Facebook page and tell us HOW you Share the Love during the holidays and throughout the year!

Please go to rimrocksubaru.com and click on “Our Facebook” and tell us about your favorite chosen charity!

Happy Holidays!

WWW.RIMROCKsubaRu.COM 651-5200 / 1-800-652-7926 24th & Monad • Billings, Mt

• $7,500 00 in Community Grants

If you supported these activities in 2012 - Thank you!

If not, please consider giving today! www.rlacf.org 122 Hauser Ave S. P.O. Box 1871 Red Lodge, MT 59068

Subaru, Outback and Impreza are registered trademarks.

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Big Sky Senior Services Your dollars are needed to help senior citizens remain in their homes Big Sky Senior Services believes that, with proper assistance, seniors can maintain their independence longer and be comfortable in familiar surroundings. With our incomebased fees, we can keep a senior in their home for an average of $200 per month. A senior with minimal resources needs to depend on Medicaid dollars to move into a 24-hour care facility costing taxpayers much more. Big Sky Senior Services is the only local non-profit program helping more than 200 seniors remain in their homes.

Senior Helping Hands, our home care program, enhances quality of life and promotes independence with homemaking, personal and nursing care services.

The Prevention of Elder Abuse program works to protect our vulnerable population by respond-

Help keep her in her home.

BigSkySeniorServices.org

ing to an average of 200 referrals of suspected elder abuse or financial exploitation and manages money for individuals who have been exploited or at risk for homelessness.

The Volunteer program connects community volunteers who want to make a difference by calling or visiting the homebound senior citizens.

We need your financial support to help us continue to help the vulnerable and at risk senior citizens. Your time or money makes a difference. Please visit our website and donate today. www.bigskyseniorservices.org.

Angela’s Piazza Angela’s Piazza is a welcoming, accepting place where women come to learn, to live safer, better lives free from addictions and violence by discovering selfconfidence, courage and hope through domestic violence programs and programs that encourage spiritual and emotional healing. Seeing a need for advocates for women, our agency was founded in 1998 to connect with women with a caring

smile and kind encouragement, and we continue to do so today.

Angela’s Piazza is for women in need of solace and peace, understanding and compassion. If you would like to be a part of this extraordinary outreach opportunity, we invite you to call our office at (406) 255-0611. Volunteers are needed year-round, but also to help with our annual Christmas Dinner Party, which we offer to the women and families we serve.

Helping Women find FRESH Hope & Courage.

• Domestic Violence Education • Medicine Wheel and 12 Step for Women • Daughters of Tradition • Teen Medicine Wheel • Parenting Classes “Providing a community where women can use their strength for change & their voice for justice”

AngelA’s PIAzzA

Women’s Drop In Center 420 Grand Ave. Billings 406-255-0611 angelaspiazza@bresnan.net angelaspiazza.org

Accepting monetary donations as well as personal hygiene supplies, paper products, diapers & other baby supplies.

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Salvation Army The Salvation Army of Billings is planting seeds of opportunity through our innovative approach to social service. Our programs produce real opportunities for our neighbors in need to break the cycle of poverty—especially children in difficult circumstances. The Salvation Army is a place where people from all walks of life find the confidence and hope to transform their lives.

Middle Ground Children’s Programs Program Facts: • 100 Billings youth received free, high-quality instruction each week in Fall 2012.

• Current Offerings (youth ages 2-18): • Classical Music, including piano, guitar and brass • Visual Arts, including drawing, painting and pottery • Textile Arts, including sewing, knitting and quilting • Gardening and Cooking at the Youth Community Garden • Seedlings art and music for ages 2 to 5 As the fall semester at Middle Ground comes to a close, we are eagerly anticipating our Recital and Gallery on December 15. This event features the work which our students accomplished this year. With a firm foundation in music theory, drawing, sewing and plant science, each student has flourished in his or her chosen discipline. We look forward to welcoming everyone back in January, and accepting new students in all areas of study. View and purchase art by our students and instructors at The Door Gallery, our Minnesota Ave. location.

Middle Ground Farm Program Facts: • The Youth Community Garden, located in the North Park neighborhood, is a raised-bed garden.

Our Midde Ground children have their gardening lessons here in

the warmer months, growing food for the Billings community.

• Urban Prairie is our high-tech indoor growing facility, located on Minnesota Ave. At the Urban Prairie, youth and adults enrolled in our programs experience cutting edge sustainable agricultural production.

• Bokashi Composting: We use odor-free, low-heat methods to transform vegetable waste into high-quality compost.

• Eva’s Orchards is our urban apple orchard, located on 6th Avenue North, across from North Park.

We planted another 70 trees last spring, doubling the size of our young orchard.

Our urban farm is about more than just food production: Middle Ground is truly planting seeds of opportunity in our community through education and social enterprise. Program members experience positive community, acquire job skills, and use their creativity to develop social enterprise projects, all within the context of sustainable agricultural production. This year we celebrated our first vegetable and compost sales, with more to come in 2013!

Community Table Program Facts: • 650 individuals served meals daily.

• Each meal includes a hot main dish or sandwich, a vegetable side and a bottle of water.

• Meals are prepared daily at The Salvation Army, with production assistance provided by many groups around Billings.

Community Table is no soup kitchen on wheels. It is an opportunity for a community experience in breaking bread together. The Community Table program provides a shared meal in more than 30 locations across Billings and rural communities in Yellowstone County for the disadvantaged, homeless and lonely. Hunger is everywhere… and so are we.

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Share Your Blessings.

Be Blessed.

Many of our struggling neighbors need food, shelter — and hope. You can help.

Your gift to The Salvation Army makes a real difference for someone in need. Please donate today. You’ll be amazed how much you’ll get out of giving.

3 Yes, Here is my donation of: q $20 q $35 q $50 q $100 q $__________ A COMMUNITY OF GIVING 2012

I want to share my blessings with someone in need!

Name____________________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________ City_______________________________ State___________ ZIP____________ E-mail__________________________________Phone_____________________ Please make your check payable to The Salvation Army, and mail it with this form, to the address below: The Salvation Army • 2100 6th Avenue North • Billings, MT 59101 • 406-245-4659 • www.salvationarmybillings.org

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Billings Golden K Kiwanis Club Kiwanians are volunteers changing the world through services to children and communities. Programs sponsored by Golden K Kiwanis:

Sponsored Youth:

• Riverside Middle School Builders Club • West High School Key Club • Shepherd High School Key Club • MSU B Circle K Club • Aktion Club

Youth Services:

• “BUG” and Terrific Kids Program Encouraging student to “Bring Up Grades” in 7 local elementary schools • Young Children Priority One • Head Start • Young Families • Christmas Fund Donations to 7 Billings Elementary Schools • Christmas Fund Donations to 7 Billings Junior High Schools

• Beanie Babies in Hospitals • West High School Scholarships • Shepherd High School Scholarships • Circle K Scholarship MSU B • Boys & Girls State • Salvation Army Dress-A-Child • Back Packs for Foster Children • Tumbleweed Program • Mountain of Books Reading Program Come join us! We meet at the Elks Club, 934 Lewis Ave., on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. Call (406) 656-3958 for more information.

CLIP & SAVE

The Montana State License Plate Numbering System 1 - Silver Bow - Butte 2 - Cascade - Great Falls 3 - Yellowstone - Billings 4 - Missoula - Missoula 5 - Lewis & Clark - Helena 6 - Gallatin - Bozeman 7 - Flathead - Kalispell 8 - Fergus - Lewistown 9 - Powder River - Broadus 10 - Carbon - Red Lodge 11 - Phillips - Malta 12 - Hill - Havre 13 - Ravalli - Hamilton 14 - Custer - Miles City 15 - Lake - Polson 16 - Dawson - Glendive 17 - Roosevelt - Wolf Point 18 - Beaverhead - Dillon 19 - Chouteau - Fort Benton

20 - Valley - Glasgow 21 - Toole - Shelby 22 - Big Horn - Hardin 23 - Musselshell - Roundup 24 - Blaine - Chinook 25 - Madison - Virginia City 26 - Pondera - Conrad 27 - Richland - Sidney 28 - Powell - Deer Lodge 29 - Rosebud - Forsyth 30 - Deer Lodge- Anaconda 31 - Teton - Choteau 32 - Stillwater - Columbus 33 - Treasure - Hysham 34 - Sheridan - Plentywood 35 - Sanders -Thompson Falls 36 - Judith Basin - Stanford 37 - Daniels - Scobey

38 - Glacier - Cut Bank 39 - Fallon - Baker 40 - Sweet Grass - Big Timber 41 - McCone - Circle 42 - Carter - Ekalaka 43 - Broadwater - Townsend 44 - Wheatland - Harlowton 45 - Prairie - Terry 46 - Granite - Philipsburg 47 - Meagher - White Sulphur 48 - Liberty - Chester 49 - Park - Livingston 50 - Garfield - Jordan 51 - Jefferson - Boulder 52 - Wibaux - Wibaux 53 - Golden Valley - Ryegate 54 - Mineral - Superior 55 - Petroleum - Winnett 56 - Lincoln - Libby

Billings Golden ‘K’ Kiwanis Club

Meets at the Elks Club - 934 Lewis Ave. Mondays 9:30am P.O. Box 20203 • Billings, MT 59104 (406) 656-3958

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Billings Community Foundation Our Mission: To enhance the capacity of donors and charitable organizations to meet the needs of the greater Billings community.

The roots of the Billings Community Foundation (BCF) were formed in 1988 by a group of volunteers who comprised one of a number of regional committees serving a statewide community foundation in Montana.

In 2005, the committee began the transition to a standalone tax-exempt organization and this was completed in 2006.

In addition to offering various options

for individual donors and organizations to establish endowed and special project funds, the Field of Interest Funds at BCF support specific areas of work. Whether your interest lies in youth enrichment, the arts, or outdoor recreation, distributable income from these funds is used to support grants. Organizations are invited to submit requests, recipients are chosen and grants are distributed at the BCF Awards Event each year.

BCF’s geographical focus includes, but is not limited to, the following counties: Yellowstone, Carbon, Still-

water, Big Horn, Custer, Treasure, Rosebud and Musselshell.

For more information, contact Billings Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1255, Billings, MT 59103, or call (406) 839-3334, or visit www.billingscommunityfoundation.org.

Billings Community Foundation BCF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization governed by local citizens to promote philanthropy and charitable giving. BCF gives people of both great and modest means a way to contribute to the betterment of their community in perpetuity.

For individuals

BCF can facilitate tax advantaged giving and serve as your private foundation to manage the distribution of gifts.

For Charitable organizations

BCF can oversee assets by serving as the trustees and investment committee for your fund.

For Estates

BCF can accept endowment bequests and facilitate the long-term distribution of gifts to local Charitable Organizations.

• Set up an endowment, restricted fund, or donor advised fund; • Make a planned gift that qualifies for the 40% Montana Tax Credit; • Create a legacy through various estate planning vehicles including insurance, qualified retirement plans such as IRAs or 401(k)s, or your will; • Support BCF’s “Field of Interest Funds” to help sustain specific areas of need.

Contact us for more information:

Billings Community Foundation

P. O. Box 1255, Billings, MT 59103

406-839-3334

billingscommunityfoundation@gmail.com

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Billings Studio Theatre

Sixty Years of “Excitement”!

That is what Billings Studio Theatre (BST) has delivered to the theatrical community in the greater Yellowstone region. From classical works to slapstick comedy and from poignant, thought provoking drama, to rib tickling, down home fun, BST has covered it all. Billings Studio Theatre crafts each season to create a slate of shows that has a little something for everyone. It really is

theatre for the whole family. Productions include children’s shows, large cast musicals, riveting dramas and hilarious comedies. Located adjacent to the Rocky Mountain College campus, at 1500 Rimrock Road, BST is in the heart of the city. If you haven’t been to a show there yet, call them at (406) 248-1141 to see what is playing next and to get your ticket to excitement.

Billings Catholic Schools Foundation For more than 100 years, Catholic Schools in Billings have provided quality faith-based education to students seeking academic excellence in a family-like atmosphere. BCS Foundation’s mission is to foster the continued success and enrichment of the Billings Catholic Schools, by providing and increasing an endowment and overseeing all fundraising efforts to ensure long and short term financial stability and support.

Donors continue to be the lifeblood of both organizations, whether they give money for immediate needs or choose to create a legacy that will continue through time. Because of these donors, merit or need-based scholarships are awarded to deserving students each year. Donors have also made sure all the students have access to cutting-edge technology, and have invested in an endowment that allows the schools to attract highly

qualified instructors.

When you give to the Billings Catholic Schools Foundation, you are maintaining a partnership with a staff of professionals that care as much for the Billings Catholic Schools as you do. The BCS Foundation staff looks forward to continuing to serve donors through financial and estate planning and a variety of charitable gift programs.

For more information how you can get involved visit us online at www. billingscatholicschools.org, or call Jan Haider at (406) 252-0252.

Every Gift Counts…

...Every Child Benefits

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Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County

On February 4, 1971 our first Club opened on Montana Avenue with a single staff member, a checkerboard and a couple boys who happened to walk by. Since then many things have changed as we have grown to four Clubhouses serving 600 members per day from across Yellowstone County.

However, over the last 41 years, one thing has remained constant; the focus on our mission.

The percentage of members living in poverty?

34% of members live in poverty 35% of members live in low income households *Federal Guidelines (family of four) Poverty= less than $23,050/yr.

Low income= $23,051-$30,657/yr.

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County has kept our promise we made to the community in 1971, to serve those who need us most and to help Do You Know‌ our members become productive, caring, responsible citizens. As we move into the next 40 years our 2011 Annual (Jan.-Dec.) Data donors, volunteers and staff remain focused on our How many members are enrolled at the Clubs? members and our mission because we know that: Bair Family Clubhouse 1,097 Castle Rock Clubhouse 624 Lockwood Clubhouse 673 Bench Clubhouse 74 Total 2,468

The Cost of a Club membership?

A Club membership is $10.00 for a school year membership and $150.00 for a summer membership. During the summer program, which is 12 weeks long, members are offered breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack.

How many total hours members attended the Club?

Bair Family Clubhouse 135,217 hours Castle Rock Clubhouse 18,621 hours Lockwood Clubhouse 24,962 hours Bench Clubhouse 4,180 hours

How many members visit the Clubs after school?

(Sept. 2011- May 2012) Bair Family Clubhouse 229 per day Castle Rock Clubhouse 155 per day Lockwood Clubhouse 170 per day Bench Clubhouse 33 per day Total 587 members/day

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County has four Clubhouses in the community: Bair Family, Lockwood, Castle Rock and Bench. Each day we open the doors to provide members with fun and engaging environments. They’re surrounded by positive role models and given the opportunities to BE GREAT!

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The number of snacks and meals we served to our members during 2011?

Bair Family Clubhouse 33,745 Castle Rock Clubhouse 18,621 Lockwood Clubhouse 24,962 Bench Clubhouse 4,180 Total 81,508 How many of our members live with single parents?

Bair Family Clubhouse 47% Castle Rock Clubhouse 33% Lockwood Clubhouse 36% Bench Clubhouse 46%

The programs and services offered by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County to our community are essential. Your personal investment in the Boys & Girls Clubs will help keep our Clubs strong and vibrant for kids today as well as the next generation of children in our town. Consider supporting the Club in building a world-class Club experience and insuring the Club is in a position to save the lives of those who need us most.

For additional information on the programs, services, and volunteer opportunities offered by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County call (406) 245-4457 or visit www.begreatyellowstone.org.

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What would you be willing to trade each month to provide a child transportation, a snack after school, a safe place to learn and fit in?

Maybe it’s a cup of coffee, lunch or dinner out, a movie or just a pizza every once in a while. Growing up in today’s world isn’t easy for any child, but for many kids in our community it’s tougher than you may think.

All young people struggle with making friends and fitting in - but what if you also had to worry about where your next meal was coming from or if it was safe for you to go home alone every day? It just takes one person to help make dreams of a brighter future come true.

Your $25 = $50 = $75 = $100 = $250 = $500 = $750 = $1000 = $5000 + =

gift will change a life in Yellowstone County.

One snack for 15 members, or Art supplies for 4 kids, or One day of transportation for 50 members One snack for 30 members, or Art supplies for 8 kids, or Two days of transportation for 50 members One snack for 45 members, or Art supplies for 12 kids, or Three days of transportation for 50 members One snack for 60 members, or Art supplies for 16 kids, or Four days of transportation for 50 members Two weeks of mentoring for 10 members, or Sports supplies for 28 members, or One week of milk for snack at all 4 Clubs Four weeks of mentoring for 10 members, or Sports supplies for 56 members, or Two weeks of milk for snack at all 4 Clubs Six weeks of mentoring for 10 members, or Sports supplies for 112 members, or Three weeks of milk for snack at all 4 Clubs Eight weeks of mentoring for 10 members, or Sports supplies for 224 members, or Four weeks of milk for snack at all 4 Clubs Your gift of $5000 or more will create a permanent endowment fund which will produce annual interest earnings for Back-A-Kid in perpetuity. Honor a loved one by creating a lasting endowment bearing his or her name.

OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY

To Back a Kid today call (406) 245-4457 or visit our website at: www.begreatyellowstone.org A COMMUNITY OF GIVING 2012

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Family Service, Inc. Family Service, Inc. is a non-profit organization that has been Caring for our Neighbors in Need since 1906.

For the past 105 years, Family Service has consistently cared for our area’s poorest residents by alleviating the issues associated with poverty: hunger, homelessness and helplessness. We receive no federal funding and rely on the generosity of this wonderful community.

Through the support of local donors, we cared for 11,325 non-duplicated families last year; that’s 26,000 men, women and children right here in Yellowstone County! We supplied emergency food boxes for 9,000 families, distributed 250,000 items of clothing to help preserve dignity, assisted 1,500 families to prevent homelessness and kept basic utilities connected for another 500 families who would have lived without heat, hot water or electricity. Each year we run two special programs to enhance struggling families’ quality of life: our Back-to-School program and our Adopt a Family holiday program.

Every summer we partner with Rimrock Mall to place a real school bus inside the mall. People then “Fill the Bus” with donated backpacks and school supplies for local children in need. This August we were excited to give 1,307 children a backpack filled with the proper supplies so they could begin the school year prepared to learn. This is one child’s story: Alecia was amongst several kids whose back to school needs were posted ‘on the bus’ at Rimrock Mall.

When picking up her supplies, she discovered someone had also purchased her new jeans, a hoodie and pink Converse shoes—her secret wishes to begin school! Mom was near tears that someone cared so much about her daughter to provide things she just couldn’t afford to buy.

After five years at the helm of this program, FSI volunteer Jim Wallman says this is why he keeps going: “When you see a child’s face when getting a backpack, they have so much excitement, or maybe just relief—you know you’ve done a good thing for that kid.

That makes it all worthwhile”.

Our largest program of the year is “Adopt a Family” during the Holidays.

The goal is simple: to connect those who can help with those who have needs. This program matches caring

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Courtesy of Family Services, Inc.

Family Services, Inc. provided 1,307 children with backpacks filled with school supplies during this year’s Back-to-School program.

individuals and businesses from the community with less fortunate families in our area. Last year we matched more than 1,200 families with help, facilitating more than 1,500 holiday meals including a turkey and all of the traditional trimmings for low-income families of Billings and Yellowstone County. Through our partnership with Toys for Tots and donations from our generous community, we distributed more than 12,000 Christmas gifts to local families with children to help them have a joyous holiday season.

Many single moms can tell you that raising children alone is neither easy nor inexpensive. Christy became a single parent after making the hard decision to divorce an unfaithful spouse who was also an alcoholic.

Like many moms, she works 40-plus hours per week, but she finds herself living paycheck to paycheck, always just a little behind. She asked for help with holiday gifts for her two boys after falling 10 days behind on her utility bill when she could not stretch her paycheck any further. Those 10 days removed her from budget billing, and her typical $74 bill jumped to $400. Her utilities were being cut off if she didn’t pay. Christy commented, “I know there are others that need help more desperately than I do so I try not to come in often but I’m working really hard and just need a little help here and there. I am so appreciative for the help from Family Service, without it I wouldn’t be able to make ends meet.”

To all our donors, THANK YOU for your support! Working together we make a BIG difference!

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Will you help us?

Caring for our neighbors in need: • Last year, Family Services helped 11,000 local families.

• We give out 20,000 pieces of clothing monthly.

• Utility payments for 500 families so they have heat, hot water and electricity.

• Emergency food supply for more than 9,000 families who experience hunger, including our elderly residents and veterans.

• School supplies for more than 1,200 children in need.

When you give to Family Service, your dollars stay here in Billings to help prevent homelessness and hunger. Please donate and join us to instill Hope, provide Help and preserve Dignity.

To Donate visit: www.FamServ.com or call 406-259-2269 1824 1st Ave. North, Billings, MT = Find daily needs on Facebook.

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St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation Art from the Heart and Messiah Festival benefit Meadowlark House Annual Events Support Lodging for Cancer Patients Art from the Heart culminates on December 2nd with the close of the online auction and an uplifting performance of Handel’s Messiah! The auction is held in conjunction with the Messiah Festival, a philanthropic initiative of St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation. Both Art from the Heart and the Messiah Festival benefit Meadowlark House, which provides free lodging for patients of St. Vincent Healthcare as well as Billings Clinic. Since 2004, Meadowlark House has provided free, temporary housing during treatment to traveling cancer patients and their families. All operating costs are raised from donations and sponsorships.

Art from the Heart is conducted as a virtual auction and the public is encouraged to view and bid on the art online at auctions.svfoundation.org. Samples of the artwork will be on display in the Alberta Bair Theater lobby during the Messiah Festival on Sunday afternoon, December 2 at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited to view the pieces and attend the performance. Auction bidding will close online at 8 p.m.

The Messiah Festival is a free community performance of Handel’s masterpiece. Tickets to the performance are free to the public and may be obtained by contacting the Alberta Bair Theater at (406) 256-6052. This uplifting holiday classic not only provides a message of joy and hope, but also offers an opportunity to support Meadowlark House.

St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation’s Board of Directors are members of the local community, who give generously of their time and talents to guide the Foundation in its mission of building a healthier community.

“The St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation Trustees are a remarkable group of volunteers who understand the transformational nature of giving…of philanthropy. Through their leadership, the Foundation has been blessed by many generous donors to our mission. As a result of these philanthropic gifts for which we are most thankful, the St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation has, in the past three years, contributed nearly $20,000,000 to the healing ministry of St. Vincent Healthcare.” commented David Irion, President and CEO of St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation.

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To give to the mission of Meadowlark House, call (406) 237-3603 or visit www.svfoundation.org.

Artists featured in the Art from the Heart virtual auction Michiko Conklin Kira Fercho Carol Hagan Jack Hines Charles Fritz Katherine Hoene Marilyn Beth Hughes Bette Jaedicke Lance Johnson Susan Kennedy Sommerfeld Harry Koyama

Ray Krivanek Dawn Ness Eloise Oviatt Bill Rains Kevin Red Star Edna Marie Schiltz Linda Snider Ben Stringer Carol Spielman Carolyn Thayer Robert Tompkins Helen Tolliver Jessica Zemsky

2012 St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation Board builds a healthier community

Jason Barker St. Vincent Healthcare

Shawn Heringer SM Energy Company

Cindy Beers Kelly Coleman Todd Capser Martin Family Foundation

David Irion St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation

Hancock Enterprises

AE Biofuels, Inc.

Sister Lynn Casey

Dr. Patrick Cobb Frontier Cancer Center

St. Vincent Healthcare Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons

Frickle & Culver Law Firm

Dave Rigg

Dr. Neal Sorensen

Jeff Sorenson

Ron Thom

Great Falls Catholic Diocese

Pam Kercher

PEAKS Auxiliary of St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation

James McCray

Highwood Capital, LLC

Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co.

St. Vincent Healthcare Internal Medicine Associates

Dr. Timothy Chris Edwards Edwards, Dernbach

Moulton Bellingham Prudential Floberg Law Firm Realty

Steve Gose Retamco Operating, Inc.

Bill Underriner Underriner Motors

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Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter, Inc. Entering our shelter you are greeted by the smiling faces of our staff and our welcoming committee of furry four legged friends. Our staff of 11 employees and any number of critters meet the growing needs of the animals and people in our community.

It is with immense gratitude that we receive emails, letters, and donations of support.

Working in an animal shelter is the most rewarding of professions. As an “open door” shelter that works hand in hand with Billings Animal Control, we are privileged to participate in all the realities of animal ownership. We help folks who have lost animals and overjoyed to find them safe at YVAS. We hold the hands and provide tissue for the tears of folks whose lives have changed and must entrust their animal to this staff in hopes of finding a safe home for their family member. We dwell in the moments of great excitement as this same animal is adopted and moves to its new home. We pray the fit is right, that we have gleaned enough information from the potential owner to partner them with the perfect critter. And we reserve the right to deny adoptions in the best interest of the animal.

We receive animals with all kinds of needs. We provide extensive medical treatment from medications to surgeries and also behavioral training that will help these animals be placed in new homes.

We embrace the community and their animals in

order to provide the best care possible. We know that being absolutely honest about each animal is vital for the trust of the community and the success of the animal. We know that each contact we have with the public is an opportunity to educate, to impart compassion and for us, as a staff, to learn.

We know that working at YVAS is a gift, a privilege bestowed upon us.

2012 has been an exciting year for our cats.

“The Cat Tower” has been added to our cat housing through generous donation from a family. Our kitten foster program has grown allowing us to receive more kittens. The Adoption Partnership with PetSmart becomes the next step in finding kittens new homes as they are old enough to move out of their foster homes.

2013 will be an exciting year for Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter. We have hired a Volunteer and Special Events Coordinator. We will be out and about in the community with events and education programs. Also, YVAS is in planning stages of remodeling our cat areas to provide more and better housing. We also are improving our outdoor play yards for the dogs. These projects require additional funds than what we regularly receive. We are welcoming any and all financial donations to fund the projects for 2013. Thank you for supporting YVAS.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE…..

Your friend’s and neighbor’s generous donations to Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter created a story of hope for CeeCe (now Juno) and Bones, as well as over 1500 other critters who needed homes.

BONES BEFORE BEING ADOPTED

JUNO BEFORE BEING ADOPTED

JUNO NOW 1735 MONAD RD 24

This holiday season and into the new year the demand to find homes for lonely and unwanted animals in your own community is greater than ever.

BONES NOW

Make a difference today by donating to Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter at: www.yvas.org or send your check to YVAS, PO Box 20920, Billings, MT 59104 A COMMUNITY OF GIVING 2012

Special K Ranch Special K Ranch (SKR) provides family oriented Christian homes on a working ranch for adults who have developmental disabilities.

The ranch is located on 230 acres eight miles east of Columbus, next to the Yellowstone River. There are 31 residents living in seven separate family homes with married couples who serve as home and vocational advisors.

In the 50,000 square feet of greenhouses on the property, residents and staff grow bedding plants, produce, vegetables and melons that are sold at the Yellowstone Valley Farmers Market and at hardware and grocery stores throughout the state. Staff and residents also lamb 180 ewes and raise calves for ranch use and sale.

Visitors are always welcome.

Special Announcement: It is the ranch’s goal to become as self-

sustaining as possible by building its endowment. Thanks to an extremely generous challenge gift, every gift given to the SKR endowment between now and December 31, 2012, will be matched dollar-fordollar, up to $1,000,000. Please join us by participating in this historic opportunity to raise $2,000,000 for the SKR endowment! Contact Steven Aadland at (406) 550-2224 or Larry Goehner at (406) 322-5520 for more information.

St. John’s Lutheran Ministries

In a perfect world there would be no need for adoption. Couples would be able to conceive all the children they desired, and those who conceive would have all the resources they need to parent their children. But in this less than perfect world, the adoption counselors of Lutheran Social Services (LSS) of Montana bring understanding, compassion and hope to anyone who has contemplated or experienced adoption.

With offices in Billings, Great Falls, Missoula, Bozeman and

Kalispell, LSS offers birthparent counseling, preparation for adoptive couples and post adoption services. Lutheran Social Services of Montana is a ministry of St. John’s Lutheran Ministries and a non-profit organization sponsored by Lutheran churches in Montana and Northern Wyoming. Our team of qualified professionals has been providing services to women, children and families of all religious denominations and affiliations since 1954. For more information, please call toll free (800) 726-3083.

Providing family oriented Christian homes, on a working ranch for adults who have developmental disabilities.

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ZooMontana Have you been one of the thousands who have enjoyed the Zoo this year? Over the past year, we have heard wonderful stories from our visitors about their repeat visits, memorable animal encounters, and family fun. Many of these stories are accompanied by the smiling faces of children whose Zoo experiences have made a lasting impression on their lives. We have made great strides this past year, including a new Education Director, new exhibits, events and so much more.

We continue to work hard as we become a sustainable organization, and your tax deductible gift this year will allow ZooMontana to keep the momentum going, helping to ensure the Zoo remains a community asset for years to come. In addition, your donation will be matched dollar for dollar up to $125,000 by a matching grant provided by an anonymous donor! Please consider the impact your gift can have on ZooMontana’s animal care, conservation efforts, and educational

YWCA Billings Your gifts to YWCA Billings provide a lifeline to real people. • Safety for women so they can live without fear • Freedom for children from the lifealtering effects of violence • Support for victims of sexual assault to help them through the trauma of medical exams and questioning • Education and nurturing for children who at a young age are working toward school readiness and lifetime of success • Dignity for developmentally disabled adults as they live independently and as a part of our community • Pride for women and men entering or re-entering the work force with the tools to be successful and provide income for their families

programming. Help us continue to improve the effect ZooMontana has on the quality of life in Yellowstone County, our great state and surrounding regions.

The area’s only drive through light display !

December 7, 8, 14,15, 20-24 5pm-9pm

We appreciate all of your support—past and future—for the real people YWCA continues to successfully empower to improve their lives.

Thank you for helping YWCA save and change lives!

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Donate Online or Call 252.6303 909 Wyoming Avenue Billings, MT 59101 406.252.6303 www.ywcabillings.org

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STEP Reaching goals. Exploring Options.

Finding Solutions. Creating Connections.

Stepping Forward.

For more than 35 years STEP has been an active leader in serving people with developmental disabilities in Montana communities. STEP has the experts and experience to provide solutions for the challenges that families face. STEP creates opportunities for children, adults and families to grow to their full potential.

STEP offers a wide variety of resources for children and adults and acts as a guide in meeting individual needs. Programs such as infant and toddler early intervention, Autism Services, developmental screening and evaluation, adult day services and adult supported living are implemented by highly trained and compassionate staff.

For more information or to get involved, call (406) 248-2055, or visit us at www.step-inc.org.

Empowering families in a challenging and changing world.

Planned Parenthood of Montana Planned Parenthood of Montana (PPMT) is the state’s largest family planning and reproductive health care provider in the state serving thousands of Montanans each year.

We work to ensure that all people have access to high quality, affordable health care and information about their sexual health.

We do this every day for everyone who walks through our door.

And we do it without judgment of anyone’s circumstances. We care no matter who you are. We care no matter what your religion, sexuality or political persuasion.

We believe that when we do this, we make the world a little bit better. And that when people are truly cared for, they can make their homes, their communities and even the world a little bit better too.

Cancer screenings • Birth control • Prevention/treatment of STDs Breast health services • Male and female annual exams Transgender care • Information and health counseling

Step by step together we can help you find and utilize all resources to achieve the greatest potential, and actively participate in the life of our community.

If you need some guidance we can answer your questions.

406.248.2055 800.820.4180 644 Grand Ave, Ste 1 Billings, MT 59101 FIVE HEALTH CENTER LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU

BILLINGS (Heights) 406.869.5040 • (West) 406.656.9980 GREAT FALLS 406.454.3431 • HELENA 406.443.7676 • MISSOULA 406.728.5490

Since 1977, STEP has provided early intervention services for young children and other services for persons with developmental disabilities. To learn more, www.step-inc.org A COMMUNITY OF GIVING 2012

We work to ensure that all people have access to high quality, affordable health care and information about their sexual health.

We do this every day for everyone who walks through our door.

Planned Parenthood of Montana

We care. Deeply. Passionately. And with conviction.

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Yellowstone Public Radio

Yellowstone Public Radio (YPR) is a listener-supported public radio network licensed to Montana State University Billings. From the Joseph S. Sample Studios on the MSUB campus, YPR broadcasts to nearly three dozen communities in central and eastern Montana and northern Wyoming. Listen to YPR online at ypradio.org.

YPR provides a public service to its listeners through our commitment to: • In-depth news and information providing meaning and detail; • Public affairs programming offering a diverse expression of ideas; and • Cultural programming express-

ing the heritage of and innovation in the arts and humanities.

More than 60% of YPR’s funding comes directly from listeners and regional businesses. Your year-end, tax-deductible contribution keeps your public radio programming vital, strong, and, most importantly, local.

For more information about YPR, our programming, where you can hear us, and why your financial support of local public radio matters, visit ypradio.org.

To receive a program schedule and map of our broadcast area, call (406) 657-2974.

Pompey’s Pillar Historical Association “Imagine seeing the twinkle in a sixyear-old’s eyes when she tries on a deerskin dress,” said Pompeys Pillar Historical Association (PPHA) volunteer Kay Deming.

PPHA is a partner of the Bureau of Land Management, manager of the National Monument, where Captain William Clark inscribed his name July 25, 1806.

Sacagawea and her 18-month-old son, nicknamed “Pomp,” were with Capt. Clark as they explored the Yellowstone River, built the famous canoes, named rivers and made maps.

As a volunteer

docent, you’ll tell the wonderful, exciting stories of the journey, help visitors enjoy the interpretive center and the shady paths along the Yellowstone River.

As a gift shop volunteer, you’ll sell journeyrelated items that help support educational

and interpretive efforts.

To become a member: PPHA, P.O. Box 227, Worden, MT 59088. Individual $25, family $40, business $75, community link $150. Call (406) 2486155, or like us on Facebook.

Become a Pompeys Pillar Assn.

Member or Valued Volunteer POMPEYS PILLAR

HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

Presented by Pompeys Pillar Historical Association and the Bureau of Land Management

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P.O. Box 227 Worden, MT 59088

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Tumbleweed Together we can change the future for our youth!

Tumbleweed’s story is one of great heartbreak and hope. We work with so many youth who have been pushed aside, left behind, and given up on. Tumbleweed gives them hope. No matter how difficult the circumstance of their lives may be, no matter how many bad assumptions they’ve been taught to rein in their dreams and narrow their aspirations, they have the right, and the potential, to expect to live rich and satisfying lives.

We work to connect with the young people who open our door, helping them sort through the complex circumstances that have shaped their young lives; homelessness, precarious housing, and unsafe family situations, to name a few. We meet them where they are, listening as no one has listened

before. We know there are between 40 and 124 homeless youth sleeping on our streets on any given night, we wish to change that.

Tumbleweed believes that we can blaze a hopeful trail towards safety, stability, education, housing and health and responsible, accountable live. Our youth deserve nothing less. Please join us in changing the future of our youth.

Call (406) 259-2558 to learn more about our programs and support our youth at Tumbleweed Program, Inc.

Be Part of the

Tumbleweed Story Thank you to the true heroes in our community- who devote part of their lives to loving other people’s children and believing that every young person deserves the opportunity to shine.

The people at Tumbleweed see in each youth their potential, promise, dignity and hope. They serve homeless and at risk youth, but actually through what they do, they serve us all. You too can be part of this conspiracy of love – for the kids that don’t believe that adults can possibly care. You can change a life- one bold kindness at a time. Join Tumbleweed in breaking the cycle of despair and hopelessness kids get caught in. You make a difference.

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The Center for Children and Families The Center for Children and Families works to ensure the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and youth while strengthening families. The Center’s five service areas are: The Children’s Advocacy Center provides a child-friendly environment and facilitates a team that ensures that child victims of sexual crime are responded to by specially trained professionals with a traumainformed approach.

Chafee Youth Services provides services for foster children between the ages of 16-21 who are aging out of the foster care system and moving into independence.

Crisis Nursery & Respite Care provides emergency care for children and support to strengthen families in crisis.

Full Family Foster Care Transitional Housing provides supervised transitional crisis housing and

in-home supportive services for families identified by CPS who have substance addiction issues.

Family Engagement, Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Services provides mental health assessments and services, family engagement, and mental health and chemical dependency assessment and group opportunities for families struggling with substance addiction, mental illness, parent/child bonding, children with emotional disturbances or special needs, and incarcerated parents.

Be a Champion for Families.

Strengthen children, youth, families, community.

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We’re here 24 hour/day 365 days/year for families, youth and children.... You can be too!

Your ‘365 for Families’ program donation makes it possible. Become a Champion for Families

by giving $1 per day. Visit our website at www.forfamilies.org/365forfamilies to find out how.

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Western Heritage Center To share a story is to create a map, guidebook, or script – someone else has been there before us and we’re not alone.

This helps relieve anxiety about places or people by making the strange more familiar. History provides us with stories of people placed in events where they often demonstrate coping skills, a sense of adventure and perseverance.

When presented with a set of circumstances, settings, problems and issues that may parallel encounters in our own life, we develop discernment, good judgment and a broad perspective.

Through the recording, preserving and sharing of oral histories, the use of interactive exhibits and origi-

nal research and the presentation of diverse perspectives, the Western Heritage Center feeds the mind. The illustration of diverse heritage and traditions produces citizens who can reason, set priories, organize ideas and quickly grasp what is essential. The mind is a wonderful and endlessly imaginative tool – join us!

Courtesy of Western Heritage Center

A young visitor enjoys the Echoes of Eastern Montana exhibit at the Western Heritage Center. The display includes many interactive components such as this Post Office set where guests of all ages can discover hidden treasures in the mail boxes.

Yellowstone CASA This holiday season, 350 children in Yellowstone County will find themselves in the court system because of abuse or neglect.

Yellowstone CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) trains volunteers to advocate in court for abused children. CASA volunteers develop a strong bond with the child as they investigate the child’s life and advocate for the child’s physical, psychological and educational needs.

The goal of the CASA volunteer is simple; help the court find a safe, permanent home for the child, as quickly as possible. Now more

than ever, Yellowstone CASA needs YOU! With record numbers of children entering the court system and a shortage of CASA volunteers, YCASA needs YOU to speak for our children. Don’t have 5-15 hours a month to dedicate to becoming a CASA volunteer? YCASA needs community

support to increase our services to ALL of the children who currently qualify for a CASA volunteer. For more information, or to inquire about becoming a CASA volunteer, call (406) 259-1233 today, or visit www.yellowstonecasa.org. This holiday season give an abused child a voice, YOURS.

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Give an abused child a voice.

YOURS. Call CASA 259-1233

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Billings Food Bank The holidays shine a well-deserved spotlight on the work of the Billings Food Bank, which provides food to those in need in our community. People embrace the Holiday Food Drive and Turkey Tuesdays by contributing generously. Last year 11,038 holiday food baskets were distributed. Hats off not only to the contributors but to the hardworking behind-the-scene helpers who package the donations and see that food boxes get to where they are needed.

If that is all that the Billings Food Bank does during the year, they would have every right to be proud. But, the Billings Food Bank is so much more than that. They address hunger 365 days a year by providing food and services around the calendar.

By the numbers, here are some of the accomplishments of the Billings Food Bank: • 93,885 Food boxes provided by Billings Food Bank • 61,600 Food boxes provided through Senior Nutrition Program • 11,909 Food boxes provided through voucher system • 222,164 Meals and sack lunches provided through Fortin Culinary Center (in addition to boxes) • 11,038 Holiday Food boxes provided • 15,690 Meals provided to the Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County These numbers do not include food and services provided to other programs and agencies that depend on the Billings Food Bank for help. The numbers do not reflect the countless hours involved in being a distribution center for fire and flood relief.

Here are some of the activities of the Billings Food Bank:

Senior commodity program The Billings Food Bank provides much needed food boxes for low income seniors struggling to meet basic food requirements. Many senior citizens in our community would go hungry without the support of the Billings Food Bank.

Kids kitchen courses Kids learn the basics of cooking. These are skills they can use for a lifetime. Cooking provides an opportunity for parents and kids to spend quality time together.

Fortin Culinary Center job training The local program is based on the Curriculum of a very successful program in Washington called, DC Central Kitchens. Robert Egger developed those classes and provided assistance with the Billings Food Bank program. The 12-week course is held

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in the Montana Harvest Kitchen and includes 10 weeks in the kitchen and a 2-week internship in the community with actual food service.

Nutrition education There are lots of food items, but which ones are good for you? The Fortin Culinary Center, located in the Billings Food Bank, gives hands-on classroom nutrition education, basic knowledge of cooking essentials, budgeting education and other classes to families seeking to stretch their resources. The commercial kitchen helps reach those people that are seeking help in learning about cooking and nutrition. After some basic instruction, participants receive a sack of groceries to prepare in their own homes.

Billings Center for Social Enterprises/gift shop This program offers an opportunity to those who wish to market arts and crafts in the Billings Food Bank gift shop. People shopping in the shop not only support the food bank - they also support the community. Most of the items in the gift shop are made with love by both adults and kids in the Billings and surrounding community. Since it is stocked by local artists and craftsmen, you never know exactly what you will find.

Fortin Culinary Center commercial kitchen rental The kitchens were designed to provide classroom space, commercial space and equipment for entrepreneurs wishing to enter the specialty food industry.

Meeting rooms/banquet rental The Billings Food Bank can host groups from a few people to several hundred. It is perfect for business meetings, rehearsal dinners and wedding receptions. Please call for details.

The facility is so much more than the 54,000 square feet of dry, refrigerated and frozen storage, distribution and offices. It was designed to carry out the Food Bank mission: To assume a leadership role in feeding the hungry by recovering, securing, purchasing, and delivering quality food and other products, and playing a strong education and advocacy role on hunger-related issues: Doing all within our power to address root causes of hunger and encourage economic growth.

The Billings Food Bank is always looking for volunteers! Please call us if you are interested in getting involved. Plans are already under way for Mardi Gras Montana 2013, to be held February 12.

There are plenty of opportunities to help with this fun gala. Whether you volunteer or not, plan to attend.

For more information on the Billings Food Bank or any of the programs and services, please call Sheryle Shandy at (406) 259-2856.

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What did you have for dinner last night?

Hunger…give ‘til it helps.

Hunger is real and it is a growing concern. With your ongoing support, we will continue to provide food to those who need it.

Remember, food shouldn’t be a luxury item.

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