Spare Change for Real Change

03/14/2024

Its’s back! The Purple 5k is our programs largest fundraising effort. Help us increase the number of micro grants we give in 2024!!!

The Purple 5k is back!!! Sunday April 28 at 9am.
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The Purple 5K run was created to empower the community to be actively involved in the fight against homelessness, poverty, and addiction in our city. This fun run/walk starts and ends in downtown Billings under Skypoint and takes participants through the hospital corridor and north elevation neighborhoods of Billings.

REGISTRATION: https://downtownbillings.com/event/2024-purple-5k/

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CAN ANYONE PARTICIPATE? Yes! Young or old, fast or slow – we encourage participants of all ages and ability levels.

SHIRT REGISTRATION DEADLINE: To guarantee you have a shirt ON race day- Register by April 14, 2024.

PACKET PICKUP & REGISTRATION: Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 9am to 4pm, Thursday, April 25, 2024 9am to 4pm, and Friday, April 22, 2022, 12pm to 3pm. Location: the new DBA office (102 N. 29th St.)

09/27/2023

Yesterday was the Leadership MT annual conference and our ROC (Resource Outreach Coordinator) Kody Christensen spoke on a panel about public safety and crime in Billings along with Billings Police Department’s Chief St. John, Dan Brooks from Billings Chamber of Commerce , Representative Denise Baum - Montana House District 47 Representative, Georgia Cady Director of Tumbleweed of Billings, and Mayor Cole with City of Billings Government.

Kody was asked to share more about our downtown in action priorities and initiatives to help everyone feel safe. Our downtown numbers show positive outcomes from the efforts of the HOT (Homeless Outreach Team), MAAP (Motivated Addiction Alternative Program) and safety cooperative program with BPD . Downtown and Billings are currently taking steps that many other communities are wanting to implement. Both our police department and local government are working with service providers, including substance use and mental health providers, to address the issue and also looking at preventative measures (not just reactive tactics). All the collaboration has been beneficial for our downtown community.

Location: Billings Clinic

Leadership Montana

05/17/2023

Thank you Q2 News for covering this complex topic. We are so thankful to have Officers Richardson, Freeman and Fonte as part of our downtown community.

Thankfully we have many people working on solutions and identifying steps that could help the Mental health crisis our community and other communities across Montana are facing.

Billings Police Department Yellowstone County Sheriffs Office Yellowstone County Continuum of Care - CoC

The Billings Police Department has three downtown resource officers that help keep tabs on the city's homeless community.

01/26/2023

Reminder that ShelterFirst is open nightly through April 30.

04/13/2022

FRIDAY is the Purple 5K T-Shirt Deadline - register before Friday to make sure you get a super soft race Tshirt with your registration.

Register online today: https://downtownbillings.com/event/purple-5k-2022/

02/18/2022

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11/30/2021

We're hosting an open house at the Downtown Billings location. At our open house you can view the moving black and white photography from Kody Christensen and be amongst the first to preview the NEW downtown Billings coloring book and meet the illustrator Mark Ager of mark_ryan_arts.

The NEW downtown Billings coloring book contains 20 unique illustrated coloring pages of downtown landmarks and imagery that represent the parts of downtown Billings we can all enjoy. One hundred percent of the proceeds of this coloring book fund Spare Change For Real Change so when you purchase a coloring book for yourself or as a gift you'll be helping make positive changes possible for our community.

Find out more about our Open House by clicking here:

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11/16/2021

REMINDER: the Community Innovations General Meeting is Wednesday, 11/17 at 3:00pm in the Billings Public Library community room.

We will be meeting the Rimrock Foundation Peer Support Team.

For more details about Community Innovations visit https://downtownbillings.com/resources/community-innovations/

04/05/2021

03/13/2021

We are working hard daily to make a difference. Thank you to all who are helping 🙏🏻

BILLINGS - A campaign in Billings aims to help homeless people by making donations more accessible to them.