Greater Gallatin United Way

08/31/2026

Summer may be over for most families, but the fun, friendships, and memories made at kidsLINK Summer Camps are worth one more look. ☀️

From adventures and field trips to creative projects, new friendships, and plenty of laughter, our campers packed a lot into their summer, and now we are cheering them on as they head back to the classroom!

And while summer camp is wrapping up, kidsLINK doesn’t stop when school starts. Our teams are ready to welcome kids back for another year of kidsLINK out-of-school programs, giving children a safe place to learn, play, connect, and just be kids, while helping working families keep working.

Here’s to a great school year for all of our kidsLINK kids, families, staff, teachers, and school partners! 🎒✏️

United is the Way we show up for kids and families.

08/28/2026

United is the Way. Join Us September 23!

What happens when businesses, nonprofits, neighbors, and community leaders all show up in the same room? We discover just how much more we can accomplish together.

Join us for Greater Gallatin United Way’s Annual Campaign Kick-off Breakfast on September 23 at the Kimpton Armory Hotel.
☕ Enjoy breakfast
🤝 Connect with community leaders
💡 Find your place in our collective impact
🏆 Celebrate our 2026 Community Impact Award recipients
🎤 Hear from Adam Jespersen, Executive Director of the Montana Nonprofit Association

And this year, businesses have an extra reason to turn inspiration into action. Organizations that attend the Kick-off and take a next step with GGUW—whether through a workplace campaign, kidsLINK supply drive, sponsorship, volunteer project, or meeting with our team—can be entered to win an Executive Retreat valued at $15,000, generously donated by Sage Lodge.

Come ready to connect, get inspired, and find your way to show up for Greater Gallatin.

Because United is the Way.

Reserve your seat: https://greatergallatinunitedway.org/take-action/annual-campaign-kickoff/

08/28/2026

A legacy that will keep turning pages for generations. 💙📚

As the world remembers Dolly Parton, we are especially grateful for one of the many gifts she leaves behind: her belief that every child deserves the opportunity to dream, learn, and grow through books.

Through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, children from birth to age 5 receive a free, age-appropriate book in the mail every month, building home libraries and a love of reading from the very beginning.

Here in our community, every child ages 0–5 in Gallatin and Park counties is eligible to participate at no cost to their family.

📚 Have a child under 5? Sign them up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
❤️ Looking for a way to honor Dolly’s legacy? Consider making a gift to help keep books arriving in the mailboxes of local children for years to come.

Her vision was simple and powerful: inspire children to dream more, learn more, care more, and be more. We are honored to help carry that vision forward in Gallatin and Park counties.

https://greatergallatinunitedway.org/dolly-partons-imagination-library/

08/25/2026

In 1995, Dolly Parton started mailing books to children in her home county to inspire children to love reading in honor of her dad, who couldn’t read or write.

That idea lives here too through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Every month, more than 3,000 children in Gallatin and Park counties find a book in the mailbox — because of neighbors who fund it, volunteers who run it, and a woman from Sevier County, TN who started it all.

While our hearts are incredibly sad today, we’re more inspired than ever to continue this important mission. Together, we are building a brighter future for our children.

Thank you for supporting our work and Dolly’s legacy.

08/24/2026

This week, help us stock kidsLINK for a great year of afterschool learning, creativity, and fun!

Greater Gallatin United Way is teaming up with First Security Bank for a kidsLINK Supply Drive, August 24–28. Donations help fill our programs with the games, art supplies, hands-on activities, and learning tools kids use every day.

Every donated item helps us create enriching afterschool experiences for local kids while supporting the working families who rely on kidsLINK.

📍 Drop off donations at any First Security Bank location
🕘 August 24–28 | 9 AM–4 PM

Prefer to shop online? Check out our kidsLINK Amazon Wish List:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1JVUWR7LEQCTB

Thank you to First Security Bank and everyone helping us start the school year stocked and ready for our kids!

08/21/2026

The Community Book Drive with Greater Gallatin United Way and First Interstate Bank continues through August 31.

Your new or gently used children’s books can help local kids build a love of reading, spend meaningful time with family, and strengthen skills that support success in school and beyond.

Drop off books for infants through middle school readers at participating First Interstate Bank locations, Greater Gallatin United Way, or Country Bookshelf in downtown Bozeman.

Clear a little space on your bookshelf, and make room for more stories in the lives of local kids.

08/20/2026

Did you see the Bozeman Daily Chronicle today?

30 years of kidsLINK, and 30 years of helping local families make life work.

We are grateful to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle for sharing the story of kidsLINK and the families who have made this program part of their lives.

For Casey and Rachel Dudley, kidsLINK started as a solution they needed so they could both continue working. But it became much more for their son, a place to build friendships, develop social skills, try new things and connect with caring staff.

As Casey shared, “I think it’s more than we could have imagined we were signing up for. The staff and the programming — it’s not just keeping your kids safe.”

Today, kidsLINK serves more than 1,200 children across Gallatin County, helping bridge the hours between the school day and the workday while giving kids opportunities to learn, explore and belong.

Thank you to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, and to every family, staff member, school and community partner who has been part of kidsLINK over the past three decades.

For 30 years, KidsLINK has helped families bridge the gap between the school day and the work week, providing before and after school care, summer camps and programs during school closures. The Greater Gallatin United Way program now serves more than 1,200 children in Gallatin County and partners wi...

08/20/2026

Backpacks are packed. Pencils are sharpened. Now it’s time to make a plan for everything before, after and in between the school day.

Registration is open for the 2026–27 kidsLINK school year, with flexible care designed to make life a little easier for families, and afternoons a lot more fun for kids.

At kidsLINK, children have a safe, welcoming place to play, create, build friendships and try something new. Through partnerships with local organizations and community members, kids get opportunities to explore everything from science and sports to art, cooking and more.

Families can choose from:
- Weekly Afterschool care
- Drop-in care at all locations
- Morning care at select sites
- Fifth-day Pre-K care in Bozeman and Belgrade
- PIR Day Camps and school break camps

Tuition assistance is also available because we want kidsLINK to be accessible to families who need it.

Start the school year with a plan you can count on, and a place your kids can look forward to.

Explore programs and register at kidsLINK.org.

08/18/2026

For many local families, afterschool care isn’t simply a convenience, it is what makes it possible for parents to keep working.

As one kidsLINK parent shared with the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: “That means to stay afloat, we’ve both got to work. We had to have a solution.”

For his family, that solution was kidsLINK. And what they found went far beyond a safe place for their son to spend the hours after school.

“I think it’s more than we could have imagined we were signing up for. The staff and the programming — it’s not just keeping your kids safe.”

For 30 years, kidsLINK has helped meet working families where they are while giving kids opportunities to build social skills, connect with caring staff, explore new interests and experience everything from cooking and crafting to learning from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and MSU student-athletes.

Thank you to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle for sharing this story and helping us celebrate 30 years of kidsLINK.

Read the full story: https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/local/more-than-we-could-ve-imagined-local-child-care-program-celebrates-30-years-of-support/article_bb58601d-6b13-4356-90e4-38b3ef879732.html

08/17/2026

Happy National Nonprofit Day! 💙

Today, we celebrate the organizations, volunteers, businesses, and people who show up every day to make our community stronger.

And tonight, we’re bringing that celebration to Downtown Bozeman!

Join us from 5–7 PM for the Nonprofit Walk, featuring more than 50 local businesses and nonprofits coming together for one evening of community and connection.

Stroll downtown. Shop local. Meet the people behind the missions. Discover ways to volunteer, give back, or find resources and support for yourself or someone you know.
Most importantly, come celebrate all the good happening right here in our community.

📍 Downtown Bozeman
⏰ Tonight | 5–7 PM
💙 Free and open to everyone

Learn more and check out the map of all participating businesses and nonprofits: greatergallatinunitedway.org/nonprofit-walk/ (link in bio)

Come be part of the community that makes this work possible. We’ll see you downtown!