Watson Children's Shelter

06/05/2026

Watson's Summer Program is right around the corner!! Pretty soon, the kiddos in Watson's care are going to be having an absolute blast of a summer around Montana, filled with hiking, horseback riding, rafting, swimming, and so much fun in the sun. 🌞

Pretty much every day in summer program children wear Keen slip on sandals- PERFET amphibious shoes for both activities on land and water. Moreover, there's many days in a given week in which they need to put on swimwear.

We have some children for which we don't have stock of keens and swimwear in their sizes. If you might be interested in donating either for a child or for more than one child, we would be incredibly appreciative! Shoot us a message here, and we'll send you information about sizes and gender. Thank you so much all!! 😎

06/01/2026

What could be better than supporting WCS AND taking in opening night at Ogren Ballpark? We honestly can't think of much that tops that!

If you get tickets to the Paddleheads home opener tomorrow through the link in the comments, 100% of your ticket cost will be donated to WCS! See you at the ballpark tomorrow!

05/28/2026

Friendly reminder that the Paddlehead's HOME OPENER this year is a Community Tuesday Night for Watson! What does that mean? Well, 100% of proceeds from tickets purchased through the special link below will go to Watson, that's what!

A huge thank you to the Paddleheads for hosting these awesome nights in which Missoulians get to both have fun at the ballpark AND support local nonprofits like us- see you at the park on the 2nd! 🦌⚾

https://tickets.paddleheadspost.com/c/0i9d1wgi

05/27/2026

Friendly reminder that we are opening the doors of our Buckhouse Shelter for a tour tomorrow! If you'd like to learn more about the critical work Watson does, we'd love for you to join us! Sign up link is in the comments!

05/21/2026

The Paddleheads' home opener is on June 2nd... and it's also a Community Tuesday Night for Watson Children's Shelter! If you buy tickets to the home opener through the link in the comments, 100% of proceeds will go to WCS! A huge thank you to the Paddleheads for constantly being such fabulous partners to Watson and other community nonprofits.

We hope you'll join us at the ballpark- come chat with us while we're tabling there! 😎⚾🦌

05/20/2026

After an April haitus, we're back to hosting our monthly shelter tours! Join us next Thursday the 28th at 9:30am at our Buckhouse Location to take a look inside our shelter and learn more about Watson.

You can sign up at watsonchildrensshelter.org/tour. Thanks so much, and see you next Thursday! 😊

05/20/2026

Our 2nd Annual Community Baby Shower was Stork-tacular! We are grateful to Missoula Food Bank & Community Center for hosting and to each of our partners, donors, sponsors, and volunteers. Thank you for helping us celebrate new parents in our community! See you next year!

05/11/2026

Our 2nd Annual Community Baby Shower is tomorrow May 12th! Join us at Missoula Food Bank & Community Center from 4:30 to 6:30. All expecting and new parents are welcome to join us for this free event! We will have community partners and all kinds of baby supplies to give away. See you there!

Watson Children's Shelter's free Community Baby Shower is May 12 in Missoula, offering diapers, clothes and more.

05/08/2026

A huge thank you to Pro Sweep Plus for building this beautiful sensory garden for the childen at Watson and to KPAX-TV for sharing this heartwarming story with the community! 😊

Watson Children's Shelter in Missoula has a new sensory garden, built free of charge by local company Pro Sweep Plus.

05/01/2026

There's only a few hours left of ! Here's two✌GREAT reasons to consider a donation to Watson during this day of giving:

1️⃣A donation made today before 7pm goes twice as far thanks to a $12,000 match from Diversified Plastics! 🙏🙏

2️⃣: A donation to Watson helps us meet the countless and ever-changing considerations that come with providing the highest quality care to children in crisis. From food and clothes, to meeting every child's individual needs with things such as prescription rec specs, or even something like helping cover the cost of a playground replacement or a surprise maintenance event around our shelter, your donation will ensure that children at Watson can just focus on being kids.

We are so incredibly thankful for your consideration this and to live in a community that takes this annual tradition so seriously. Missoula, you ROCK! 🤘🎸

I’m ready to support Watson Children's Shelter on April 30, 2026 during Missoula & Bitterroot Gives. Learn more about Watson Children's Shelter and all the other organizations participating in Missoula & Bitterroot Gives.