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Are you a member of the Mayor's Committee on Homelessness or the Billings Area Resource Network?

Spare Change for Real Change provides grants.


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 The Board of the Downtown Billings Business Improvement District (BID) established the fundraising and public education campaign “Spare Change for Real Change” in the fall of 2005 with two major goals in mind. The first was to encourage the public to reconsider their method of giving by reminding them that change given to a panhandler is too often used to feed an addiction, and there are other, better ways to give.

Second, the Business Improvement District is responsible for considering the welfare of the local businesses, but should do so with a heart for all members of our community; as a result, they seek to use the program to educate community members throughout Billings about homelessness.

This year, the program has grown substantially, from a few hundred dollars a year in change (collected from boxes on the counters of local businesses) to a campaign that includes a 5K and bicycle crit race fundraiser as well as donation meters at sponsoring businesses and organizations. Funds raised through these sponsorships and the events will be granted annually to organizations collaborating with the Mayor’s Committee on Homelessness or the Billings Area Resource Network to combat homelessness in Billings.

Apply for the 2011 Grant Program - PDF

For more information, contact us at info@4realchange.org, or call
406-294-5060

 

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