RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -Black Hills Community Bank is providing $70,000 to support families struggling with mental health across western South Dakota.
The bank has invested in local health and wellness efforts, supporting Monument Health Foundation initiatives that help keep resources available across the region.
Black Hills Community Bank CEO Jack Lynass said the money will fund outdoor activities at Monument Health’s behavioral health hospital.
“Where the money is going to is very special, and it’s for outdoor activities, and we really connected with that to get people going through some special times, and need some help, to get outside, and it’s so healthy for them, and so it fit our appetite, and it fit for what the need was,” Lynass said.
The partnership continues through the Federal Home Loan Bank Member Impact Fund, designed to help member banks expand community investment and strengthen programs that meet local needs. The grant will be approved May 1st.
Behavioral Health Director John Hagy for Monument Health said the outdoor area will serve as a healing space for patients.
“We would like it to feel like an oasis, like a really safe healing place where they can go outside, and for a few minutes maybe forget about the problems in the world, but this will be a place for them to maybe just decompress, and be able to focus on relaxing,” Hagy said.
The grant will help Monument Health Foundation further its work across the Black Hills region.
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