IMPACT
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Your Generosity in Action
Thanks to your support, United Way of the Black Hills is proud to share real stories — told in the words of our partners — that show how your generosity is making a difference every day.
Crisis Intervention Shelter Service
Working with victims can be both very hard and super rewarding, one person that we had the honor of helping came into shelter with only the clothes on her back. She was very outgoing and eager to try and get back on her feet.
She focused on housing or other applications and always looking into resources in our area, she volunteered at our local thrift store until she was able to get a job at a local restaurant.
After only a month of her living in shelter she finally found a place in a nearby town. She applied and never heard back from the housing agency. A few days later she went to the staff stating she had found a job in town and the place was affordable and within walking distance to her current job. She met with the landlord and was able to move in right away.
We helped her with our ESG grant and were able to pay her deposit for her. We assisted her with furniture, clothes, dishes, cleaning supplies, anything she would possibly need to be safe and comfortable in her new home.
Thanks to our staff and awesome donations and resources in our community we were able to help another survivor become independent and free of living in a violent environment.
Thanks to generous donors like you, United Way of the Black Hills is able to make stories like this possible!