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Murdoch's partners with Shodair for capital campaign

Murdoch's Ranch and Home Supply stores are asking customers to donate their spare change by rounding up their purchases to the nearest dollar. The extra change supports the Building Hope for Montana Families, a capital campaign for Shodair Children's Hospital.

On average, 25 Montana children are currently waiting for psychiatric care. The only Children's Miracle Network Hospital in Montana, Shodair offers both acute and residential treatment services for children. Shodair is the only Children's Miracle Network Hospital in the state of Montana. About three-quarters of the children Shodair serves don’t have the means to pay for their medical costs.

Shodair is embarking on a new children’s hospital thay will

create 131,000 square feet of classroom, recreational, and family meeting space, as well as a new pool, individual rooms, and attached restrooms for all inpatient residential, and new acute care programs.

The Round Up campaign runs now through the end of September.

Speech therapy clinic holds ribbon-cutting

IICA Speech in Kalispell will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 151 Business Center Loop, Suite A, Unit 1 in Kalispell.

The business will have the Farm to Table ice cream truck providing complimentary ice cream, as well as a free raffle drawing with donations from local businesses.

Branch Manager Tayler Kina and her team will be there to give tours of the clinic and to answer questions.

IICA is a speech therapy clinic that provides services to individuals of all ages.