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Help Center, Inc.

Serving Southwest Montana for crisis counseling, advocacy, information, outreach, support, and services in a safe, confidential environment.

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11/15/2025

International Survivors of Su***de Loss Day is a time for those who have lost someone to su***de to gather, honor their loved ones, and be held in community.

On Sunday, November 23, Help Center, Inc. is joining, , , Project, and .flower to offer an afternoon of connection, reflection, and gentle support.

Counselors will be present, and light snacks and beverages will be provided.

All survivors are welcome.

Register here:
https://bozeman-montana.isosld.afsp.org/

(Link also in bio.)

10/23/2025

Pups at RFYL — A Beloved Tradition, With Care

Since the very beginning, our four-legged friends have been part of Run For Your Life. Between the costumes, strollers, kids sprinting past in superhero capes, and neighbors cheering from the sidelines, pups have trotted alongside their people — tails wagging, often in costume themselves — adding joy to the day.

It’s a tradition we love and hope to keep. But it only takes one incident to lose the privilege of having dogs at the race. So we ask you to pause, and truly consider:

• Does your pup do well in big crowds, with loud noise, and lots of stimulation?

•  Can they remain calm around kids, strollers, and other dogs?

•  If your pup has a tendency to get reactive or overwhelmed, this is the year to let them sit it out. Their safety — and the safety of our community — comes first.

For those pups who can join in the fun:


• Please use a short leash at all times.

•  Stay mindful of runners, kids, and others around you.

•  Keep water on hand and watch for signs of stress.

We want every wagging tail to be part of the joy — not the stress. With your care, we can keep this tradition alive for years to come.

10/23/2025

RFYL Packet Pick-Up — New Location! New Location! New Location!

Tomorrow is Packet Pick-Up. The moment where race weekend truly begins. Costumes still wait on hangers, bibs are unclaimed, sneakers not yet laced, but the energy starts here.

This year, we gather at a new home: Help Center, Inc’s campus. It’s the place where shirts and bibs are handed out, where friends wave across the room, where the promise of Saturday comes alive before a single step is taken.

Friday, October 24th
11:00am – 6:30pm
695 Farmhouse Lane – Help Center, Inc Campus

If you cannot make it tomorrow, you can still grab your packet on race morning. Just be sure to come early so you’re ready to join the start.

Mark it down, say it twice: 695 Farmhouse Lane. The new home where Run For Your Life begins.

10/21/2025

THE MAGIC OF TOGETHERNESS

It’s the sparkle in a princess dress paired with cowgirl boots.

It’s the laughter of superheroes sprinting side by side.

It’s every child who shows up in costume and every adult who joins them, remembering that joy and courage can live together in one morning.

Run for Your Life has always been more than a race. It is the way our community gathers — in tutus and capes, in painted faces and bright sneakers — to honor loved ones, to carry remembrance, and to lift one another through the power of togetherness. Each step, each smile, is proof that we are never alone.

When the kids line up at the start, there’s a kind of magic in the air — a mix of anticipation, laughter, and love that carries into every stride. Behind the costumes and the cheers is something even more powerful: a collective promise to support one another, to stand against silence, and to ensure that hope keeps moving forward.

This is what makes Run for Your Life one of Bozeman’s most cherished traditions. It is about remembrance, yes, but also about joy. It is about the superheroes and the princesses, the neighbors and families, all walking, running, and standing together so that no one has to face life’s hardest moments alone.

If you haven’t signed up yet — for yourself, your family, your team — now is the time. And if you can’t join us on race day, consider supporting from wherever you are. Every registration, every volunteer shift, every donation carries this work forward and helps us keep answering the call, day and night, for anyone in need.

Register, volunteer, or donate today. Together, we make this possible.

Link in bio.

10/20/2025

Together in Remembrance, Together in Hope

Every October, our community gathers for something that is more than a race. Run For Your Life is a living tradition — where grief and love, remembrance and joy, sorrow and connection, are woven together in one extraordinary morning.

Costumes appear from closets, face paint is carefully brushed on, crowns and capes are tied. Children run beside parents, pups trot proudly in step, friends and coworkers lace up shoes side by side. At first glance it looks like Halloween fun, but just beneath the surface is something far deeper: the memory of those we honor, the strength of those who walk in solidarity, the courage of those who show up so no one carries their pain alone.

Every year, this gathering grows. Each mile walked or run, each dollar raised, each cheer shouted into the fall air is more than participation — it is a promise. A promise that no one is forgotten. A promise that healing can live beside heartbreak. A promise that connection is stronger than silence, and that prevention is possible.

What makes Run For Your Life extraordinary is not only the costumes or the course, but the names written on bibs, the quiet tears and loud laughter at the finish line, the way remembrance can stand with resilience, side by side. It is a collective declaration that hope is carried forward when we carry it together.

Now it is your turn to step in. Register to run or walk. Volunteer to guide the course, hand out water, or cheer from the sidelines. Create a fundraiser, invite your family and friends, or make a gift in honor of someone you love. However you choose to join, your presence ensures that Help Center, Inc. can keep answering the call — day and night, for anyone in need.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2025

Register. Volunteer. Fundraise. Donate.
LINK IN BIO.

Together in remembrance. Together in hope.

10/16/2025

The Heartbeat of Run For Your Life: Our Volunteers

Every cheer, every hand extended, every moment of support along the course is what makes Run For Your Life more than a race. It is a gathering of community, a weaving together of voices and hearts in honor and in remembrance.

More than 150 volunteers come together each year to bring this event to life—neighbors, coworkers, best friends, families, and faith groups showing up in commitment and in care. They are the heartbeat of this race, and without them, none of this would be possible.

This is your chance to be part of something meaningful, joyful, and unforgettable.

Scare Groups – Gather your friends, coworkers, or loved ones, dress up, and bring energy and cheer along the course. These groups are a highlight of the day—runners look forward to them every single year.

Set-Up Volunteers – Help us bring the race to life on Saturday morning. And did you know? If you sign up to help with set-up, you’ll still have plenty of time to make it to the start line and run the race too.

And Many More Opportunities – From small roles to bigger commitments, there’s a way for everyone to be involved. Each presence matters, each smile carries weight, and each volunteer helps create the spirit of this day.

Run For Your Life will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Whether you become a volunteer or register to run, you’ll be part of something bigger—something that lingers long after the finish line.

All the details and sign-up links are in our bio.

Come stand with us. Come help carry the heartbeat forward.

10/15/2025

Dressing Up, Showing Up, Coming Together

Halloween costumes aren’t just for the kiddos. They’re for every soul who finds joy in stepping into a different world for a morning—the ones who rise early to paint their faces, lace up costumes, adjust crowns, and leash up pups dressed in their finest. They’re for those who take the time to search for just the right outfit, something playful, whimsical, or deeply meaningful.

At Run For Your Life, we’ve seen it all—families in matching themes, friends who planned for months, pups proudly walking the course in handmade capes. Costumes become more than fabric and paint. They become a way of stepping forward together, of saying we are here—for remembrance, for honoring loved ones, for raising awareness, and for celebrating life in all its color and complexity.

Every year, this tradition grows. And each costume tells a story—of laughter, of courage, of community. It is in these shared moments, whether you’re wearing running shoes or platform boots, dog ears or a red queen’s crown, that we feel the heartbeat of what this event is truly about.

So maybe this year is the year you dress up. Maybe you’ve got a closet full of ideas waiting to be tried, or maybe you’ll stop by a thrift shop, grab a little makeup, and let your imagination lead. Maybe your pup joins in too. However you show up, know that you’re stepping into something bigger than a race. You’re stepping into a community that believes in remembrance, healing, prevention, and hope.

Register. Donate. Fundraise. Volunteer. Link in bio.

Together, we turn costumes into connection, and this gathering into something unforgettable.

10/13/2025

Together in Remembrance and Hope

Saturday, October 25, 2025

On this day, we come together for more than a race. We come carrying names — handwritten, pinned to shirts, woven into costumes, whispered in silence, or called aloud in memory. Each name tells a story: of someone loved, someone missed, someone whose presence continues to shape us. In the crowd, you see them everywhere. A note of remembrance taped to a bright costume. A name scrawled across a back bib. A quiet word carried close to the heart.

Run For Your Life is where grief and joy walk beside one another. It is where a tear falls and laughter rises in the same breath. Where the rhythm of footsteps becomes a chorus of solidarity, reminding us that no one has to carry their pain alone.

For some, it is a day of remembrance. For others, a celebration of survival. For many, it is both. The swirl of color and music, the energy of children dressed in costume, the simple act of showing up together — all of it creates a sacred space where sorrow and hope coexist. Some gather in reverence, some in exuberance, all joined by a common thread: the truth that healing is not one feeling or one moment, but a weaving together of sorrow, strength, resilience, and love.

What makes this day extraordinary is not only the run itself, but what it represents. That in our darkest hours, we are never truly alone. That when the weight of grief feels unbearable, a community is waiting to hold it with us. That even when loss has carved its place in our lives, joy can still rise and carry us forward.

This is the heart of Run For Your Life. Together we remember. Together we celebrate. Together we choose hope.

Register, volunteer, or fundraise today. Link in bio.

10/11/2025

Two Weeks Away

Two weeks from today, on Saturday, October 25th, Bozeman will awaken to one of its most meaningful mornings. Costumes will be pulled from closets, laces tightened, coffee poured, and a sense of anticipation will ripple across town. Soon, our community will gather at the starting line of Run For Your Life — a day that is so much more than a race.

It is Bozeman’s October tradition of heart and remembrance, a morning when joy and grief, courage and tenderness, remembrance and celebration all share the same ground. Families, friends, neighbors, and coworkers arrive not only to run or walk, but to honor loved ones, to carry the names of those lost, to celebrate resilience, and to show up for one another.

The power of this event has never been in the miles themselves but in the people beside us — the child who races in a superhero cape, the parent who wears a button close to their chest, the friend who comes back year after year to remind us that no one walks this journey alone. It is mission and community woven together, remembrance turned into action, and a promise that we will continue to hold space for one another.

Now is the moment to step in — to register, to volunteer, to fundraise, to give. Every action taken is a thread in the lifeline that ensures no one in our community has to face crisis alone.

Two weeks away — and together, we rise.

Register, volunteer, start a fundraiser, or make a gift — all in one place by clicking the link in our bio.

10/10/2025

From Sacks to the Start Line

Every costume tells a story. A cape once worn by a child who dreamed of flying. A clown suit that made a room erupt in laughter. A crown, a mask, a pair of wings that transformed someone for a night. At Run For Your Life, costumes aren’t just about Halloween fun—they carry remembrance, courage, and community onto the course. They remind us that we run, walk, and gather for something far greater: for those we have lost, for those who still need us, and for the future we are building together.

This tradition begins long before race day, and often it begins at . For nearly four decades, Sacks has been a place where neighbors bring what they no longer need and others discover treasures that find new meaning. Costumes here aren’t simply fabric and thread—they are pieces of memory stitched into hope. And every purchase at Sacks supports Help Center, Inc.’s programs—su***de prevention, crisis response, and the lifeline that ensures no one in our community faces their darkest moment alone.

Run For Your Life is a 5K, a Kid’s Run, and a day where remembrance and advocacy meet joy. Costumes make it visible. They invite laughter, spark conversation, and carry us forward in resilience. Each superhero cape, every tutu, every pumpkin suit becomes part of a collective declaration: that we remember, that we stand together, and that we are committed to saving lives.

On Saturday, October 25th, we gather again. Now is the time to join us—register to run or walk, sign up to volunteer, create a fundraising page, or make a gift that extends hope far beyond race day. And as you prepare, stop by Sacks Thrift this weekend to find your costume—because what you wear on race day can carry a story, honor a loved one, and directly support the services that make this event possible.

Together, we honor the past, strengthen the present, and step into the future—side by side.

Link in bio to register, donate, fundraise, or volunteer.

10/08/2025

The Day We Move As One

On Saturday, October 25th, Bozeman gathers for Run For Your Life. For eleven years this day has carried us forward—through costumes and courage, remembrance and advocacy, laughter and grief—woven together in a tradition that has become one of the most powerful expressions of community in our valley.

We show up for the loved ones we honor. We show up for those who need us today. We show up so that no one has to face their darkest moments alone. Run For Your Life is not only a race—it is a call to action, a movement of care, and a promise that hope will not be left behind.

Every registration strengthens a lifeline. Every fundraiser carries a story further. Every volunteer holds space for the thousands who gather. Every gift makes it possible for Help Center, Inc. to keep answering the call, day and night, for more than fifty years. However you choose to join—running, walking, fundraising, donating, or volunteering—you are part of what gives this day its power.

In the coming days, you will begin to see this year’s posters and flyers across Bozeman, on campus at MSU, and throughout the valley. Let them be a reminder: now is the time. Sign up, show up, and be part of a day where our community moves as one—for remembrance, for advocacy, for hope.

Register, donate, fundraise, or volunteer through the RFYL 2025 link in our bio.

Extraordinary Illustration by Jeremy Smania.

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699 Farmhouse Lane
Bozeman, MT
59715

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+14065863333

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https://www.helpcenterinc.org/

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The Help Center has been serving our community since 1971. We provide crisis counseling, information, outreach, direct services, and advocacy to clientele in a safe, confidential environment. Our line (406-586-3333) is open 24/7/365 for those in crisis, suicidal, needing resource referrals, concerned about a loved one or someone to talk to. The Help Center is one of the two crisis centers in Montana that answers the National Su***de Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK). We host a variety of programs including the Sexual Assault Counseling Center and Child Advocacy Center. Services are free to everyone. www.bozemanhelpcenter.org

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