KALISPELL - The Whitefish Community Foundation’s Kids Fund is helping local non-profits in the Flathead thrive.

“It's unique in that our goal is to serve local non-profits that are working with youth at risk of homelessness," Whitefish Community Foundation Director of Programs Lynnette Donaldson told MTN.

One of the beneficiaries of the fund is the HEART Program, facing housing instability in the Kalispell and Evergreen school districts.

Watch to learn more about the assistance going to the HEART Program: Salute to Service: Whitefish Community Foundation's Kids Fund benefits the HEART Program

The non-profit provides emergency housing, clothing, transportation, and other resources for roughly 300 families, but the cost has become very steep.

“We had lots of expenses for hotel stays,

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