Sam’s Club—Bismarck granted $1,000 to Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch. The granted funds, donated through the Walmart Foundation Spark Good Grants Program, will be used to purchase noise-canceling earplugs for children who struggle with sensory stimulation and emotion regulation.
Many kids at the Ranch come from backgrounds of severe trauma, abuse, and neglect, which often result in sensory sensitivities to light, sounds, foods, smells, and tactile objects. Part of the holistic care at the Ranch is identifying those needs and helping children develop positive coping skills to manage them. Noise-canceling headphones will help children with sensitivities to sound, both in school and in their living environments, when they are feeling overstimulated.
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch is a Christ-centered residential treatment and educational center for children and their families. We help the most troubled, complex, and amazing kids by providing best-in-class psychiatric therapy and trauma-informed care, where we look kids in the eye, walk with them, and help them become their best selves. In addition to Residential Treatment Facilities in Fargo, Bismarck, and Minot, the Ranch provides Outpatient Psychiatric and Psychological Services, and Spiritual Life Programs. Our on-campus school, Dakota Memorial School (DMS), provides a personalized education for kids who have psychiatric, behavioral, and trauma issues.
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