OKANOGAN COUNTY, WA --- As you are doing your back-to-school shopping, we hope you shop local when you can. But if your shopping takes you online, Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare (OBHC) encourages you to shop through AmazonSmile. The AmazonSmile program lets you select a nonprofit of your choice to receive a donation equal to 0.5% of your purchase. That may not sound like much, but if every person over age 18 in Okanogan County spent $100 through AmazonSmile in the coming year and selected Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare for their donations, that would be more than $16,000 to help support mental wellness.
AmazonSmile is free to join, free to use, and doesn’t add any cost to your purchase. You still get to choose from a great variety of products that are also available on regular Amazon at the same great prices. Best of all, your donations don’t happen just during back-to-school shopping; they happen whenever you shop all year long!
To join, go to AmazonSmile at smile.amazon.com. Sign in with your regular Amazon account or set one up if you don’t already have one. Select Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare as the nonprofit you wish to receive contributions. Then, start shopping for all the school supplies on your list as well as fall wardrobes for your entire family. That’s all there is to it!
Your donations help OBHC, your local, community-based behavioral health care center, provide mental health crisis response, counseling and treatment; substance use addiction and recovery support; and information/referrals for developmental disabilities services.
If you’d prefer, you can also donate directly to OBHC any amount, any time via PayPal on their secure website at www.okbhc.org/donate. No matter how you choose to donate, you help make a difference in the lives of those who are working to improve their mental wellness. On their behalf, OBHC thanks you.
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About Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare
Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare (OBHC) provides holistic behavioral health services that promote wellness and sustain recovery. A nonprofit organization, it is the largest and most comprehensive provider of behavioral health services in Okanogan County. Their professional, caring and compassionate staff members provide culturally relevant, 24/7 crisis response; mental and behavioral health counseling; substance/opioid use disorders prevention, treatment and recovery support; therapeutic court services; and information about/referral to developmental disability programs for community members. They accept Medicaid, Medicare, insurance and private pay. No one is ever turned away due to an inability to pay.