BILLINGS, Mont. - When the pandemic hit Yellowstone County in March, schools were quickly closed, leaving many frontline healthcare workers with a new dilemma â finding adequate childcare for their families.Â
That's when Billings Clinic and the Billings Public Library joined forces to find a solution by offering daycare services at the library. The initiative came together in under 24 hours and served the county's health care workers for 11 weeks.
This act of giving back sparked the interest of the Shining Mountain Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, who presented community service awards to both facilities on Wednesday.
"The fact that they were able to do this on such short timeframe and come up with something that worked for several months, it's thinking outside the box," said Fay Danielsen with the Daughters of the American Revolution.