The Dickinson Area Community Foundation recently awarded a $500 Community Impact Grant to the Dickinson-Iron Communities That Care program. Bob Boivin, Communities That Care coordinator with Great Lakes Recover Center accepted the check from Tamara Juul, executive director of the Community Foundation.

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson Area Community Foundation recently awarded a $500 Community Impact Grant to Great Lakes Recovery Center’s “Dickinson-Iron Communities that Care” program.

This grant was partially funded through a matching grant from the Pasahow Family Fund.

Communities that Care will host it seventh annual “Hope 2 Help” Suicide Prevention event on Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Farmers and Artisans Market in the parking lot at the corner of East A and Iron Mountain streets in downtown Iron Mountain.

The annual event begins at 1 p.m. with registration and raffle ticket sales. Community resources will be available.

At 2 p.m. there will be a speaker presentation and at 2:30 p.m. the one-mile walk begins. It will conclude at 5 p.m. after the raffles have been awarded.

The grant funds from DACF will be used to purchase displays of traveling suicide trees in memory of lost loved ones.

If you would like information on available grant funding, contact Dickinson Area Community Foundation Executive Director Tamara Juul at 906-774-3131.

More information on the Hope 2 Help event can be found on Facebook or contact Bob Boivin at Great Lakes Recovery Centers at 906-774-2561.