It’s a Moonlight Mingle at WellFully benefit dinner

WellFully Premier Adolescent Care Center is excited to announce the return of its annual We Believe in Kids (WBIK) benefit dinner.

Coinciding with the lunar eclipse on Friday, March 14, 2025, the event’s theme of Moonlight Mingle will also be a celebration of WellFully’s 30 years of Compassion, Community, & Connection in our community. Doors will open at 5pm at the Holiday Inn Rapid City - Downtown Convention Center.

WBIK is always a meaningful event that includes a delicious dinner, and an informative program celebrating WellFully accomplishments, especially those of the youth we serve. Blues artists Johnny Hastings & Stillhouse Down Band as well as musician Nick Linn will provide live musical entertainment. 50/50 and gift package raffle drawings as well as a live auction will round out the fundraising efforts of the evening

The heart of “We Believe in Kids” is the awarding of WellFully Scholarships to deserving WellFully Alumni whose hard work has encouraged them to further their education after graduating high school. Scholarship recipients are past and present youth clients, often telling how they have been helped by the dedicated WellFully staff.

"WellFully has helped me develop a sense of sobriety, have better communication and overall, gave a fresh start to life," is how one WellFully Scholarship applicant described how her WellFully experience lead her to want to continue her education.

To be eligible, WellFully scholarship recipients must have been a part of a Behavioral, Addiction Recovery and Psychiatric Residential programs or the Adolescent Crisis Care Center.

For over 30 years, We Believe in Kids has been WellFully's premier fundraising effort. Money raised from this event (and others throughout the year), along with many grants, allow the non-profit organization to support and expand its residential and outpatient programs to better serve our youth.

These fundraisers also help with expenses that are above and beyond the standard DSS/Insurance (counseling, treatment, room & board) disbursements for individual clients. This includes clothing, activities, field trips and even birthdays and holiday celebrations such as Christmas or Halloween, all of which help enrich and bring color to these kids’ lives while they are at WellFully.

“We Believe in Kids” early-bird Individual tickets are available through February 15 for $85 per person, after which tickets will be $100.

For more information about the event, purchase event tickets or to become an event sponsor, go to wellfullypacc.org/we-believe-in-kids or contact Todd Pfaff directly at (605) 277-3857 or email him at todd.pfaff@wellfully.org.