SPEARFISH, SD - Regional Health employees in the Spearfish community helped raise money for the Spearfish Community Pantry by wearing jeans on Dec. 2. Regional Health's Community Jeans Day Program raised $273.22 for the Spearfish Community Pantry, a local food bank focusing on providing food for the less fortunate.

Regional Health's Community Jeans Day Program began in November. Employees who participate by making an annual donation are allowed to wear blue jeans to work on the first Friday of every month. The donations are divided throughout 12 months, with monthly proceeds going to a different local charity in each community.

###

PHOTO CUTLINE:
Regional Health employees in Spearfish recently presented a $273.22 check to the Spearfish Community Pantry. The money was raised by local employee participation in a Regional Health Community Jeans Day on Dec. 2. L-R: Angie Leonard, Clinic Administrator, Spearfish Regional Medical Clinic; Mike DeLano, Director, Spearfish Regional Surgery Center; Karen Miller, President, Spearfish Food Pantry; Larry Veitz, CEO, Spearfish Regional Hospital; Matt Long, Director of Innovation & Operations, Regional Health Physicians; and Lana Grout, Clinic Administrator, Queen City Regional Medical Clinic.

NEWS MEDIA - For more information, please call Jamie Richey or Peggy Vidal, of the Regional Health PR/Marketing Dept., at (605) 719-5630.