The Independent Record has announced its annual charitable giving for 2009-2010, with the amount of cash and in-kind donations totalling nearly $63,000 for the Helena community.

The recipients and donation amounts are:

Rocky Mountain Development Council Montana Youth Homes, $200

Helena Babe Ruth Baseball Association, $350

RMDC Kids Management Authority, $500

RMDC Head Start, $500

Friendship Center, $756

Montana Shares, $900

Angel Fund, $1,000

Florence Crittenton Home, $1,250

Good Samaritan Ministries, $1,500

St. Peter's Hospital, $2,000

Student Assistance Foundation, $2,000

Big Sky State Games, $2,000

Target, $2,000

Helena Family YMCA, $2,500

Westmont, $2,500

Montana Business Assistance Connection, $2,700

Holter Museum of Art, $3,100

Helena Education Foundation, $5,000

Helena Food Share, $5,000

Intermountain Children's Home, Festival of the Trees, $5,000

United Way, $7,000

Komen Montana (Susan G. Komen Foundation), $15,000