BILLINGS - A nonprofit is addressing Montana's high suicide rate through colorful murals on the Billings' South Side that will hold a strong message of hope and healing.

Watch how public art is using paint for a purpose in Billings: Montana nonprofit paints hope through suicide prevention murals

The art is part of a growing campaign to make the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline more visible and accessible to the city's most vulnerable areas, a place local mental health counselor Matthew Leavensworth wanted to reach.

"(I) spent so many hours just listening to people's stories and trying to figure out what leads to meaningful change," said Leavenworth. "Counseling is a wonderful tool that can help people get there, but people need purpose, and they need to be part of something bigger."

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