Sanford Health Foundation West

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Nov 13, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$1,868,132

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The medcenter one children's hospital: amber's dreamamber desroches was just 15 years old when leukemia took her life in the days preceding christmas, 2007. In time, and despite unbearable grief and sorrow, amber's family couldn't help but remember how the teenager often talked about transforming the children's hospital here at medcenter one. When she wasn't telling someone what she envisioned for the children who would be hospitalized after her, she penciled her thoughts in her journal. In the aftermath of her death, amber's dream was given life.amber envisioned a children's hospital where everything was possible and nothing was impossible. Amber wanted sick and injured children to have a place of their own, a place that looked and felt different from the rest of the hospital. Amber yearned for an environment that was warm, inviting and nurturing, a place where children's fears could be eliminated and their pain diminished. Amber was particularly enthralled with the adventures the children depicted within peter pan took each and every night. The magical journeys the children took---journeys that led them to pirates, mermaids, indians, fairies and tree people---captivated her attention---and she felt, would capture the imagination of children who would become patients long after she left. This was the essence of amber's dream.while amber was envisioning a magical place, the leadership of medcenter one, inc. Was planning a long overdue expansion and renovation of the children's hospital. Everyone agreed---this expansion and renovation project was deemed critically important.amber's dream of transformation was skillfully blended with the hospital's plans for expansion and renovation. The project has been completed, and the children's hospital is now a top quality, child friendly environment for children. Total funds raised for the project during 2011 were $133,117.15. The facility was unveiled to the public in april 2011.

Activity 3

In june of 2009, the medcenter one college of nursing (in partnership with the foundation) launched their centennial campaign, to be known as "building for the next century." the campaign set a goal of raising $100,000 in recognition of 100 years of excellence in educating the nurses of tomorrow. Campaign dollars would support the long overdue remodeling, refurbishing and upgrading of technology for the college. In 2011, an additional $22,018.63 was raised for the renovation of the facility.

Filer

EIN

45-0397196