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Every dollar donated across the Fargo region is making a difference for local patients, families and employees. Through philanthropy, lifesaving care is offered close to home at facilities like the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center, the Sanford Medical Center and the Sanford Children’s Hospital. We introduced the region’s first facility dog, Fox who provides comfort and enhances care for patients at Sanford Children’s Hospital. We’re working to provide a home-like retreat for cancer patients and families through the region’s first-ever center for patient lodging. When it opens in 2027, the Peltier Lodge will provide a home away from home for cancer patients and their families.

Last year, we put $4.1 million in philanthropic gifts to work across the Fargo region. Read more in the 2025 annual report.

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Local Priorities

Philanthropy is an integral part of the care provided at Sanford Health. The Sanford Health Foundation in the Fargo region plays a crucial role in supporting specific programming for patients and staff, upgrading essential equipment, and funding special projects tailored to meet the needs of our communities.

The Peltier Lodge

With your support, we can move forward on construction of the Peltier Lodge, an on-campus lodging facility designed to provide patients and their families with a home away from home during treatment and throughout their outpatient care and monitoring.

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Cancer

Home to North Dakota’s only Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program, the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center has become a regional destination for care. With your help we can expand treatment options, like bone marrow transplant, and enhance services like nurse navigation, art therapy, music therapy, survivorship programs and financial assistance to help cover the costs of lodging, meals and transportation.

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Children

The Sanford Children’s Hospital proudly serves as North Dakota’s only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Funds raised stay local to support services and programs like child life, school tutoring, and music therapy, provide education and help purchase lifesaving equipment to save and transform lives, close to home.

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Breast Health

Gifts to the Fargo Edith Sanford Breast Center Fund help supplement the costs of lifesaving MRIs and 3D mammograms, supports services like nurse navigation, genetic counseling and survivorship programming at no cost to patients and funds cutting-edge equipment and technology to improve breast cancer detection and treatment.

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Leadership Connection

A region update from Tiffany Lawrence, president & CEO of Sanford Fargo
August 2026

Every year, we are humbled by the generosity of thousands of local donors who support our mission with gifts of cash, donations of appreciated stock or commodities, grants from donor advised funds and more. As the region’s largest nonprofit healthcare system, I can’t overstate the important role these gifts play in fueling our work every day, from supporting lifesaving equipment and technology to advancing research and innovation to powering vital programs and services patients rely on. But today, I’d like to reflect on the significance of a different kind of gift: one we may not receive for years, or even decades. A planned gift is more than a financial commitment. It’s an expression of love for future generations. When a donor chooses to include Sanford Health in their will or estate plan, they’re doing more than investing in the healthcare of tomorrow, they are ensuring that future patients and families across our region will have access to the world-class care they need, close to home.

What makes a planned gift especially powerful is the vision behind it. A planned gift is an expression of trust, purpose and a desire to make a lasting difference. As we observe National Make a Will Month, I can’t say thank you enough to the many local donors who have included Sanford Fargo in their wills or estate plans. Please join me in celebrating their visionary generosity and in recognizing the impact their legacies will have on the future of healthcare for our region.

Tiffany Lawrence

Fargo’s Signature Events

Below are a few of the signature events we host in the Fargo region. To see more events in Fargo, visit our calendar.

Miracle Treat DayLearn More

The Roger Maris GalaLearn More

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Cares for Kids RadiothonLearn More

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At Sanford Health, our doctors, researchers and caregivers are working to bring health, hope and healing to more than 1.2 million people across the Upper Midwest. With you on our team, we can accelerate our race to uncover new breakthroughs, develop new treatments and create meaningful programs that support patients and their families.

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