giving for good fargo

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 regions 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 2026, the Peltier Lodge will provide a home away from home for cancer patients and their families.

Last year, we put $3.5 million in philanthropic gifts to work across the Fargo region. Read more in the 2024 annual report.

Give for the Fargo Region

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.

Learn More

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.

Learn More

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.

CMN Partner

Learn More

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.

Learn More

Leadership Connection

A region update from Tiffany Lawrence, president & CEO of Sanford Fargo
January 22, 2026

At Sanford Health Fargo, we are committed to bringing advanced pediatric care closer to home for patients across North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. We proudly provide access to 35 pediatric subspecialties, North Dakota’s most advanced children’s hospital and several first-and-only services in the state, including our Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, Level IV NICU, full-spectrum pediatric dialysis clinic and micropreemie unit, caring for infants born before 26 weeks of gestation or weighing less than 28 ounces. As a result of these offerings, more than 30,000 pediatric patients relied on Sanford Children’s in Fargo for care in 2025. Alongside these services, our care is further strengthened by the support of local donors like you, who help fund lifesaving equipment, cutting-edge technology, music therapy, child life services and Fox, our beloved facility dog – a powerful reminder of what’s possible when we come together as a community.

I encourage you to tune in to our annual Cares for Kids Radiothon on Jan. 29-30 to hear more about this impact firsthand through stories shared by our patients, their families and our caregivers. We are so grateful for the ongoing support shown by you and our community, which allows us to stand ready – no matter the need, no matter the moment – to care for every child who walks through our doors.

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

Cares for Kids Event Header 2024 900x600

Cares for Kids RadiothonLearn More

Get Involved through Fundraising

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.

Launch your fundraiser in the Fargo region and inspire others to give for good today!

Create a Fundraiser