giving for good marshfield

Across the Marshfield region, your generosity enhances patient care and research in our communities. 100% of donations stay local to help brave people fighting cancer, support expert care for kids, assist families in need and advance health care close to home. Your gifts offer a home away from home for cancer patients at Cattails Place. You provide child life and expressive therapies, including a facility dog, for kids at Marshfield Children’s Hospital. You made it possible to open a new cancer center at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson.

 

Last year, we put $5.4 million in philanthropic gifts to work across the Marshfield region. Read more in the 2024 annual report.

 

Local Priorities

Philanthropy is an integral part of the care provided at Marshfield Clinic. The Sanford Health Foundation in the Marshfield 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.

Cancer

Your gifts enhance cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prevention at regional cancer centers. Local support also provides free housing at Cattails Place, new technology and equipment, healing spaces, survivorship programs, patient comfort items and covers essential needs like travel and meals.

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Children

Marshfield Children’s Hospital is one of only four in Wisconsin and the only one serving central and northern regions. Your donations provide expert, compassionate care — including child life services, music therapy, a facility dog, NICU care for high-risk infants, specialized equipment, kid-friendly spaces and family assistance.

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Research

The Marshfield Clinic Research brings nationally-recognized research studies and clinical trials to families in our rural communities. Your gifts fund innovative, potentially lifesaving research into cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders, mental health, tick-borne illnesses and rare diseases.

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Patient Assistance

Many families in rural areas struggle with financial hardship, and they shouldn’t have to choose between health care for their loved ones and basic necessities. Support for Angel Funds provides financial assistance for non-medical needs, including housing, transportation, meals and utilities.

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Leadership Connection

A region update from Dr. Brian Hoerneman, president & CEO of Sanford Marshfield.

 

Reflecting on the past year, I could not be more proud and excited for the future of Marshfield Clinic as part of Sanford Health. Our care teams, staff and leaders have worked tirelessly to continue offering the best care to patients while integrating with our new Sanford colleagues. Even though we have only been a combined system since January 2025, our shared mission to care, comfort and cure guides us forward.

 

In addition to integration work with Sanford, the Marshfield region is celebrating important milestones in patient care and research — made possible by support from donors like you. We are completing phase II of the Marshfield Medical Center-Park Falls reconstruction project, which opens this year. Our new Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson Cancer Center now offers more than 10 clinical trials to local cancer patients, with the Foundation recently completing fundraising for the $3 million capital campaign to enhance the Cancer Center. At Marshfield Children’s Hospital, our new facility dog, Dolly, is bringing joy and comfort to kids thanks to donations through Children’s Miracle Network.

 

Philanthropy has always been at the heart of Marshfield Clinic. Together with Sanford Health, we are now the largest nonprofit rural health system in the country, and your gifts will continue to stay local to benefit our patients and communities. Thank you for your continued generosity as we build an even brighter future for rural health care.

 

Dr. Brian Hoerneman

BenchMarks: Our Final Issue

Explore inspiring stories of generosity and impact in our final issue of BenchMarks, Marshfield Clinic Health System’s philanthropy magazine. In this 2025 winter edition, celebrate new beginnings and see how donors and community partners are making a difference in health care.

 

Marshfield’s Signature Events

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

Get Involved through Fundraising

At Sanford Health’s Marshfield Clinic, 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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Marshfield Team

Deb Koski, CFRE

Chief Philanthropy Officer

Teri Wilczek, CFRE

Vice President – Marshfield

Mason Dowling

Program Officer, Children’s Miracle Network

Taylor Hahn

CMN Program Manager

Krisann Mauritz

Annual Giving Officer

Carmen Quednow

Planned Giving Officer

Hannah Ritsch

Gift Officer

Anna Selk

Special Events Officer

Jill Steckbauer

Gift Officer

Marshfield Board Members

Chair

Dr. Edna DeVries

Retired, Sanford Health, Marshfield – Physician

Nicholas Faber, CPA

Simplicity Credit Union – President & CEO

Tae Gardner, M.D.

Sanford Health, Marshfield – Physician

Jan Goral, M.D.

Sanford Health, Marshfield – Physician

Pam Haller

Royal Credit Union, Eau Claire

Jeff Hill

Gene Hill Construction – CEO

William Hocking, M.D.

Retired, Sanford Health, Marshfield – Physician

George Hoehn, M.D.

Retired, Sanford Health, Marshfield – Physician

Dave Krause

Forward Bank – Assistant Vice President

Ryan Pepin

906 Wealth Management – Financial Advisor

Barb Petkovsek

Retired, Carlson Dettman Consulting

Steve Pontbriand

Retired, Northern Star Industries

Douglas Reding, M.D.

Retired, Sanford Health, Marshfield – Physician

Sid Samuels

Samuels Group – President

Mike Schmidt

Retired, Ministry/St. Joseph’s Hospital – CEO

Mike Smith

Retired, Ameriprise/Michael Smith & Associates

Katie Weinberger

Sanford Health, Marshfield – Operations Manager

Jessica Wernberg, M.D.

Sanford Health, Marshfield – Physician

Ben Westra

WDS Construction – President

Sally Winger

Retired, Sanford Health, Marshfield – Nurse

Trevor Wuethrich

Grassland Dairy Products, Inc. – President