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An occupational therapist works out with a senior woman who is lifting hand weights on an outdoor patio.

Silver Linings Day recognizes senior care in North Dakota

Day celebrates long-term caregivers as bright spots in challenging times

Mick Garry ⋅ 5 min read

John Deere tractors parked outside a nursing home show off face mask and PPE donations

John Deere donation supports workers on the front lines

Ellen Koester ⋅ 5 min read

Masked worker displays a poster that says WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER with takout boxes forming a heart shape.

Panda Express donates masks and meals to Sanford workers

Shawn Neisteadt ⋅ 3 min read

High school students suit up in PPE to watch a simulated surgery, while medical personnel explain their roles during a Sanford MedX class

Sanford MedX gives teens close look at hospital roles

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 15 min read

Tommy John donates 2,110 clothing items to Sanford workers

Simon Floss ⋅ 4 min read

A man plays guitar and sings into a microphone in the courtyard of the Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village nursing home.

Community concerts benefit nursing home residents

Sioux Falls community leaders organize free outdoor concert and dance showcase

Simon Floss ⋅ 6 min read

Sanford employee writes song for coronavirus workers

Inspired by crisis, rock polka band wrote and recorded while social distancing

Simon Floss ⋅ 7 min read

Amber Williams, daughter of Brenda Russ, sits with a sewing machine behind her

Daughter makes hundreds of face masks in memory of RN mom

Fabric from Brenda Russ, who died of cancer, now helps protect her co-workers

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 14 min read

Screen shot from SD COVID Sitters and Services website

SD COVID Sitters: USD medical students lend a helping hand

While they can't be in clinics or hospitals, students offer household help

Keeley Meier ⋅ 6 min read

A nurse with a mask sits outside in a chair facing an interviewer in another chair

Good Samaritan Society caregivers: ‘Everything has changed’

Staff at Sioux Falls Village love residents and hurt for their families

Courtney Collen ⋅ 6 min read

Microsoft donates thousands of mask mates to Sanford Health

A Microsoft worker married to a Sanford nurse gets a 3-D printing inspiration

Simon Floss ⋅ 4 min read

Kelby Krabbenhoft, president and CEO of Sanford Health

Conversations with Kelby: The Sanford response to COVID-19

Sanford Health President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft shares his gratitude, outlook

Courtney Collen ⋅ 2 min read

Nate Schema of the Good Samaritan Society sits in a chair across from Courtney Collen with Sanford Health News for a Facebook Live Q&A about operations during the pandemic

COVID-19 Q&A: Pandemic operations at Good Samaritan Society

Leader Nate Schema is inspired by stories of how communities rally around sites

Courtney Collen ⋅ 4 min read

A health care worker in scrubs adjusts her mask in this photo illustrating a story about Giving Tuesday Now

How to help Sanford fight COVID-19 on Giving Tuesday Now

Donations of money and supplies will help patients and employees

Kay Todd ⋅ 3 min read

Meghan Goldammer and Courtney Collen sit in chairs on opposite sides of a round table for a conversation with topics that included Nurses Week

COVID-19 Q&A: Sanford nursing leader encourages workforce

Pandemic alters Nurses Week and nurses' work, says Meghan Goldammer

Courtney Collen ⋅ 4 min read

Students use game technology to rethink health challenges

Michelle Erpenbach ⋅ 4 min read

NFL Sanford Health athletes gather in Minneapolis

Mick Garry ⋅ 13 min read

COVID-19 prompts a call to help those most affected

Mick Garry ⋅ 8 min read

Sanford stability plan supports employees in uncertain times

Courtney Collen ⋅ 5 min read

Bringing Christmas to the Castle

Jeanette Rackl ⋅ 10 min read