Sanford Health lights up Arc of Dreams for Rare Disease Day

Contact:
Jon Berg
Sanford Health Media Relations
605-312-4421 / jon.berg@sanfordhealth.org

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Feb. 23, 2021 – Sanford Health will light up the Arc of Dreams and Falls Park in Sioux Falls for Rare Disease Day on Feb. 28. The Arc of Dreams will be lit up on both Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28. Falls Park will be lit up on Sunday, Feb. 28.

“At Sanford Research, we have a centralized international rare disease patient registry, called CoRDS, where we coordinate the advancement of research into rare diseases,” said Ben Forred, director of CoRDS at Sanford Research. “We’re committed to advancing the research behind these diseases to improve the quality of life for those living with a rare disease.”

Both the Arc of Dreams and Falls Park will be lit up in the official Rare Disease Day colors, which are pink, green, blue and purple.

Rare Disease Day is marked globally every year on the last day of February — the rarest date on the calendar — to underscore the nature of rare diseases and what patients face.

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a disease is rare if it affects less than 200,000 people in the United States. Over 25 million Americans live with a rare disease, and nearly half of those are children.

For more information about the rare disease registry at Sanford Research, visit research.sanfordhealth.org.

About Sanford Health

Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the United States, is dedicated to the integrated delivery of health care, genomic medicine, senior care and services, global clinics, research and affordable insurance. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization includes 46 hospitals, 1,400 physicians and more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations in 26 states and 10 countries. Learn more about Sanford Health’s transformative work to improve the human condition at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.