Mark and Claudia Thompson are announcing a $500,000 gift to the Sanford Health Foundation. The generous donation will benefit Sanford Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Bismarck. The Thompsons are the owners of Bismarck based H.A. Thompson & Sons, a plumbing, heating, air conditioning and mechanical contractor servicing North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana.
“We’ve always wanted to make an investment in Sanford, especially after our granddaughter Emma was born premature and spent the first 117 days of her life in the NICU. We are so grateful for the care that she received and the environment of the NICU,” said Claudia. “This is why we are so passionate about investing in the NICU at Sanford Children’s Hospital.”
The Thompson’s gift supports the Sanford Health Foundation’s Builders of Excellence campaign. Through this campaign, Sanford matches each donation dollar-for-dollar, which means a total of $1 million will be given to support the NICU. The $1 million gift will help the NICU purchase technology and equipment to ensure Sanford’s tiniest patients receive excellent care close to home. Since the Builders of Excellence campaign began in 2012, more than $4 million has been donated, creating more than $8 million in endowment funds to benefit health care in central and western North Dakota.
In recognition of this generous gift, Sanford has designated an area in the Children’s lobby as the Mark & Claudia Thompson Family Children’s Center for Healing.
To learn more about Sanford Children’s Hospital, visit sanfordhealth.org keyword: Children’s.
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