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news & events
"We sure could use a little good news today."
Anne Murray
Be in the know
When it comes to advancing and improving health, news can be a catalyst for momentum, and events empower relationships.
Here, we will inform you of Dakota Medical Foundation’s latest news and upcoming events.
![05-2024-02-feat-image-463-foundation 463 Foundation • Reduce stigma • Build hope • End suicide.](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/05-2024-02-feat-image-463-foundation-qo6nfq11gzaa14r6dy5xt97qxusw6hvuefitsbqwmq.png)
4-6-3 Foundation
aims to end suicide
May 14, 2024
This Mental Health Awareness Month, DMF features the 4-6-3 Foundation, a DMF fund working to reduce stigma, build hope, and end suicide.
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![05-2024-feat-image-healthy-tech-toolkit Healthy Tech Toolkit for Parents • Father with son looking at a laptop screen](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/05-2024-feat-image-healthy-tech-toolkit-qo90vo1s8g0sz6ru11jysjvcljv01468ay1dct0gxe.png)
Coming! A Healthy
Tech Toolkit
May 14, 2024
DMF will soon release a toolkit containing practical guidelines and tips for parents to help them navigate the challenges of a screen-based childhood.
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![05-14-2024a-feat-image-vision-start Optometric Foundation of ND • Vision Start](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/05-14-2024a-feat-image-vision-start-qo6m5qr95qcc3tjjvknxccx0ubfinicj2uoro1x702.png)
Help kids get
FREE eye exams!
April 9, 2024
For families in need, a barrier to receiving vision care is cost or lack of insurance. Vision Start provides free eye exams to ND children in need ages 4-7.
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![02-03242024-feat-image-lend-hand-up-kids-cullen-30k Cullen Children's Foundation](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/02-03242024-feat-image-lend-hand-up-kids-cullen-30k-qnlln4dw2a761fclxrbr9f56ldevwbsebzpi4sysvm.png)
Cullen Foundation
Lends A Hand
March 24, 2024
Lend A Hand Up Kids receives a $30,000 grant from Cullen's Children's Foundation to help support kids and their families during a medical crisis.
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![feat-image-DMF-PRESS-RELEASE-02 DMF • Dakota Medical Foundation Press Releas](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/feat-image-DMF-PRESS-RELEASE-02-qlp3iw0ri0r54tla50jp7swrhbvmeef4un1n9wavn6.png)
New DMF
Headquarters
March 21, 2024
The purchase of the 90,000-square-foot campus to serve as a gift to the community and area non-profits to improve health.
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![02-2024-sp-feat-image-wex-dmf-building (1) New home of Dakota Medical Foundation location map](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/02-2024-sp-feat-image-wex-dmf-building-1-qkapjhuvq5bxjiew39iakvxgafzq94h3suos1yalrm.png)
A New Home for
the Foundation
February 24, 2024
This spring, Dakota Medical Foundation will be settling into its new home just down the road. The new location will be a gift to the community.
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![02-2024-sp-feat-image-girl-holding-glitter-heart (1) an anonymous girl holding a sparkly heart forward](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/02-2024-sp-feat-image-girl-holding-glitter-heart-1-qkapfea7x5pwwqd90zpv7f630y73on78wk9jpidewi.png)
Thank you for being
a Giving Heart
February 22, 2024
It takes many people to make Giving Hearts Day successful. Executive Director Pat Traynor gratefully reflects on 2024's record-breaking generosity.
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![02092024-GHD-Press-Release Giving Hearts Day 2024 Results Press Release](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/02092024-GHD-Press-Release-qjkclo8fxadd7yd854m6w053el9osdemnj0ezcdbci.png)
2024 Shatters Record
by $3 Million
February 9, 2024
It was a record-breaking Giving Hearts Day, a 24-hour event benefitting more than 600 charities throughout North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
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![01262024-02-feat-image-red-river-market-ghd-2024 Red River Market • Giving Hearts Day Farmers Market, February 3rd, 2024](https://dakmed.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/01262024-02-feat-image-red-river-market-ghd-2024-qiwyokhap3hq9o160un3pefgrizi5md2ve1sr3zb8y.png)
Red River Market
Nonprofit Expo
January 27, 2024
On Saturday, February 3rd, explore the Giving Hearts Day Nonprofit Expo at the market and find a nonprofit to support on Giving Hearts Day.
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