Sanford Donation Receiving Wide Attention

Argus Leader excerpt:

Sanford Health is moving more swiftly than it expected toward developing a national network of pediatric clinics and an expansive research operation aimed at curing a major disease.

Those are the hallmarks of the Sioux Falls-based health system's lofty growth plans, which are tied to the much-heralded $400 million donated last month by T. Denny Sanford.

International media coverage - hundreds of stories have been published in 31 states and nine countries by Sanford Health's count - drew a flood of responses from cities, clinics, hospitals and doctors across the continent.

Cindy Morrison, a Sanford vice president, said the health system probably won't have to formally advertise as a result and instead plans to sort through hundreds of responses it already has received and follow up with direct mailings.

"The coverage and response was much greater than we expected," Morrison said.

As they say, read the whole thing.  The rest of the story details the projects Sanford plans to pursue in the next ten years.