Avera breaks ground on Kirby Place Addition in Sioux Falls By Todd Epp
May 21, 2021 | 9:59 AM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) Thursday, Avera broke ground on Kirby Place at the Walsh Family Village in Sioux Falls.
Thanks to more than 400 donors to the Home for Hope Campaign, the Avera Foundation raised over $3.3 million to expand and renovate patient and family lodging adjacent to the Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center campus.
Kirby Place will include 14 new guest rooms, more than doubling the current lodging. In addition to adding 6,500 square feet of space, this project will connect two of the three existing buildings at Walsh Family Village. When completed, there will be two facilities: Kirby Place and Ronald McDonald House Charities.
He chairs the education committee for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and serves as local curator of its new history center, Greenwood Rising, which will be dedicated on June 2 as part of the centennial commemoration. He recently published his 10th book, Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples With Its Historical Racial Trauma.
In addition, the Tulsa author, attorney and independent consultant was named Thursday to the 2021 class of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. I am humbled and honored to join the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Much of my work centers on building community through education and shared experiences. That work is its own reward. This added, high-level recognition is like icing on the cake, Johnson said in an email to The Oklahoman.
The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care
Families of sick children across Queensland will have better access to much-needed accommodation and support through the newly refurbished Ronald McDonald House in South Brisbane.
The Australian Government invested $2.57 million to renovate and modify areas of Ronald McDonald House, which will be a life saver for regional and Far North Queensland families of very sick children being treated at Queensland Children’s and Mater Misericordae hospitals.
The newly refurbished home can now cater for large family groups, families who need longer stays and immuno‑suppressed patients who have been discharged from hospital but must remain in Brisbane for ongoing care.
The charity is dedicated to providing a supportive and compassionate community for families with children in need of medical treatment far away from home, according to a news release about the event. The mission is to keep families together and promote the health and well-being of children.
Vorass is a part-time manager at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin. She said the fundraiser would be a celebration of music.
She fell in love with the venue after hearing about the renovations ther. I just love the community vibe, she said.
Musical acts
Five acts of different genres are scheduled to perform, said Vorass.