Emerald Eve raises $50,000

Emerald Eve raises $50,000
With the help of a $15,000 donation from the Lloyd and Barbara Amundson Foundation Charity Foundation, the Swift County Benson Hospital Foundation raised over $50,000 at its Emerald Eve event last Friday evening.
The 222 tickets sold were the most in the 20-year history of the foundation and raised nearly $10,000 alone. The live auction conducted by Benson area auctioneer Robert Zielsdorf raised over $24,000. Funds were also raised from the more than 80 items on the silent auction.
Emerald Eve funds are going toward a planned assisted living-memory care facility that the hospital’s governing board and SCBH Foundation have been working on for the past couple years.
SCBH CEO Kurt Waldbillig told the crowd Friday night that the board of governors is still in the design phase of the project. The next step once the project design is in place is to send out for bids for construction, he said.
In October, the governing board unanimously agreed to retain HGA for $105,000 to conduct a Lean study of hospital operations taking into account its expanded facilities. A Lean study looks at ways to streamline operations in the most efficient manner, saving staff time and supply use.

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