March 18, 2026
Contact:
Jeff Starck
Marshfield Clinic region of Sanford Health
715-389-4978 / Jeffrey.Starck@SanfordHealth.org
MARSHFIELD, Wis. – Marshfield Medical Center-Ladysmith is accepting funding applications for projects that address health challenges in priority areas, including alcohol and substance use, behavioral health, social health needs, and increasing access to community health resources. A total of $50,000 is available for distribution.
The Marshfield Medical Center-Ladysmith Community Advisory Board’s Community Health Funding program supports local not-for-profit organizations in Rusk, Chippewa, Taylor and Sawyer counties actively working to develop new ideas or enhance existing projects that improve the health of residents.
Applications are due by April 13.
“We have many community organizations that truly care about the people and communities they serve and are working diligently to provide solutions to address health challenges,” said Michele Seator, administrator and chief nursing officer at MMC-Ladysmith. “It is important for our hospital to support these organizations and their employees and volunteers who contribute to the wellbeing of our community.”
The application can be found at https://bit.ly/4s9Xat8. Completed applications can be emailed to tammy.koger@sanfordhealth.org or mailed to Marshfield Medical Center-Ladysmith, 1200 Port Arthur Road, Ladysmith, WI 54848 ATT: Volunteer Services/Tammy Koger.
The Community Advisory Board distributed $100,000 split among 13 organizations earlier this year.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 55,000 employees and serves more than 2 million patients and nearly 415,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 58 hospitals, 289 clinic locations, 145 senior care communities, 4,500 physicians and advanced practice providers and 1,100 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to nearly 80 specialties. More than 400 residents and fellows are trained each year through graduate medical education with Sanford Health fully funding and supporting 29 of the 40 available programs. Sanford Health also includes Lewis Drug, a pharmacy and retail chain with 60 locations in three states and nearly 190 pharmacists. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
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