Avera Donates Funds For Westside Park Revitalization

Avera Donates Funds For Westside Park Revitalization

Avera Health has donated two hundred thousand dollars to the City of Yankton for pond improvements at Westside Park.

The contribution is part of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital’s observance of its 125th anniversary that will take place next year.

Regional president and CEO of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Doug Ekeren says this donation is a way for the hospital to say thank you to the community…

Ekeren says that gift will be used for a new walking bridge and landscaping improvements around the duck pond…

The hospital contribution toward Westside Park improvements will be part of more than a million dollars in improvements the city has slated next year.

More plans to observe the hospital’s 125th Anniversary in 2022 will be shared in the future.