Benefactor Stories
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A cancer diagnosis could have defined Jim Splinter’s life. He chose otherwise.
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Bundy Kitchen + Market offers a calm space for patients and caregivers between appointments.
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Bill and Diane Habiger established a lasting legacy for Mayo Clinic, ensuring support for future patients.
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Leonard Lauder is helping fund research to benefit his fellow veterans who suffer from back pain and spinal cord injuries.
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Dawn Botsford finds hope and recovery from advanced melanoma through a clinical trial.
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Bob Alico formed a nonprofit to raise awareness and funding for the condition that took his wife’s life.
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Gary Pies, D.D.S., says the three best things to happen in his life were meeting his wife, serving in Vietnam and going to Mayo Clinic for training as a fellow. In his wife's memory, Dr. Pies has established the Marcia S. Pies Fund in Breast Cancer Research and a $2 million charitable remainder trust.
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In an old family farmhouse outside small Delavan, Minnesota, Mike Hoffman is getting to know his mom a bit better. She died nearly 40 years ago, but through a stack of yellowed letters, Mike and his wife, Tami, are delving into a part of her life that they didn't previously know much about -- her life built upon her nursing studies at Mayo Clinic.
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"Tackling the toughest health care challenges is what Mayo does best. No wonder they are ranked so highly in so many medical areas. That’s why we[...]
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The world-class care they received from Mayo Clinic was a reminder of what the Berry family strived to do: build a stronger community through health[...]
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Grateful for cancer care, Clyde and Sherry Moore support Arizona. Bold. Forward. expansion.
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Typically quiet givers, Eric and Janice Almirola make some noise with a 1965 Shelby Cobra kit car.