2017 SDNA Annual Convention

2017 South Dakota Nurses Association
SDNA Committee Reports
SDNA Political Action Committee
The current balance of PAC is $239.92. We are planning new fund raising efforts for Convention.
Thank you to all those who support SDNA PAC.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Dangel
PAC Chair
Core Issues Task Force
Marie Cissell, chair
The Core Issue Task Force focus for the year was “Healthy Nurses, Healthy Nation. TM ” The Grand Challenge Model seeks to: engage
nurses, improve nurses’ health and create a healthy nurse population.
During the past year, two members joined the task force, Kristi Riggs and Rochelle Reider. The task force presented the grand
challenge information at the District 10 SDNA sponsored event “Healthy Nurses, Healthy Populations, and Healthy Work
Environments” held in Sioux Falls in July. At this event, ideas for healthy living was collected and will be shared in the coming
months. The task force has submitted healthy nurses ideas to the newsletter and to the Facebook page.
SDNA has joined the Grand Challenge Campaign at the “Friend” level. At this level of membership, the taskforce will be sharing
information with SDNA members and other interested nurses about aspects of the challenge and will seek ways to encourage
nurses to join the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation Grand Challenge as individual members.
You can follow the ANA social media campaigns, #FitNurseFriday and #healthynurse on Facebook and Twitter and join the
challenge at http://www.healthynursehealthynation.org/
2017 Annual Report
Tom Stenvig, RN, SDNF President
South Dakota Nurses Foundation
The South Dakota Nurses Foundation (SDNF) was established in 1999 as a charitable organization affiliated with SDNA to advance
philanthropic purposes of interest to South Dakota nurses and the health care community.
SDNF continues in its partnership with the South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF) and maintains a separate donor
advised fund within SDCF, called the South Dakota Nurses Foundation Fund. This arrangement allows accumulated contributions
to achieve a superior rate of investment return while allowing potential donors to take advantage of SDCF’s tax exempt IRS status.
SDNF continues to grow as an important resource for the nursing community in South Dakota. Total SDNF assets in five
permanent endowments at SDCF now exceed $138,000 (an increase of over $20,000 since a year ago) and continue to grow.
Given the great need to increase nursing resources in the state and region, SDNF’s priorities continue to focus on nursing
education scholarships. In the fall of 2017, up to five scholarships will be awarded:
Scholarship Type Amount Number
SDNF Scholarship $1,000 2
Rita H. Walsh Scholarship $1,000 1
Marianne M. Stenvig Scholarship $1,000 1
Dr. Carl and Leona Stadler Scholarship $500 1
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