garden of healing

Raising Money For The Garden of Healing

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Food vendors set up tables in a south Fargo parking lot to raise money for the Garden of Healing. Dozens of people stopped by to enjoy a delicious lunch featuring hamburgers, bacon wrapped kabobs, and even pecan pie. There was no cost for food for the event, but at will donations were accepted. All donations will…

Volunteers paint rocks to raise organ donor awareness

The Donor Council at Sanford Health comes together for their annual paid volunteer day to paint rocks and drop them around the community to spread awarness on organ donation.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Donor Council at Sanford Health comes together for their annual paid volunteer day to paint rocks and pass drop them around the community for people to find. The rocks raise awareness on organ donation. They have messages with information about being a donor and opportunities to pay it forward. They started this tradition in 2020…

New Community Garden Provides a Safe Space For Grieving

The Garden Of Healing Giving The Community with A Listening Ear & Hope

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – One faithful lunch meeting sparked something magical. Jodi Plecity, founder of the Peoples Rising, met Sarah and Arlin Fischer, the founders of the Crosses For Cameron Foundation. Both organizations knew about pain and grieving. Jodi suffered the loss of four children and Sara’s late son Cameron Bolton, who passed away in 2018, was part of the…

Healing Garden seeks historic Purington bricks

"If anybody has these bricks laying around, maybe there's five or ten of them and they don't know what to do with them, we'd love to add them to the garden."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Crosses for Cameron foundation has entered phase two in its Garden of Healing project. It commemorates Cameron Bolton who was an organ donor and died in 2018. Cameron’s parents are looking to use a piece of history in the garden with historic Purington bricks that helped build Fargo before its historic fire of 1893. Cameron’s…

Groundbreaking for Garden of Healing honors young man who donated his organs

Cameron Bolton's parents continues to keep his legacy alive and to learn about organ donation

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –  The family of a young Fargo man killed in a crash three years ago continues to keep his legacy alive and to learn about organ donation. “Cameron, this park is for you this garden is for you, but it is also for the whole community,” Cameron Bolton’s mother said. Sponsored by Crosses for Cameron, the Garden…