Yellow Rose Week Set for June 3-7, 2024
Celebrating 25 years, the Suzanne Jacobson Memorial Fund (SJMF) Committee has designated June 3-7, 2024, as Yellow Rose Week in Northeastern South Dakota.
For an individual diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, everyday expenses such as medical bills, the cost of medications, travel related to medical care, groceries, utilities, or rent can seem overwhelming. The Suzanne Jacobson Memorial Fund, a service of the Prairie Lakes Healthcare Foundation, was established to help ease this burden!
Since its inception in 1999, the SJMF has provided over $523,000.00 through 881 grants. Yellow Rose Week is the primary fundraiser for SJMF. 100% of all dollars raised are used for grants to individuals.
The breakdown for grants in each county is as follows:
Codington County: 467 grants Clark County: 49 grants
Hamlin County: 48 grants Grant County: 72 grants
Deuel County: 44 grants Roberts County: 125 grants
Day County: 43 grants Traverse County: 4 grants
Watonwan County: 3 grants Lac qui Parle County: 6 grants
Kingsbury County: 3 grants Big Stone County: 10 grants
Brookings County: 1 grant Marshall County: 1 grant
Yellow Medicine Co. 2 grants Richland County: 1 grant
Minnehaha County: 2 grants
Please help us to support more individuals in need by supporting Yellow Rose Week, with your purchase of yellow roses, yellow rose decals, yellow rose yard signs, raffle tickets, or through a donation!
Not only does every purchase or donation brighten someone’s day, but it also brings much-needed help to someone in a medical crisis!
Yellow Rose Week pre-orders are encouraged!
Roses, decals, raffle tickets, and/or yard signs may be purchased with a credit card online at www.prairielakes.com/yellowroseweek, or by calling Prairie Lakes Healthcare Foundation at 605/882-7716.
During Yellow Rose Week, the public may purchase single yellow roses at several Watertown and surrounding area businesses listed below or by visiting our website www.prairielakes.com/yellowroseweek as well as our Facebook page @prairielakes.com/foundation/prairie-lakes-healthcare-foundation.html for the most updated listing.
Watertown participating businesses include:
Avanti Federal Credit Union
JCM Inc. Dairy Queen
Root Function Wellness
Wishard Insurance, LLC
*Dairy Queen, 115 9th Avenue SE in Watertown, FREE Mini Blizzard (value $4.09) with a purchase of a yellow rose at their location all week.
Deliveries are available in Watertown and the Lake Kampeska area for orders of six roses or more.
Out-of-town participating businesses include:
Clark Flower & Gift Shop-Clark
Jeffrey’s Supper Club & Lounge-Kranzburg
Tip Top Tavern-Kranzburg
Meyer’s Rec-South Shore
Scotty’s Tavern-South Shore
Ruffee’s Bar & Grill – Strandburg
Roberts County 4-H- Sisseton
Country Friends Community Club- Milbank
Or catch us at Thursday Night Live, in Downtown Watertown, on Thursday, June 6th from 6 PM to 9 PM!
The Foundation thanks all these businesses!
A special thank you to:
Hy-Vee for their donation of $700, for the use of their digital billboard for marketing, and for the use of their store for inside sales.
Hi-Line Capital Management, LLC for their donation of yellow roses for all PLHS patients during Yellow Rose Week.
Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services for their donation of funds for the purchase of all water tubes during Yellow Rose Week.
Also, thank you to the following businesses for their donations/ sponsorships:
Archer Financial Services Inc – Chad Hansen
Crawford- Osthus Funeral Chapel- Chad C. Osthus
Dacotah Bank
Edwards Jones- Cory Herzog
Farm Credit Services of America
First Interstate Bank
First PREMIER Bank/PREMIER Bankcard
Gray Construction Co.
Gas & Goodies
Green Roby Oviatt LLP
Haugan Nelson Realty, Inc.
Hi-Line Capital Management, LLC
Holley Graphics Inc.
Hy-Vee
J & C Inc.
John and Abby Jackson
Modern Ag- Jason Woods
Mount Marty University- Kim Bellum
Robertson Crop Insurance, LLC
Robert H. Walrath II
Reliabank
Tip Top Tavern–Kranzburg
True Travel Unlimited
VanLaecken Orthodontics
Wheel Inn
Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel, LLC
SJMF was established by Suzanne Jacobson’s friends and family, to continue to positively impact the lives of those in need, just as Suzanne did through her care and professionalism during her many years of service as a physician’s assistant, before her passing in 1998.