Avera Health receives $35-million gift for children’s hospital

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SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) — It’s the largest gift in Avera Health’s history, and it will help support construction of the $165-million care tower being built on the Avera Hospital Campus.  B. Thomas Golisano, the founder of Paychex Inc., is donating $35-million for the new children’s hospital that’s part of the tower project.  Avera officials say it will benefit children for generations to come.