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The Ampersand
At the heart of the Lost&Found name is a shorthand replacement of the word “and”: & – an ampersand.
For our team, the ampersand represents the short distance between feeling lost and reaching the hope found in community.
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Support of Lost&Found is one of many ways Bill and Susan Sands make social change happen
Bill and Susan Sands of St. Paul have provided critical financial and moral support for Lost&Found over the past 2 years, turning a fledgling nonprofit into a force in campus mental health. Here’s a profile of their life and work.
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T. Denny Sanford commits to $300k gift to support Lost&Found’s mental health education and research efforts
South Dakota businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has committed to a three-year, $300,000 gift to support Lost&Found.
Building resilience, even from a distance.
In a time of social distancing, when Lost&Found's staff and chapter members are keeping to our own corners for a while to slow the spread of COVID-19, we've ramped up our social media efforts to keep serving young adults and our community at a time when mental...
Lost&Found receives $5,000 matching gift for #GivingTuesday2019
SIOUX FALLS, SD — Ken Duncan, current Chair of the Board of Directors for People, Incorporated in St. Paul, MN, and his family have generously donated $5,000 to Lost&Found to match donations leading up to #GivingTuesday2019 on Tuesday, December 3. Originally from...
Maddock joins Lost&Found Board of Directors, brings global perspective and LGBT advocacy experience
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Lost&Found is proud to welcome Nick Maddock, a respected leader and advocate for LGBT and campus communities, to its Board of Directors. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Nick carries a track record of success leading initiatives and inspiring...
Kroger joins team as Director of Research Initiatives
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Lost&Found is proud to announce the hiring of Susan Kroger as its Director of Research Initiatives. Susan will lead data gathering and student mental health research strategy for all four of Lost&Found's current partner institutions. Susan is...
Lost&Found builds its financial and resource capacity in new ways
Editor’s note: In the second half of 2019, Lost&Found is expanding its effort to end suicide for young adults in the United States in four significant ways: adding new campus chapters, refocusing its programming on resilience, expanding its mental health research...
Lost&Found expands its research efforts to three more campuses
Editor’s note: In the second half of 2019, Lost&Found is expanding its effort to end suicide for young adults in the United States in four significant ways: Adding new campus chapters, refocusing its programming on resilience, expanding its mental health research...