I’m Giving Away The Farm
“I’m Giving Away The Farm”
South Dakota
A labor of love might be an understatement this Romantic days celebration for one Sioux Falls doctor. And she's also providing a new meaning to giving away the farm.
Dr. Annette Bosworth has traveled round the state trying to find approaches to distribute cost-effective medicine to the people who don't have access. As the endeavor has good intentions, raising awareness and funds has been difficult. That is why the Plankinton native decided to get a little creative and raffle off her family's farmland.
South Dakota
"The first week, everybody think it is a scam," Bosworth said. "The second week, they sort of said, 'No, I think this really is real.' So this is when it started to get and over the last 5 days, I haven't been able to take care of what the number is."
Bosworth is selling $1,000 tickets to the first 500 individuals who sign up. The winning ticket can get nearly 160 acres to farm and hunt in Aurora County, all for the purpose of helping those in need.
"I'm using South Dakota land for a completely different purpose," Bosworth said. "But it really is kind of rewarding the talent of thinking outside the box."
Bosworth says rural communities make-up a majority of the state of South Dakota. And she believes the combination of technology and more personal service can meet the needs of those communities.
"The process of taking in a patient or understanding who they really are becomes very much the patient's responsibility," Bosworth said. "And they take ownership in their care a lot quicker."
The Aurora County land has been in Bosworth's family for generations. While she admits few are sold on the idea, she believes it's her method of changing the health care landscape being a private physician.
"It is a touch crazy to say this concept of raffling your land, how could you possibly do that?" Bosworth said. "But it's also a little crazy to believe you can be one person and change how the industry works."
Bosworth says only 1 / 2 of the 500 raffle tickets have been sold so far. Here is your chance won't happen until they are all gone. But with the current stream of customers, she hopes that can happen in a few weeks.
South Dakota
A labor of love might be an understatement this Romantic days celebration for one Sioux Falls doctor. And she's also providing a new meaning to giving away the farm.
Dr. Annette Bosworth has traveled round the state trying to find approaches to distribute cost-effective medicine to the people who don't have access. As the endeavor has good intentions, raising awareness and funds has been difficult. That is why the Plankinton native decided to get a little creative and raffle off her family's farmland.
South Dakota
"The first week, everybody think it is a scam," Bosworth said. "The second week, they sort of said, 'No, I think this really is real.' So this is when it started to get and over the last 5 days, I haven't been able to take care of what the number is."
Bosworth is selling $1,000 tickets to the first 500 individuals who sign up. The winning ticket can get nearly 160 acres to farm and hunt in Aurora County, all for the purpose of helping those in need.
"I'm using South Dakota land for a completely different purpose," Bosworth said. "But it really is kind of rewarding the talent of thinking outside the box."
Bosworth says rural communities make-up a majority of the state of South Dakota. And she believes the combination of technology and more personal service can meet the needs of those communities.
"The process of taking in a patient or understanding who they really are becomes very much the patient's responsibility," Bosworth said. "And they take ownership in their care a lot quicker."
The Aurora County land has been in Bosworth's family for generations. While she admits few are sold on the idea, she believes it's her method of changing the health care landscape being a private physician.
"It is a touch crazy to say this concept of raffling your land, how could you possibly do that?" Bosworth said. "But it's also a little crazy to believe you can be one person and change how the industry works."
Bosworth says only 1 / 2 of the 500 raffle tickets have been sold so far. Here is your chance won't happen until they are all gone. But with the current stream of customers, she hopes that can happen in a few weeks.