Spare Key’s North Dakota expansion accelerates with the addition of members from Grand Forks and Fargo.

Spare Key, a Minnesota-based nonprofit providing housing payments to families with a seriously ill or critically injured child in the hospital announced today the addition of two North Dakota residents to its Board of Directors.

Matt Fischer, Promotional Consultant with S & S Promotional Group, lives and works in Grand Forks, North Dakota and will join the Board of Directors effective August 1, 2013 for an initial term of two years.

Joining Fischer on the board is Julie Peterson Klein, Executive Vice President/Chief Culture Officer for Bell State Bank & Trust who is a Fargo, North Dakota resident.

“In January 2013, Spare Key expanded into North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin,” said Erich Mische, Executive Director of Spare Key. “We are pleased to be ahead of schedule with our program and thrilled to have the addition of Matt and Julie to our Board of Directors. They bring passion, community relationships, and a deep understanding of the important work Spare Key is doing to help families ‘Bounce and not Break.’”

Spare Key was founded in 1997 and provides housing payments to families in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota who have a seriously ill or critically injured child in the hospital. The goal of the program is to allow parents to stay at the hospital as a part of their child’s care and recovery team, as well as to prevent further financial pressures on the family as a result of their child’s medical crisis.

Spare Key has made housing payments for more than 1,900 families totaling nearly $2 million since its inception in 1997.