215 days ago From Sacramento Bee   View Archived Article

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 18, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Legendary golfer Arnold Palmer will be honored for 40 years of service to the March of Dimes with the "Champion for Babies" award at its annual Volunteer Leadership Conference this ...

216 days ago From Bay Net   View Archived Article

LEXINGTON PARK, MARYLAND - Funds raised by Bikers for Babies supports March of Dimes research and programs to help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. For example, St. Mary's County Health Department recently completed a one-year March of Dimes ...

219 days ago From Today's THV   View Archived Article

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - Proceeds raised by Signature Chefs Auction directly benefit the local chapter of March of Dimes enabling the funding of local research grants, community services, education and advocacy to help improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects ...

220 days ago From The Jackson Citizen Patriot   View Archived Article

JACKSON, MICHIGAN - Enlarge S Stoner The steets of Jackson were invaded by several zombies for the Zombie Walk Jackson for the March Of Dimes. (Scott Stoner | M LIVE) Zombie Walk Jackson gallery (8 photos). JACKSON, MI -- A processional of undead residents moaned, ...

222 days ago From Hola Arkansas   View Archived Article

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - The campaign is a joint effort of the March of Dimes, the Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Save the Children and the World Health Organization. "I share the fears and concerns of all parents knowing that more than one million b ...

225 days ago From The Reflector online   View Archived Article

MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI - Through years of focus on healthy pregnancies and babies, March of Dimes has been the catalyst for huge strides in research and aid of healthy births and prevention of premature births (births before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy). According to the ...

228 days ago From Mid Columbia Tri City Herald   View Archived Article

KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON - Kennewick, WA =97 Last month's The March of Dimes' Signature Chefs Auction, held at the Three Rivers Convention Center, raised more than $108,000 for the foundation. The Mid-Columbia Board of Directors presented the first Award of Excellence ...

230 days ago From KGET 17   View Archived Article

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA - This week, the March of Dimes is continuing its mission to give all babies a healthy start in life through its annual fundraiser. James Ireson weighed just 2 pounds, 6 ounces in his first week of life. As he lay in San Joaquin Hospital's neonatal ...

243 days ago From HealthNewsDigest.com   View Archived Article

WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK - (HealthNewsDigest.com) - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Sept. 20, 2012 -- Getting a "flu" vaccine during pregnancy is safe for both the mother and her unborn baby and can protect both of them from the influenza virus infection and its possible consequ ...

247 days ago From Hibbing Daily Tribune   View Archived Article

HIBBING, MINNESOTA - MOUNTAIN IRON =97 Preterm babies are born at a higher rate in the United States than in 130 other countries of the world, including many poorer nations, according to the report Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth. Members of the ...

258 days ago From Hola Arkansas   View Archived Article

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - Macy's seventh annual "Shop for a Cause" charity shopping event held nationwide August 25, 2012 raised more than $3.1 million to support the March of Dimes work to prevent serious infant health problems such as birth defects and prematu ...

260 days ago From Sacramento Bee   View Archived Article

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month and the March of Dimes is reminding pregnant women that every pregnancy, if it's healthy, should go to at least 39 weeks -- because even babies born just a few weeks ...

266 days ago From News-Medical.net   View Archived Article

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Pregnant women evacuating their homes in advance of Hurricane Isaac should be sure to bring their medication, including their prenatal vitamins, as well as their medical records and their health care providers' emergency contact number. As Gulf C ...

279 days ago From Shelby Star   View Archived Article

SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA - Both the vaccine and the screening were created with research funded by the March of Dimes, Dumsha said at the March for Babies Cleveland County kickoff breakfast Wednesday morning at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Employees of Cleveland ...

285 days ago From Fort Scott Tribune   View Archived Article

FORT SCOTT, KANSAS - That's what Mike Weber believes the March of Dimes offers -- first chances. The organization's mission is to give babies that first chance by helping more women deliver full-term babies in the hope that fewer babies will be born prematurely a ...

288 days ago From The Mountain Press   View Archived Article

SEVIERVILLE, TENNESSEE - Smoky Mountain Bikers for Babies founder Drew Miles, volunteers Keith Weatherly and Wayne Jakes, and ride participants John English and Les Holmes wait for other bikers to arrive at the March of Dimes fundraiser. slideshow. PIGEON FORGE =97 Ever ...

297 days ago From WCTV   View Archived Article

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - That's why the March of Dimes partnered with fourteen men Saturday 7-28-12 as part of its 'Man in Labor Baby Shower' to raise awareness on the problem. The men wore hospital gowns and carried baby bumps. Each one will endure an 11-week pr ...

306 days ago From Brandywine East Community News   View Archived Article

MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE - Governor Jack Markell will compete in the third annual 21st Century Insurance Governor Ping Pong Challenge on July 20 in Wilmington to support the March of Dimes. The match will start at 3:30 p.m. at the 21st Century office, 3 Beaver Valley Road. ...

314 days ago From Food Product Design   View Archived Article

PHOENIX, ARKANSAS - For the fifth year, Caravan Ingredients took part in the March of Dimes' March for Babies, raising more than $75000 in support of the organization's effort to prevent birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Caravan Ingredients ma ...

328 days ago From Market Watch    View Archived Article

WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY - "Because of QuinStreet's on-going involvement in the March of Dimes, the South Bay Division exceeded its fund-raising goal by 40 percent last year," said ...