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March of Dimes Canada (MODC), officially the Rehabilitation Foundation for Disabled Persons, Canada is a registered national charity established in 2005 by Ontario March of Dimes. MODC aims to provide community-based rehabilitation services and resources across the country to people with physical disabilities.
Ontario March of Dimes (OMOD) began in 1951 as the Canadian Foundation of Poliomyelitis, which funded research and provided medical and rehabilitation services to people with polio. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As new vaccines reduced the threat from this disease, the organization changed its mandate to focus on services for people with physical disabilities ...
March of Dimes is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. [1] The organization was founded by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio.
Between 1951 and 1955, contributions to March of Dimes doubled to $250 million, which the organization's fundraising department attributed to the nationwide introduction of the Mothers' March on Polio calling the campaign, "the single greatest activity in the entire March of Dimes." [2] The Mothers' March on Polio mobilized millions, increased ...
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hodgeville had a population of 147 living in 66 of its 87 total private dwellings, a change of -14.5% from its 2016 population of 172. With a land area of 1.24 km 2 (0.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 118.5/km 2 (307.0/sq mi) in 2021.
Special schools in Canada (2 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Disability organizations based in Canada" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The modern March of Dimes focuses on preventing premature births, congenital disabilities, and infant mortality. [17] Because he founded the March of Dimes, a dime was chosen to honor Roosevelt after his death. The Roosevelt dime was issued on January 30, 1946. [18] [19]
Indigenous Disability Canada / British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society provides one-to-one disability related services, as well as awareness and outreach activities aimed at individuals and families, federal, provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous leadership and the public, both within Canada and at the international level.